Sometimes, reviews are submitted with missing details or need further clarification. Sending them back to the reviewee (employee) for resubmission helps ensure the review is thorough and gives both managers and employees the chance to make the process more effective.
Common use cases include:
Incomplete feedback: When a reviewee skips sections or provides only one-word answers.
Development focus: When more detailed input is required to support employee growth conversations.
How to Send a Review Back for Resubmission
Follow these steps to send a review back for revision:
1. Go to the Reviews module and find the review you want to send back for resubmission.
2. Click "Send back for re-submission" placed on the right, under the review's status.
What Happens Next
Preserved input: Any feedback and comments already entered remain intact. The review participants will see both the existing notes and any new comments added.
Additional opportunity: The reviewee can expand on their answers and address any missing or unclear points.
Improved review quality: This ensures the final review supports more accurate performance evaluations.
Important note: The review has to be in the 'waiting for reviewer' stage to send it back to the reviewee for resubmission. The reviews that have already been submitted by the reviewers should be sent back from within the Admin Center. Please contact your admins if that's the case.
Use Cases:
Use Case 1: Complete Missing or Insufficient Feedback
Send back reviews when key sections are blank or responses are too brief, so the reviewer can provide complete feedback. Use this only when responses are missing or unclear; minor wording issues don’t require resubmission.
Use Case 2: Improve Quality for Development Conversations
Send back reviews if feedback lacks actionable insights for performance or growth discussions. Only use when more meaningful responses are needed; avoid sending back reviews that already provide sufficient detail.
Use Case 3: Clarify Misaligned Responses
Send back reviews when answers don’t align with evaluation criteria or scoring guidelines. Only request resubmission for objective misalignment, not subjective differences in opinion.