What is a Performance Review session?
If your company uses the Calamari Performance module, you might be invited to partake in various performance reviews as either a manager or employee. The performance review session can be started by the Administrators or Performance Administrators on your Calamari account.
When a new session starts in Calamari, you will see it in the Review sessions tab. You will receive in-app notifications or email notifications. Learn more about notifications in Calamari: How to turn on/off personal notifications?
As a direct manager, you may need to assign your subordinates as reviewees in a peer review session. You can also add your own feedback as your subordinates' manager.
Peer review
Assign reviewers for your subordinate
Follow the instructions:
Navigate to the module in the Calamari menu → Performance.
Open Review sessions tab
Select the review session you want to manage.
You can use filters to display:
- active sessions
- ended sessions.
Check whether the review session includes a Peer Review column.
For each subordinate, add reviewers in the Peer Review section:
Important rules about peer feedback
Administrators define the minimum number of peer reviewers required.
If you select more peers than the minimum:
Feedback from all assigned reviewers will be required
The review will not progress to the next step for the subordinate until all assigned reviewers submit their feedback.
Depending on the configuration of the session, the next step after Self Review and/or Peer Review is Final evaluation.
Peer feedback can be anonymous, depending on the review session settings. As a manager, you may see peer feedback given to your subordinate with or without the reviewer’s name.
Final evaluation
Add your own feedback for your subordinate
Navigate to the module in the Calamari menu → Performance.
Open Feedback → To evaluate tab:
Select the subordinate and click Add final evaluation.
In the final evaluation panel, you can:
- Check both self and peer feedback from the current session
- Compare the feedback from previous sessions
- Save your feedback as a draft and come back to it later
- Save and send your feedback
Important rules about the final evaluation
Final evaluation is the direct manager's feedback.
Once you send the final evaluation, the employee will receive your feedback in the Feedback → Received tab. If you prefer to take your time, you can always use Save as draft option first to review thoroughly.
Employees will be able to read your feedback, but they won't have access to peer feedback they received:
