How to assign people to tasks?

When I highlight a plant or guard post and it shows a red vault boy, does that mean it doesn't have an assigned person to it? I assigned someone to the post and it was green for a bit, then went back to red.

It seems to change colors from red to green and back no matter what I assign people to (Crops, guard posts, etc). What does that mean?

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Best Answer

As discussed here - in order to assign a worker to a resource you must be in workshop mode and then approach the person you want to be the worker, speak to them and "command" them:

...then go to the location you want them to work and you'll have the option to assign them to that post.

They'll then walk over from their original position and start working.

The person icon will go red again if you reassign a person who was already assigned to another task, or that person is currently not performing that task (ie: sleeping). Unfortunately, there is no method of seeing an overview of all tasks your settlers are currently assigned to, however you can see what each individual is assigned to if you have visibility of that individual and their assigned task - this picture will show you what I mean:

This settler is only assigned to half of these carrots, another settler is doing the others, so when I target this settler is highlights half of the carrots.

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Quick Answer about "How to assign people to tasks?"

Motivation comes from knowing the bigger picture.

Get your employees excited to commit.

Ask for task transparency.

Keep a crystal clear timeframe.

Set very clear expectations.

Avoid creating dependency by being less involved.

How do I assign a task to multiple people?

To assign tasks to multiple team members, go to Settings > Work and projects > Calendar and tasks and activate the option Use task assigning to multiple users (and save). When creating a new task or modifying an existing one, just assign the task to multiple people instead of one.