Dead team members showing up in time off list.
Dear QuickBooks Time Team, I’m reaching out as the admin of a small business using QuickBooks Time to manage our field crew. There’s one persistent issue I’m begging you to address: The dead won’t stay buried. Despite properly archiving former team members—including those who have passed away—they continue to appear in the Time Off assignment list and other dropdown menus. Here’s what that means in practical terms: I’m scrolling past deceased employees when trying to assign vacation. I have to choose between live people and those who are no longer with us. Obituaries shouldn’t be part of HR workflows. We have employees who have moved on—to the afterlife—and still show up. I’ve buried coworkers and yet must pass their names weekly in dropdowns. The Time Off screen feels like a ghost registry. It’s difficult to maintain professionalism when “Bud Burkhart (archived)” is still requesting PTO from beyond the grave. We are quite literally managing a digital séance every time we run admin tasks. You’ve created a zombie list—dead workers walking among the living. If we didn’t love and respect these people, it wouldn’t be so uncomfortable to keep seeing them listed every week. Please, sincerely—allow archived (or deceased) employees to be hidden from the Time Off assignment screen and other task dropdowns. At a minimum, offer a toggle to filter for active users only. This small change would dramatically reduce friction, administrative error, and unnecessary existential crises. Thank you for considering this feature request. Let the dead rest—and let the living manage time off in peace. Sincerely, Thomas Luedke General Manager Haskel Sears Design and Construction
