diff --git a/src/components/Employee/ManageReporting.jsx b/src/components/Employee/ManageReporting.jsx
index 1f3b6a8a..8d76b268 100644
--- a/src/components/Employee/ManageReporting.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Employee/ManageReporting.jsx
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ const ManageReporting = ({ onClosed, employeeId }) => {
       });
     }
 
-    console.log("🚀 Final Payload:", payload);
     manageHierarchy(payload);
   };
 
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ const ManageReporting = ({ onClosed, employeeId }) => {
           <PmsEmployeeInputTag
             control={control}
             name="primaryNotifyTo"
-            placeholder="Select primary report-to"
+            placeholder={primaryValue?.length > 0 ? "" : "Select primary report-to"}
             forAll={true}
             disabled={primaryValue?.length > 0}
           />
@@ -113,6 +112,7 @@ const ManageReporting = ({ onClosed, employeeId }) => {
           )}
         </div>
 
+
         {/* Secondary */}
         <div className="mb-4 text-start">
           <Label className="form-label">
diff --git a/src/components/common/PmsEmployeeInputTag.jsx b/src/components/common/PmsEmployeeInputTag.jsx
index fe57cee6..9cc8e957 100644
--- a/src/components/common/PmsEmployeeInputTag.jsx
+++ b/src/components/common/PmsEmployeeInputTag.jsx
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ const PmsEmployeeInputTag = ({
         id="TagifyUserList"
         name="TagifyUserList"
         className="tagify__input flex-grow-1 border-0 bg-transparent"
-        placeholder={placeholder || "Type to search users..."}
+        placeholder={placeholder}
         onChange={(e) => {
           setSearch(e.target.value);
           setShowDropdown(true);