Formal reviews

Run structured reviews from rollout to final PDF.

Manage end-to-end appraisal cycles with weighted competency templates, self review, manager review, HR finalization, recommended increments and verification-ready PDF output.

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Appraisals

from rollout to final PDF.Manage end-to-end appraisal cycles with weighted competency templates, self review, manager review, HR finalization, recommended increments and verification-ready PDF output.
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WHO IS HOLDING IT

A review is a relay, and only one person can be running.

Six statuses, each owned by exactly one party. The appraisal moves down the lanes as it changes hands, and nobody can work on it out of turn — which is what stops a manager quietly editing a self-assessment, or HR closing a review the manager has not finished.

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Finalizing refuses unless the appraisal sits at exactly manager_done. There is no way to skip a lane.

THE FOUNDATION

Appraisals workflows that stay connected.

Manage end-to-end appraisal cycles with weighted competency templates, self review, manager review, HR finalization, recommended increments and verification-ready PDF output.

  1. Review setup

    HR configures cadence, rating scale and self or manager review behavior before rollout.

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  2. Cycle execution

    Each cycle creates one appraisal per enrolled employee — all active staff by default unless a specific list is chosen — and assigns the reporting manager as reviewer.

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  3. Finalization

    HR reviews responses, adds final comments and issues a signed PDF with optional increment recommendation.

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LIVE HRM SCREEN

Appraisals screen with structured review management.

The Appraisals page helps HR run formal performance reviews with weighted templates, self and manager input, finalization, PDF output and payroll increment handoff.

Appraisals page showing formal review cycles, appraisal status, reviewers and performance review controls.
CONTROL SURFACE

Appraisals controls keep records clean and traceable.

Choose a view to see how this module keeps daily HR work structured and reviewable.

Company defaults

Settings

Cadence, rating scale and payroll auto-flow are configured per company.

Values remain traceable in HRM.
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BUILT FOR CONTROL

Details that make appraisals dependable.

Reusable templates

Competency templates can be cloned, edited and reused across cycles.

Parallel cycles

Separate cycles can run for engineers, managers and general staff during the same period.

Six review stages

Each appraisal moves from pending through self review in progress and done, manager review in progress and done, to finalized.

Probation auto-appraisal

A scheduled automation opens a probation review 30 days before the probation end date using the built-in Probation template.

Verified PDFs

Finalized appraisals can export a PDF with a public verification QR.

Payroll handoff

Recommended increments can flow into payroll increments for human approval.

CONNECTED BY DESIGN

Appraisals works with the rest of HRM.

Appraisals

Shared context keeps this workflow aligned with appraisals records.

Connected

Performance Tracking

Shared context keeps this workflow aligned with performance tracking records.

Connected

Merit Evidence

Shared context keeps this workflow aligned with merit evidence records.

Connected

Payroll

Shared context keeps this workflow aligned with payroll records.

Connected

Badges & Rewards

Shared context keeps this workflow aligned with badges & rewards records.

Connected
COMMON QUESTIONS

What HR teams usually ask about appraisals.

Yes. Different role families can use different templates in the same period.

Yes. HR adds final comments, rating and optional increment or promotion recommendation.

It can create a pending increment row, but HR still approves it in payroll.

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