Employees and Contractors (aka Consultants, 1099 Contractors, 1099 Vendors) are people who you can track and assign work to, without giving them a CRM login account.
Contractors
A Contractor is someone who already exists in your CRM database as a contact record. Any existing contact in your CRM database can be assigned a Contractor status.
In addition to recording activity notes, emails and all other CRM activity associated with a contact, a contractor will also appear in the User drop-down lists so you can assign Jobs, Job Tasks and Time Cards to them.
To assign a contract as a contractor, go to the administration panel in Legrand Cloud CRM. Under ‘Account’, click on ‘Users’.
Select the drop-down arrow and click ‘Select Existing Contact as Contractor’.
In the search pop-up, type in a company name or contact name and select the contact you want to assign as a contractor. Once you add the contractor, you can assign jobs, record activity notes, send emails and perform other CRM activities with the contractor.
Employees
An Employee does not exist as a contact in the CRM database. As a result, they cannot be used to perform normal CRM activity. Instead they are simply a user record with no login access. You can assign jobs, Job tasks and Time Cards to them. The main purpose of this is for reporting.
To add a new employee, click on ‘Add New Employee’. In the pop-up window, type in the employee’s first name, last name and email. Click save
Click ‘Save’ to create this employee.
