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Review cycles

Run performance reviews: objective templates, review cycles, deadlines, feedback and weightage.

A review cycle is a performance period, such as H1 2026, with the people being reviewed, the review deadlines and how scores are weighted. Performance is under More → Performance.

Create an objective template (optional)

A template is a reusable set of objectives and their weightage, so every cycle doesn't start from scratch.

  1. Open Performance → Templates and select Create Template.
  2. Basic Info: a name and description.
  3. Objectives & Weightage: select Add Objective for each, with its weight.
  4. Review & Activate: select Create Template.

Create a review cycle

Review cyclesReview cycles

  1. Open Performance → Cycles and select Create Cycle.
  2. Cycle Details: a name, and the performance period's start and end dates.
  3. Audience: who is reviewed: companies, departments, units or individual employees, and an optional template.
  4. Feedback & Reviews: the self-review and manager-review deadlines, and whether to collect feedback from peers and managers, with reminders and an end date.
  5. Weightage: how much goals and feedback each count towards the final score.
  6. Select Create cycle, or Save as draft to finish later.

Creating a review cycleCreating a review cycle

Launch and close a cycle

Open the cycle's menu on Performance → Cycles:

  • Launch cycle starts it: employees and managers can begin their reviews.
  • Mark as completed closes it once the reviews are in.
  • Revert to draft takes a cycle back to draft so you can change it.
StatusMeaning
DraftBeing set up; nobody can see it yet
UpcomingSet up, starting on its start date
ActiveReviews are open
CompletedClosed

Last updated October 7, 2026

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