Auth guard only working for default in laravel - laravel

Question

I am new to laravel so please bear with me. I am trying to implement multi authentication using one login form but I am running into some trouble as the auth guard only works for the default in the auth.php file. I've tried a bunch of solutions here but they didn't seem to work. What can I do?
My auth.php file
<?php
return [
'defaults' => [
'guard' => 'web',
'passwords' => 'users',
],
'guards' => [
'web' => [
'driver' => 'session',
'provider' => 'users',
],
'api' => [
'driver' => 'token',
'provider' => 'users',
'hash' => false,
],
'employee' => [
'driver' => 'session',
'provider' => 'employees',
],
],
'providers' => [
'users' => [
'driver' => 'eloquent',
'model' => App\User::class,
],
'employees' => [
'driver' => 'eloquent',
'model' => App\Employee::class,
],
// 'users' => [
// 'driver' => 'database',
// 'table' => 'users',
// ],
],
// 'users' => [
// 'driver' => 'database',
// 'table' => 'users',
// ],
'passwords' => [
'users' => [
'provider' => 'users',
'table' => 'password_resets',
'expire' => 60,
],
'employees' => [
'provider' => 'employees',
'table' => 'password_resets',
'expire' => 60,
],
],
];
My LoginController
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\AuthenticatesUsers;
class LoginController extends Controller
{
use AuthenticatesUsers;
protected $redirectTo = '/dashboard';
/**
* Create a new controller instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('guest')->except('logout');
}
}
my AttemptLogin function inside the AuthenticatesUsers trait
protected function attemptLogin(Request $request)
{
$userAttempt = $this->guard()->attempt(
$this->credentials($request), $request->filled('remember')
);
if(!$userAttempt){
$this->checkUser = "employee";
return $this->employeeGuard()->attempt(
$this->credentials($request), $request->filled('remember')
);
}
return $userAttempt;
}
My model
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
class Employee extends Authenticatable
{
use Notifiable;
protected $guard = "employees";
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $fillable = [
'firstname', 'surname', 'DOB', 'gender', 'mobile_number',
'job_title','job_sector',
'highest_qualification', 'experience', 'short_description',
'relocation_willingness',
'salary_range', 'city', 'cv', 'five_tag_summation', 'email',
'password',
];
protected $hidden = [
'password', 'remember_token',
];
protected $casts = [
'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
];
}
my routes
Route::get('/', 'PagesController#index');
Route::get('/about', 'PagesController#about');
Route::get('/services', 'PagesController#services');
Route::get('/blog', 'PagesController#blog');
Route::resource('posts', 'PostsController');
Route::resource('jobs', 'JobsController');
Route::get('/users/{id}/{name}', function ($id, $name) {
return "This is user ".$id." with the name ".$name;
});
Route::get('/employeeRegister', 'Auth\EmployeeRegController#showRegistration');
Route::post('/employeeRegister', 'Auth\EmployeeRegController#register')->name('employeeRegister');
Auth::routes();
Route::get('/dashboard', 'DashboardController#index');