Adding employees (managers)

Invite staff by email with a role, location, position and rate.

For managers & adminsUpdated 31 August 2026
  1. Open Employees and select + Add Employee (or use Import CSV for many at once).
  2. In Invite Employee, enter the first name, last name and email address.
  3. Optionally choose a Primary Location, Position, Role (Access Level) — Employee or Manager — and an Hourly Rate.
  4. Select Send Invite. Slota emails the person an invitation; they appear in the directory and can also be found under Join Requests until they've joined.
The Invite Employee dialog

The Android app has the same flow for managers: Employees list → the + button → Add Employee.

Managers cannot grant the Admin role — only an administrator can.

Practices

  • Set the position at invite time. It carries the default rate, so inviting without one means every shift for that person estimates at zero until someone notices.
  • Check Join Requests weekly. An invitation that was never accepted looks identical to an employee who simply has not worked yet.
  • Seat limits come from your plan. On a capped plan, invitations are refused once the limit is reached — see *Plans and billing*.