diff --git a/addons/hr/models/hr_employee_base.py b/addons/hr/models/hr_employee_base.py
index 9b6378038be..cdbd53780b0 100644
--- a/addons/hr/models/hr_employee_base.py
+++ b/addons/hr/models/hr_employee_base.py
@@ -59,10 +59,25 @@ class HrEmployeeBase(models.AbstractModel):
         ('presence_undetermined', 'Undetermined')], compute='_compute_presence_icon')
     show_hr_icon_display = fields.Boolean(compute='_compute_presence_icon')
 
+
+    def _get_valid_employee_for_user(self):
+        user = self.env.user
+        # retrieve the employee of the current active company for the user
+        employee = user.employee_id
+        if not employee:
+            # search for all employees as superadmin to not get blocked by multi-company rules
+            user_employees = user.employee_id.sudo().search([
+                ('user_id', '=', user.id)
+            ])
+            # the default company employee is most likely the correct one, but fallback to the first if not available
+            employee = user_employees.filtered(lambda r: r.company_id == user.company_id) or user_employees[:1]
+        return employee
+
     @api.depends_context('uid', 'company')
     @api.depends('department_id')
     def _compute_part_of_department(self):
-        active_department = self.env.user.employee_id.department_id
+        user_employee = self._get_valid_employee_for_user()
+        active_department = user_employee.department_id
         if not active_department:
             self.member_of_department = False
         else:
@@ -79,12 +94,14 @@ class HrEmployeeBase(models.AbstractModel):
     def _search_part_of_department(self, operator, value):
         if operator not in ('=', '!=') or not isinstance(value, bool):
             raise UserError(_('Operation not supported'))
+
+        user_employee = self._get_valid_employee_for_user()
         # Double negation
         if not value:
             operator = '!=' if operator == '=' else '='
-        if not self.env.user.employee_id.department_id:
-            return [('id', operator, self.env.user.employee_id.id)]
-        return (['!'] if operator == '!=' else []) + [('department_id', 'child_of', self.env.user.employee_id.department_id.id)]
+        if not user_employee.department_id:
+            return [('id', operator, user_employee.id)]
+        return (['!'] if operator == '!=' else []) + [('department_id', 'child_of', user_employee.department_id.id)]
 
     @api.depends('user_id.im_status')
     def _compute_presence_state(self):