Having trouble with my class and vector working

[jcarlson93]

I have written my code for an employee management system that stores Employee class objects into a vector, I am getting no errors until I try and compile, I am getting the error: C2679 binary '==': no operator found which takes a right-hand operand of type 'const std::string' (or there is no acceptable conversion). But I am not sure why any help would be great, Thank you!

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>

using namespace std;

class Employee
{
public:
	Employee();
	string GetName();
	string GetStatus();
	float GetSalary();
	int GetAge();
	int GetYearHired();

private:
	string m_Name;
	string m_Status;
	float m_Salary;
	int m_Age;
	int m_YearHired;

};

Employee::Employee()
{
	m_Salary = 0;
	m_Age = 0;
	m_YearHired = 0;
}

string Employee::GetName()
{
	string fName;
	string lName;
	cout << "Please enter the new employee's first name: ";
	cin >> fName;
	cout << "Please enter the new employee's last name: ";
	cin >> lName;
	m_Name = fName + lName;
	return m_Name;
}

string Employee::GetStatus()
{
	string status;
	cout << "Please enter the employee's status (full time, part time, or manager): ";
	cin >> status;
	return m_Status;
}

float Employee::GetSalary()
{
	float salary;
	cout << "Please enter the employee's salary: ";
	cin >> salary;
	return m_Salary;
}

int Employee::GetAge()
{
	int age;
	while (true)
	{
		cout << "Please enter the employee's age: ";
		cin >> age;
		if (age > 0)
			break;
		else
			cout << "Error: Please enter a positive value.";
	}
	return m_Age;
}

int Employee::GetYearHired()
{
	int yearHired;
	cout << "Please enter what year the employee was hired: ";
	cin >> yearHired;
	return m_YearHired;
}

class Staff
{
	vector<Employee*> emps;
	vector<Employee*>::const_iterator iter;
public:
	Staff();
	virtual ~Staff();
	void Add();
	void Remove();
	void Clear();
	void Display();
};

Staff::Staff()
{
	emps.reserve(20);
}

Staff::~Staff()
{
	Clear();
}

void Staff::Add()
{
	Employee* emp = new Employee;
	emp->GetName();
	emp->GetStatus();
	emp->GetSalary();
	emp->GetAge();
	emp->GetYearHired();
	emps.push_back(emp);
}

void Staff::Remove()
{
	Employee* emp;
	cout << "Which employee would you like to remove?";
	emp->GetName();

	iter = find(emps.begin(), emps.end(), emp->GetName());	// Trying to find the employee in the datbase.
	if (iter != emps.end())							// If the employee is found in the vector it is removed.
	{
		cout << "\n" << *iter << " was removed\n\n";
		emps.erase(iter);								// removes employee from the vector.
	}
	else		// If the employee is not found in the vector, it tells the user that the employee was not found. 
	{
		cout << "Employee not found, please choose anoter employee.\n\n";
	}
}

void Staff::Clear()
{
	cout << "\nDo you really want to clear all employees? (yes/no)\n";	// Asking the user if they want to clear the database
	string response;	// Storing the response of the user.
	cin >> response;	// Getting the users response (yes/no).
	if (response == "yes") // If response is yes.
	{
		vector<Employee*>::iterator iter = emps.begin();	// Declares an iterator for the emps vector and sets it to the beginning of the vector.
		for (iter = emps.begin(); iter != emps.end(); ++iter)	// Iterates through vector.
		{
			delete *iter;	// Deletes the iterators in the vector, freeing all memory on the heap.
			*iter = 0;	// Sets iterator to zero so it does not become a dangling pointer.
		}
		emps.clear();	// Clear vector of pointers.
	}
	else             // If response is no.
	{
		cout << "\nAll employee's remain in the database.\n";
	}
}

void Staff::Display()
{
	Employee* emp;
	if (emps.size() == 0)	// Checking to see if the database is empty.
		cout << "\nThere are no Employee's in the database, add Employee's to view them here.\n";
	else		// If the database contains any Employee's.
	{
		cout << "\nThe database contains: \n";
		for (iter = emps.begin(); iter != emps.end(); ++iter)	// Displaying the database.
		{
			cout << "-------------------------------------------------";
			cout << "Employee's Name		 : " << emp->GetName() << endl;
			cout << "Employee's Status		 : " << emp->GetStatus() << endl;
			cout << "Employee's Salary		 : " << emp->GetSalary() << endl;
			cout << "Employee's Age			 : " << emp->GetAge() << endl;
			cout << "Year employee was hired : " << emp->GetYearHired() << endl;
			cout << "-------------------------------------------------";
		}
	}
}

int main()
{
	int option = 0;
	Staff stf;
	// Welcoming the user to the Employee Management System program. 
	cout << "Welcome to our Employee Management System! To get started see the menu options below:\n";

	// Main loop
	while (option != 5)	// The loop will repeat until the user enters 5 as the option.
	{
		cout << "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------";
		cout << "\nMenu Options: \n";
		cout << "\nTo select an option, please type in the number that corresponds to that option.\n";
		cout << "1 - Add an Employee\n2 - Remove an Employee\n3 - Clear the database\n4 - Display Employee's in Database\n5 - Quit" << endl;
		cout << "\nWhat would you like to do? ";
		cout << "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------";

		// Start of the validity check.
		bool validInput = false;

		while (!validInput) // The loop will repeat until the users input is valid.
		{
			cin >> option;	// User inputs first option choice.
			validInput = true;	// Assign the input as valid.
			if (cin.fail())		// Tests to make sure the value assigned is valid for the variable type.
			{
				cout << "\nPlease choose a menu option by number\n";
				cin.clear();	// Clears stream error.
				cin.ignore(numeric_limits<streamsize>::max(), '\n'); // Removes an invalid characters.
				validInput = false;	// Sets the input back to false, repeats the loop.
			}
		}

		switch (option)
		{
		case 1:
		{
			stf.Add();
			break;
		}
		case 2:
		{
			stf.Remove();
			break;
		}
		case 3:
		{
			stf.Clear();
			break;
		}
		case 4:
		{
			stf.Display();
			break;
		}
		case 5:	// If option == 5.
			cout << "\nThank you for using the Employee Management Program!\n";	// Thanks the user for using the Employee Management program.
			break;
		default:	// If the user does not put in a valid option, it tells them to try again.
			cout << "\nThat's not a valid option. Please try again.\n";
			break;
		}
	}
	system("pause");
	return 0;
}

[lastchance]

On line 125 you are trying to find a string in a vector of Employee*.

Do your really need pointers here anyway?