# Create workflow to assign a task to a user's manager

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-workflow-to-assign-a-task-to-a-users-manager/143850>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** tasks\
**Created:** [December 9, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-workflow-to-assign-a-task-to-a-users-manager/143850 "2025-12-09T18:12:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![LValleyCPPM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@LValleyCPPM](https://community.hubspot.com/u/LValleyCPPM)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-workflow-to-assign-a-task-to-a-users-manager/143850/1 "2025-12-09T18:12:09Z")

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Today, you can assign tasks via a workflow only to the current record owner, a specific user, or no one. I want to be able to use the user’s Manager listed under Users\>_User Name_\>Setup\>Management hierarchy\>Manager, so that I can assign follow-up tasks to managers when an item needs to be reviewed for one of their direct reports