# Review Participants: Reviewees and reviewers

### 1. **Review Type**

In this step, you define who will provide feedback for the employee:

* **Manager Review** – Feedback provided by the employee’s manager.
* **Self Review** – A self-appraisal written by the employee.
* **Peer Review** – Feedback from peers or colleagues in the organisation.

You can enable one or more review types depending on the goals of your review cycle. 

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By default, **Manager Review is mandatory**, as managers work most closely with employees and play a key role in evaluating their performance.
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### **2. Sign-Offs**

The admin can configure who has the final authority in assigning ratings to employees.

* **Self Sign-Off**\
  Employees acknowledges having received the rating Until they sign off, the rating remains open for discussion between the employee and management.
* **Secondary Sign-Offs**\
  After the manager provides ratings, a secondary approval may be required depending on organisational policies. This secondary sign-off can be:
  * By the **skip-level manager** of the employee, or
  * By a **nominated secondary approver** defined in the review setup.

### 3. Reviewee Selection

The next step in creating a review is choosing the employees who will take part in it. You can either select everyone or select specific cohorts of employees to be a part of the review

For example, if the review is meant only for the **Marketing team**, you can select employees from that department.

* Use the **“Only specific employees or demographics”** option.
* Click on **Add Employees** to include individuals, teams, or departments as needed.

This ensures the right set of employees are included in the review cycle.

### 4. Peer Selection

The admin can configure how peers are selected for an employee’s review. Options include:

* **Employee-Selected (No Approval Needed)**\
  Employees independently select peers to provide feedback. Manager approval is not required.
* **Manager-Selected**\
  Only the manager decides and finalises the list of peers who will provide feedback for their direct report.
* **Employee + Manager (Manager Approval Required)**\
  Employees propose a list of peers. The manager can approve, reject, or add more peers. The list becomes final only after manager approval.

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Note: As an admin you can also share a list of peers with your CS SPOC and they will get it upladed it from the back end.
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![Select the participants for the review cycle.](/files/e3YKo4llrSL1vy9ScAYD)


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