Traditionally, reviewers had to wait until employees submitted their self-reviews before beginning their evaluation. With this feature, reviewers can now draft responses early, ensuring they can prepare feedback in advance. Drafts are automatically saved, allowing reviewers to pause, resume, and finalize their responses once the reviewee’s input is submitted.
Step 1: Access the Review Module
Go to the Reviews module and open the Reviews about my team tab to find the reviews you’re assigned as a reviewer.
Step 2: Begin Your Review Early
Click See reviews, and look for reviews marked Waiting for self-review.
Select See review to begin drafting your responses.
You can start filling out your review responses even if the reviewee has yet to submit their self-review.
Step 3: Save as Draft (Auto-save Enabled)
Your responses are automatically saved as a draft, so you can pause and return later without losing progress.
Step 4: Submit After Self-Review
Once the employee submits their self-review, you’ll receive a notification and can finalize your responses by submitting your review.
Use Cases
1. Probation Reviews
Managers can begin drafting observations on a probationary employee’s performance early, ensuring no key feedback is forgotten, even if the employee delays their self-review.
2. Busy Review Cycles
In large organizations with multiple reviewees, managers can get a head start on drafting responses across their team, making the process more manageable and reducing bottlenecks at the deadline.
3. Leadership Feedback Preparation
For high-stakes reviews (e.g., succession planning or promotion readiness), reviewers can prepare detailed notes in advance, ensuring that once the self-review is in, feedback can be finalized quickly.
Allowing reviewers to draft reviews before self-review submission brings greater flexibility and efficiency to the evaluation process. It encourages proactive feedback preparation while maintaining structure by requiring final submission only after the self-review is complete. This ensures both reviewees and reviewers contribute fully, keeping the process fair and transparent.