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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Concept: Employee Reviews

Concept: Employee Reviews

The main components of employee reviews in Workday are:
  • Review Categories and Types
  • Review Templates and Sections

Review Categories and Types

Workday enables you to conduct employee reviews in 4 categories. Each review category can have as many review types within the category as your organization requires.
Workday only generates employee reviews for the employee's primary job.
Review Category
Review Type Examples
Individual Development Plan
Career
Development
Performance Review
Ad Hoc Performance Review
Annual Focal Review
Mid-Year Review
Performance Improvement Plan
Coaching
Presentation Skills
Disciplinary Action
Attendance
Quality
Safety

Review Templates and Sections

Each review type can have different employee review templates that define the look and behavior of the review document. Templates have:
  • General details that apply to the employee review as a whole.
  • Individual sections that comprise the employee review.
  • Instructions that guide employees and managers through the review phases and sections.
You can add these section types to review templates:
  • Accomplishments
  • Career
  • Competencies
  • Development Items
  • Feedback
  • Goals
  • Overall
  • Questions
  • Responsibilities
  • Supporting Documents
You can add multiple
Accomplishments
,
Competencies
,
Goals
,
Questions
, and
Responsibilities
sections to a template. To create your own sections, use the
Maintain Employee Review Section Types
task. The maximum number of sections per template is 14.
You specify whether the employee can view or modify these sections:
  • Accomplishments
  • Overall
  • Questions
  • Responsibilities
  • Supporting Documents
You can hide a section from the employee permanently or until the review is complete.