Employees should be able to select projects without requiring Manager/Admin permissions

[ingeniela]

Hello SolidTime team,

I’m self-hosting SolidTime and I’ve noticed a limitation in the current permission model that affects the workflow for regular Employees.

Issue
Employees cannot see or select Projects or Clients unless they are upgraded to Manager or Admin. However, in most time-tracking environments, employees should be able to:

• View the list of projects assigned to them
• Select a project and task when logging time

…without needing administrative access to manage clients, projects, or organization settings.

Problem

Right now:

• If employees stay as Employee, they cannot see any projects/clients → making it impossible for them to track time correctly.
• If we upgrade them to Manager, they gain too much access, including full visibility and management of projects, clients, and reports, which is not appropriate for many teams.

This creates a permission gap where:

• Employees should be able to use projects/tasks but not manage them.
• Requested Feature
• Please consider adding one of the following:

Option A — Add a new permission level

• Example: Contributor or Worker
• Can view and select assigned projects/tasks
• Cannot create, edit, or delete anything
• Cannot access organization settings

Option B — Enhance current Employee role

Allow Employees to:

• View projects assigned to them
• View tasks under those projects
• Track time normally

…but not access global project/client management screens.

Why this matters

This behavior is standard in most time-tracking tools (Toggl, Clockify, Harvest, etc.), where employees need to interact with projects but not manage them. Right now, SolidTime forces us to over-elevate users to Manager just so they can log time properly.

Environment

• SolidTime: Self-hosted (latest version)
• Deployment: Railway
• Users affected: all employees in our organization

Thank you for your attention — this feature would greatly improve team usability and permission security.

Let me know if you need logs, screenshots, or further details.

Best regards,
Ingeniela