We're introducing a review system that gives you complete control over your review process. Instead of choosing between one-on-one or 360 reviews, you build custom review templates that match exactly how your team works.

This article explains what Reviews offers and how it's different from classic reviews.

Reviews replaces the distinction between one-on-one and 360 reviews with a flexible approach. You build review templates from modular steps, choosing only what you need.

Here's what that means in practice: instead of being limited to predefined review types, you can create a 90-day new hire check-in, an annual performance review with 360 feedback, or a manager feedback session, all using the same system.

The key difference is customization. You control the templates steps, who participates at each stage, and what each step's participants can see.

Reviews includes these main components:

Review templates let you save your review templates and reuse them. Create a templates once for your annual review process, then launch it again next year without rebuilding everything.

Modular steps give you three building blocks to create your templates:

You can use all three steps, or just the ones you need. For example, a simple check-in might only use the meeting step, while a comprehensive annual review uses all three.

Flexible participation lets you decide who's involved at each step. Add the employee's manager, their peers, direct reports, or specific people from other departments. You can even include different people at different stages of the same review.

Visibility controls, set per step mean you choose what everyone in that step can see. For example, feedback givers never see each other's responses, to prevent bias. For the meeting step, you decide whether participants see the feedback, the preparation notes, both, or neither. The setting applies to everyone in that step; it isn't configured person by person.

Reviews already covers what you need to run most review templates:

Classic reviews and Reviews coexist. You can run some review cycles with one system and some with the other, and they don't interfere with each other.

Your historical review data from classic reviews stays accessible. When classic reviews are eventually sunset, you'll still be able to view past reviews in read-only mode.

Ready to get started? Here's what to do:

Here's how different teams use Reviews:

Tech startup running quarterly check-ins: they created a template with just the meeting step, no formal feedback collection. The employee and manager each prepare notes beforehand, then meet to discuss and write a brief summary. Takes 30 minutes per review.

Healthcare company with compliance requirements: they use all three steps for annual reviews. Feedback from peers and the manager, a preparation phase where everyone reviews the feedback privately, a structured meeting with notes, and signatures from both the employee and manager to acknowledge the review happened.

Retail company piloting manager development: they built a template specifically for new managers at the three-month mark. Direct reports give feedback, the new manager prepares a self-reflection, then they meet with their own manager to discuss the feedback and create a development plan. Just those three steps, tailored to their needs.