There is one manager. The office is by the delivery-room door in the boxing area, with a desk, lamp, chair, shelves, and a plant. Holiday updates change the decor. Only the current manager can enter from outside. Anyone inside can leave. Claim the job by sitting in the black chair after the seat is empty. The team color is green.
What the manager can do
- Hand out a bonus check. It is blue, worth 150 coins, and can be cashed immediately. There is a 10-minute cooldown between bonus checks.
- Name Employee of the Day. A gold plaque of that avatar appears in the cashier room, the office, and the boxing room. The cooldown is 15 minutes. The plaque has no other payout.
- Call a vote to kick a player. Enough votes remove them from the server.
- Send a slacking or on-break player back to work.
- Fire a player who has 0 stars, without a vote.
VIP blocks two of those tools. The manager cannot put a VIP back to work and cannot nominate a VIP for a ban.
How the seat opens
The manager leaves the job if any of these happen:
- Other players reach 8 votes to remove them.
- They step on the Vote to Remove Manager button.
- They lose all 3 stars and are fired.
- They press Quit my Job.
- They enter a house or use the locker.
- They leave the server.
Since the December 2017 update, a manager who enters a house gets a confirmation warning that someone else can take the chair. After removal, that player becomes a cashier and the office opens to everyone.
The Manager badge is not "sit in the chair." It is giving a bonus check to 15 players while you are manager.
Stars
| Stars | Paycheck |
|---|---|
| 3 | 100% |
| 2 | 80% |
| 1 | 30% |
| 0 | No paycheck, and the manager can fire you |
Players who go on break without having worked do not get a paycheck. Players who worked and then went on break still receive the paycheck they earned. On Break is the gray team. You enter it by walking into your house or someone else's, or by choosing to stay home when you join.
Do not treat star loss as a published timer. Some guides invent a per-hop star penalty and a 15-minute paycheck clock. The job documentation instead ties pay to stars and to whether you worked before the break, and it ties the paycheck schedule to twice per in-game day. Use the in-game check you see, not a timer from an unrelated writeup.