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How to Choose Roles on Combo?

Discover the roles available on Combo, their permissions, and how to assign the right level of access to your collaborators.

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What roles are available on Combo?

There are 5 hierarchical roles, from the most limited to the most complete:

Employee

Access to their profile and published schedules, can request absences

Manager

Supervises their team: schedule creation, absence validation, HR tracking (permissions adjustable)

Director

Manages an entire establishment: configuration, HR tracking, pre-payroll, reports

Administrator

Full access to all of Combo (all establishments and teams)

Owner

Unique role per account, with all rights + ability to manage administrators

💡 The Owner role is unique. To change it, contact our team via the help bubble.


How to modify an employee’s role?

From the employee profile > Role and Permissions:

  • Click on the new role you want (employee, manager, director, or admin)

  • Validate

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  • You cannot assign a role higher than your own.

  • You cannot downgrade a role equal to or higher than your own.


Manager or Director: which one to choose?

The main difference:

  • Manager → limited view of their team

  • Director → global view of the entire establishment

Permissions

Manager

Director

Create, edit & publish schedule

✔️

✔️

Validate actual hours, absences

optional

optional

Access payroll mass

optional

optional

Manage profiles below their role

optional

✔️

Inter-establishment scheduling

✖️

optional

Delete profiles

✖️

optional

Access to reports (payroll, activity, timesheets)

limited

✔️

Access/modify paid leave counters

optional

optional

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