diff --git a/addons/hr/hr_view.xml b/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
index f8c92db4693..076c207f850 100644
--- a/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
+++ b/addons/hr/hr_view.xml
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
                             <field name="requirements" colspan="4" nolabel="1"/>
                         </page>
                         <page string="Employee">
-                            <field name="employee_ids" colspan='4' nolabel="1"  mode="tree,form"/>
+                            <field name="employee_ids" colspan='4' nolabel="1" widget="many2many" mode="tree,form"/>
                         </page>
                     </notebook>
                     <group col="6" colspan="4">