The system models your organizational hierarchy with cohorts. When integrated with your HRIS, it automatically creates the appropriate cohorts (teams) and assigns an administrator to each cohort (the manager).
Administrators may also create cohorts manually—for example, to deliver mandatory training. Note that cohort membership alone doesn’t determine who receives a review. When an employee submits their portion, the system assigns the review only to the designated reviewer(s). Manually created cohorts often have no administrator, so unless you add one, the mere fact that the user belongs to additional cohorts will not impact who their potential reviewers are.
To control who is assigned as a reviewer, use the “Reviewer(s)” setting. It lets you choose which user profile field(s) representing your reporting hierarchy (e.g., Manager, Secondary Manager) should be used to assign potential reviewers to a user’s review. If you leave this blank, all administrators of the cohorts a user belongs to are considered potential reviewers.
Step-by-step Guide
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Go to Performance Review System > Settings
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Start typing the label of a user profile field in the “Search” box
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Select the corresponding match(es)
Important Notes
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The list of fields depends on the fields added to your system and may vary for each site
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Changing a field will not retroactively unassign reviews. The system will simply make sure that the rule is observed going forward when assigning reviews to supervisors.