---
title: "[DEV ONLY] Deactivate a test employee's employment"
method: POST
path: "/v1/employees/{employeeId}/dev-deactivate"
tags: ["Dev Support"]
---

# \[DEV ONLY\] Deactivate a test employee's employment

`POST /v1/employees/{employeeId}/dev-deactivate`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.usemultiplier.com`
- URL: `https://api.usemultiplier.com/v1/employees/{employeeId}/dev-deactivate`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/usemultiplier/apis/multiplier-public-rest-api/docs/v1/employees/:employeeId/dev-deactivate/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

**For dev testing purposes only. Not intended for production use.**

Deactivates a test employee's employment by fast-tracking it to its
terminal offboarding state. This endpoint only works for test employments (isTest = true).
Attempting to deactivate a non-test employment will return a 400 Bad Request.

The employment must be initialized offboarding before this call succeeds.

## Path parameters

- `employeeId` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

Employment successfully deactivated

- V1EmployeesEmployeeIdDevDeactivatePostResponse
  - `employeeId` string, uuid, required: The employee's employment publicId
  - `status` 'COMPLETED', required: Terminal offboarding status after deactivation

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request parameters
- `401`: Authentication required
- `403`: Forbidden - insufficient permissions
- `404`: Resource not found
- `409`: Conflict - resource already exists or state conflict
- `422`: Unprocessable entity - validation error
- `500`: Internal server error
- `503`: Service unavailable - upstream dependency error

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