Contents
- Overview
- Anytime Feedback
- Scheduled Feedback
- FAQs
Overview
Our feedback feature has a variety of use cases, including:
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General feedback that can be requested or given at anytime
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360 feedback for a year-end review to receive input from peers and others (no self-reflection)
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Upward feedback for evaluating managers
All feedback templates can be accessed by going to:
Admin → Program Management → Feedback → Settings
Anytime Feedback
Note: Super Admins and HR Admins (scope applied) can view feedback provided for them even if the template is configured so that only managers can view feedback.
There are 3 types of anytime feedback:
1. Feedback that's requested by a manager on behalf of a direct report
2. Feedback that's requested by a user for themselves
3. Feedback that a user gives to another user unprompted
Requested By Manager for Direct Report
Step 1: Name this feedback
The feedback name and description will be visible to all participants. The description is a great opportunity to give participants some context around the feedback as well as to provide links to any relevant company resources:
Step 2: Set Permissions (who can request and view feedback)
Note: If a direct report is assigned to a new manager after feedback is requested, but before it's been provided, the new manager won't see the pending request on their end (since they're not the manager who initiated the request). However, if/when the feedback is provided, the new manager will be able to view the feedback content.
Step 3: Write a question
The question types are...
- Paragraph: Open text
- Scale: 1-2 through 1-25
- Star Rating: Up to 5 stars
- Note: Historically, the rating only went up to 4 stars. Reporting for feedback completed before the rating change will not be impacted and will still have a max of 4 stars. However, to avoid confusion when comparing historical and current reports, the max rating will now be indicated (i.e. "[#] out of 4 stars" or "[#] out of 5 stars").
- Multi-select: Up to 25 options
Questions can be optional or mandatory. They can also be cloned by clicking the double screen icon to the right of the question.
Step 4: Activate this template
By default, the number of days to complete feedback is 28. The maximum is 300. The minimum is 1. However, if a feedback provider declines the request or allows it to expire, they can be selected again.
Note: "Undeploying" an anytime feedback template will delete all in-progress feedback forms that are using the template. This action will also remove the data from feedback reports. However, completed feedback forms will not be impacted.
Requested By User for Themselves
Step 1: Name this feedback
The feedback name and description will be visible to all participants. The description is a great opportunity to give participants some context around the feedback as well as to provide links to any relevant company resources:
Step 2: Set Permissions (who can request and view feedback)
Step 3: Write a question
The question types are...
- Paragraph: Open text
- Scale: 1-2 through 1-25
- Star Rating: Up to 5 stars
- Note: Historically, the rating only went up to 4 stars. Reporting for feedback completed before the rating change will not be impacted and will still have a max of 4 stars. However, to avoid confusion when comparing historical and current reports, the max rating will now be indicated (i.e. "[#] out of 4 stars" or "[#] out of 5 stars").
- Multi-select: Up to 25 options
Questions can be optional or mandatory. They can also be cloned by clicking the double screen icon to the right of the question.
Step 4: Activate this template
By default, the number of days to complete feedback is 28. The maximum is 300. The minimum is 1. However, if a feedback provider declines the request or allows it to expire, they can be selected again.
Note: "Undeploying" an anytime feedback template will delete all in-progress feedback forms that are using the template. This action will also remove the data from feedback reports. However, completed feedback forms will not be impacted.
Given By User Unprompted
Step 1: Name this feedback
Step 2: Set Permissions (who can request and view feedback)
Step 3: Write a question
The question types are...
- Paragraph: Open text
- Scale: 1-2 through 1-25
- Star Rating: Up to 5 stars
- Note: Historically, the rating only went up to 4 stars. Reporting for feedback completed before the rating change will not be impacted and will still have a max of 4 stars. However, to avoid confusion when comparing historical and current reports, the max rating will now be indicated (i.e. "[#] out of 4 stars" or "[#] out of 5 stars").
- Multi-select: Up to 25 options
Questions can be optional or mandatory. They can also be cloned by clicking the double screen icon to the right of the question.
Step 4: Activate this template
Note: "Undeploying" an anytime feedback template will delete all in-progress feedback forms that are using the template. This action will also remove the data from feedback reports. However, completed feedback forms will not be impacted.
Scheduled Feedback
Note: Super Admins and HR Admins (scope applied) can view feedback provided for them even if the template is configured so that only managers can view feedback.
Scheduled feedback is generally used by an organization to run a more formal review process. The feedback name and description will be visible to all participants. The description is a great opportunity to give participants some context around the feedback as well as to provide links to any relevant company resources. Changes made to the name and/or description of a feedback template that has a cycle in progress will be applied immediately and pushed out to all participants.
Step 1: Name this feedback
Step 2: Select Participants
Your selections for feedback recipients and providers do not have to match. As such, you select "Include all employees (recommended)" for recipients and "Custom participant list via CSV upload" for providers. Download this simple template to use with the "Customer participant list via CSV upload" option. Only participant email addresses are needed.
Default providers are only suggestions and can be changed.
Managers will always receive a notification as soon as feedback is submitted even if the template is configured so that the recipient is notified after the cycle ends.
Step 3: Specify who can view and request feedback
Note: If a direct report is assigned to a new manager during the feedback cycle, the feedback will be redirected appropriately as long as the new reporting structure is defined via user management.
Step 4: Write the questions
The question types are...
- Paragraph: Open text
- Scale: 1-2 through 1-25
- Star Rating: Up to 5 stars
- Note: Historically, the rating only went up to 4 stars. Reporting for feedback completed before the rating change will not be impacted and will still have a max of 4 stars. However, to avoid confusion when comparing historical and current reports, the max rating will now be indicated (i.e. "[#] out of 4 stars" or "[#] out of 5 stars").
- Multi-select: Up to 25 options
Questions can be optional or mandatory. They can also be cloned by clicking the double screen icon to the right of the question.
Step 5: Set up notifications
Note: Feedback notifications will not be sent if system notifications are disabled.
Once the "Select" phase has passed, participants will not be able to request feedback unless the "Allow employees to nominate feedback providers any time during the cycle" option is enabled. Also, if a feedback provider declines the request, they can be nominated again during the same cycle.
Once the "Give" phase has passed, feedback providers will not be able to provide feedback unless the "Add a grace period for your employees to provide feedback" option is enabled. The grace period is based on consecutive days (not business days).
These options can be enabled while the cycle is in progress.
Note: "Undeploying" a scheduled feedback template while a cycle is in progress will delete all data associated with the cycle. This action will also remove the data from feedback reports. However, completed cycles will not be impacted.
FAQs
When do scheduled feedback cycles launch?
By default, scheduled feedback cycles launch at approximately 12am (your organization's time zone) on the cycle start date. This means the feedback template will be available in the participants' Feedback module from that point forward.
Can multiple feedback cycles run at once?
Yes. You can run cycles of different template types at the same time.
Can I clone questions and/or templates?
Yes. You can clone questions within the same template and can clone a template itself.
Is feedback data reflected in the Usage Dashboard?
No, feedback data is not available in the Usage Dashboard. However, it is shown in the Manager Insights Dashboard.
Is there a character limit for questions and/or answers?
- Questions: The limit is 1,000 characters.
- Answers: There is no limit.
Can I add/remove participants after I deploy a scheduled feedback cycle?
Yes, but only in the nomination phase (the part of the cycle where participants are still able to select feedback providers). To add participants, you'll need to upload a new CSV file that includes the original participants as well as the new participants. To remove participants, you'll need to upload a new CSV file with only the participants that you'd like to remain in the cycle.