Sorting by table column with dropdown in the header

Question

I'm wondering if the following makes sense. Please note, splitting the information into separate columns is not an option due to too many columns. Column 1: there are more time stamps the column might be sorted by, but it can only be discovered by seeing the dropdown options. Column 2: all the information this column can be sorted by is available at a glance (Name Surname, Job title, Location, another item). Thank you.

Answer 1

Yes this makes sense, but I'd make one change and give two suggestions. I'd change the ascending/descending toggle so that it shows what state is selected with a heavier stroke for the current sort order. Suggestion 1) pull the main data type out of your column headers, so column 1 reads:

Sort date by [ hire / ]

And column 2 reads:

Sort employee by [ name / ]

Suggestion 2) If you'd like the ability to choose more options in the dropdown to be more discoverable then consider reversing the contrast: use white fill in the dropdown with black text.