Calibration
Helps standardize processes across all functions within the organization.
commentsCalibration helps standardize performance feedback and reduce biases across all functions and departments, enabling a fair and meritocratic process.
Why is performance calibration important in a review cycle?
The calibration process is crucial for performance reviews because:
Helps eliminate bias Calibration helps eliminate any biases that may influence a manager's decisions and review ratings.
Provides a holistic view of rating variance to the performance administrator The calibration process offers a comprehensive view of the overall rating distribution across different managers, helping improve accuracy and consistency in the review process.
Boost the credibility of the review cycle Performance calibration ensures employees trust the fairness and impartiality of the review process, thereby strengthening the credibility of the appraisal cycle.
Calibration for performance administrator
The Calibration tab for the performance administrator provides an overview of the calibrated ratings within the organization, offering insights into talent distribution. Through this tab, a performance administrator can view:
Rating approval status by skip-level managers
Performance rating distribution across teams and departments
Employee details with the relevant parameters to assess
Talent card & Employee form for a comprehensive review
Rating approval status by skip-level managers
This segment provides the following details:
Approved Ratings: Displays the number and percentage of employees whose ratings have been approved.
Pending Ratings: Shows the number and percentage of employees whose ratings are currently under calibration and awaiting approval.
Declined Ratings: Indicates the number and percentage of employees whose ratings were declined during the calibration process.
Performance Rating Distribution
Performance admin can access an overview of the performance rating distribution across the organization.
The performance analytics graph is essential for identifying the number of underperforming, average, and high-performing employees.
The admin has access to three types of rating distribution graphs:
Bar graph
Line graph
Bell curve
Employee details
The performance administrator can also access employee details with relevant parameters to facilitate healthy calibration discussions. This section provides three key types of information:
Demographic
Current Review Feedback
Past Review ratings
The admin can customize the view within each type by selecting relevant parameters using the Manage Columns feature.
Calibration Sets
Employees at the same level and within the same team are calibrated in the same session by the committee. For example, all SDE1s are calibrated together, and Product Managers are calibrated together. Using Calibration Sets, you can group employees who will be calibrated together and include the appropriate committee members for the process.
Create a Calibrations Set:
Go to Calibration tab in a review and click on the + Calibration Sets button.
Add the name of the calibration set, the names of the employees to be calibrated, and the committee members involved.
Click on Save Changes to create the calibration set.
View a Calibrations Set:
To view an existing calibration set, click View Calibration Sets and select the desired set from the list.
Calibration Notes
This feature enables committee members to collaboratively jot down notes during the calibration process. These insights can then be incorporated into the feedback and ratings provided by the manager.
Why are calibration notes needed?
Calibration Notes allow all committee members to contribute their feedback during the calibration process, ensuring a comprehensive evaluation.
They also enable organizations to conduct asynchronous calibrations, saving significant time.
Accessing Calibration Notes
Click on Talent Card and then click on View Form to find the Calibration Notes button where the committee can collaborate and add their feedback.
Talent card
A talent card encapsulates detailed information about an employee, including the rating, promotion status, and comments given by their manager to enable line managers or skip managers to make certain types of decisions. It also has to link to view the complete employee form.
For more information on talent card, click here.
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