Yes it needs to remain editable,You can leave the apostrophes. They only have to be doubled in the string.
Code:DCount("*","GP Data","[EmployeeName] = '" & Replace([EmployeeName], "'", "''") & "'")
Does the query need to remain editable?
If not, I would use a subselect instead of DCount, then you don't have to bother with text composition.
Code:SELECT [GP Data].EmployeeName, [GP Data].[Week End Date] , (select count(*) from [GP Data] as X where X.EmployeeName = [GP Data].EmployeeName) AS [RecCount] FROM [GP Data]
As of now the formula is working, but taking multiple minutes to run the query, and that's my only concern now
Thanks for helping