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🤓 FAQ: Why can't a department or team be deleted?

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Dear Community,

I welcome you to this week’s FAQ!

Users often encounter the situation in which they would like to erase a department or team, but they are not able to do so. This happens, even though the system states that no employees are assigned to the department/team:

Settings > Company > Departments

Do you have any hint or do you know the answer to this question?

❓ Why can't a department or team be deleted?

We would love to hear from you!

P.S. This post is related to our FAQ Community Quiz. You can find more details about it here:

 

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In this case, Teams and Departments cannot be deleted, because employees with the status inactive are still assigned to them. In order to solve this, in the employee list the columns status, team, and department can be added. Furthermore, inactive employees can be displayed by setting the status filter correspondingly, and the information regarding the department or team can be removed or edited. This way, no employee will be assigned to the department or team anymore, and it will be possible to delete it.

Visit our help center to learn more about the functionalities of the employee list:

Best,

Andrea

 

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  • December 2, 2022

Dear @Wendy, @Kasey Shen, @lsmith, @Terhi, @Azury_JO,

You have been our most active members this week. Thank you for participating in the Personio Community 🥳.

We are sharing some frequently asked questions as a quiz, to get you motivated to not only post your questions, but also to answer questions and support other members.

I would love to know if you have any hint about the FAQ above 😀. Feel free to share any idea you have to solve this question.

I wish you all a lovely weekend.

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Andrea

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  • January 18, 2023

In this case, Teams and Departments cannot be deleted, because employees with the status inactive are still assigned to them. In order to solve this, in the employee list the columns status, team, and department can be added. Furthermore, inactive employees can be displayed by setting the status filter correspondingly, and the information regarding the department or team can be removed or edited. This way, no employee will be assigned to the department or team anymore, and it will be possible to delete it.

Visit our help center to learn more about the functionalities of the employee list:

Best,

Andrea

 

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