I need a report that shows employee names and hire dates

Hi debw. I've got just the solution for you. Your best option would be to run an Employee Contact List report. After that, you'd customize it to include the hire date.I'll go ahead and list the instructions on how to do both below for you. I'm going to also leave a small video that showcases these steps.

Run the Report

1. On the left side of the screen, click Reports
2. Search for Employee
3. Then, Select Employee Contact List
4. Now the report should appear

Customize the Report

1. In the top right corner, select  Customize
2. Expand the Rows/Columns section and then click Change columns
3. Scroll down then, click Hired Date
4. Then just hit Run Report

Now you're good to go! The hire date will be displayed on the far right. Be sure to let me know if you need anything else.

I have QBO Plus, and the above instructions do not apply.  The Employee Directory report cannot be customized.  How do I generate a new hire report in QBO Plus?  Thank you.

Good evening, @strdwmn. 

I hope you're enjoying the day so far. 

I've included the steps below to generate a new hire report for QuickBooks Online Payroll.

1. Go to Reports and search for Employee Details. 

2. You can select the Share dropdown to have the option to export to Excel or print. 

Check out the details outlined in How to get a new hire report. 

Let me know if you have additional questions or concerns. I'm here to help you every step of the way. Feel free to reach out to the Community or me anytime you need assistance. Take care! 

That is the report I am currently using and exporting to Excel.  I was hoping for a better option since the hire date is merged in the same cell with other data; it requires a detailed review of each employee to locate the desired hire date range.  I could create Excel formulas to find and extract needed information, but since employee count is low, I'll just eye-ball it.  Thanks for trying!

QuickBooks needs to add a column for JOB TITLE. It's necessary in so many reports, and another reason why people are not switching from Desktop.

Every time we bid for a contract, we need the employee name, JOB TITLE, hire date.  What is so difficult about this information.  It seems that Quickbooks always, I mean ALWAYS falls short.  they will give you the employee name and a whole lot of other crap like their birthday (who cares) but not the information that is important.  Please hire someone who has actually worked in a job and had to complete reports.  So frigging frustrating to have to go through 100 reports and None of them have the information you need.

Online needs a lot of work on their payroll reports. How about a simple function such as Job Title/ Description? No where can I find that field available in any payroll report, and it's a critical listing for payroll. It just makes more people not want to switch from Desktop.

Hi, @Daezy.

I value your thoughts and understand the importance of modifying the payroll reports to include the Job Title/Description column. I want you to know that our engineers are working nonstop to enhance the product and deliver the best experiences for all QuickBooks users. You can always send your request about this matter directly to our product developers. This way, they'll know how useful this feature is for your business and consider this in future updates.

Here's how:

1. Sign in to your QBO account.
2. Go to the Gear icon at the top, then Feedback.
3. Enter your comments or product suggestions.
4. Hit Next.

Once done, your valuable suggestion goes to our designated team to help improve your experience in QBO. You can track feature requests through the QuickBooks Online Feature Requests website.

For the time being, you can export your reports to Excel and do additional customizations from there.

Please let me know if you have other questions about QuickBooks or reports. I'm just a post away to help. Have a good one!