# Staff

> Staff are the people customers book. Give them a photo, their services, their own working hours and time off.

Source: https://docs.bifrostorbit.com/booking/everyone/staff/

## Add a staff member

1. Open **Staff** and choose **Add staff member**.
2. Add their name, a title such as "Boot fitter", a photo and a short bio. Customers see these when they choose who to book.
3. Under **Services**, tick what they take.
4. Under **Working hours**, leave **Own hours** off if they work whenever the location is open, or turn it on and set their days and hours. Use **Add hours** for a split day, such as 09:00 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 17:00.
5. Choose **Add staff member**.

Customers can only book someone inside both their own hours and the location's opening hours.

## Link their Orbit account

Under **Orbit account**, choose the person's sign-in. Their own appointments then come first when they open Booking Orbit.

## Time off

Open the person and choose **Add time off** under **Time off and extra hours**. Choose whole days for a holiday, or a few hours for a course or a dentist appointment. You can also add **Extra hours**, such as a Saturday before the ski season.

## Stop taking bookings

Turn off **Takes bookings** while someone is away for a long time. Their past and booked appointments stay. To remove someone for good, move any appointments still to come to someone else first, then choose **Move to the bin**.

Your plan sets how many staff members your organisation can have across all locations.