PerformYard Performance Management Features

Organizes employees in an org structure that can be used throughout the application for reporting, permissions, etc.

Tracks time, attendance, paid time-off (PTO), sick time, schedules, and other workforce-related information.

Contains functionality for employees to submit expenses reports and track reimbursments

Manages position descriptions and pay grades/structures for each role

Helps protect risk areas by ensuring compliance standards are met through tracking and reporting

Enables employees to manage their benefit plans by viewing plans, make changes during open enrollement, and for life event changes. Employers can report and manage payroll deductions based on selected plan options

Allows administrators to customize to accommodate their unique processes. Includes ability to create custom objects, fields, rules, calculations, and views.

Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc with other software applications.

Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, and groups.

Is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks reliably.

Is accessible from a mobile device and by users on the go.

Provides analytics tools that reveal important business metrics and track progress.

Creates dashboards to track information like open positions, current headcount, and recruiting pipeline.

Schedules and coordinates meetings between participants.

Creates agendas for meetings to follow.

Allows participants to record notes on meeting proceedings.

Delegates tasks based on agreed upon action points.

Allows managers and peers to provide feedback on goal progress.

Allows users to rate their confidence level concerning goal completion.

Integrates with outside business instant messaging tools.

Provides built-in onboarding tools for new user adoption.

Allows users to make team-wide OKRs.

Allows users to make OKRs for individual team members.

Allows users to arrange tasks and goals in a mind map.

Allows users to create goals and takss based on action items decided in in-person meetings.

Survey results can be visualized and reported on in real time, with manager dashboards and automated reporting tools. Reports can be customized and distributed to aid in organizational improvement and employee performance reviews.

Connects to external systems and applications as needed to complete team workflows.

Distribute short, customizable culture-focused surveys or polls to employees to measure the various factors of employee engagement, including job, environment, and pay satisfaction.

Customize various components of surveys, including individual questions, distribution frequency, audience size, and anonymity.

Set professional and personal goals with customizable due dates and milestones within the system. Share these goals with other users and track and measure performance using built in tools.

Segment employees according to factors such as location, demographics, and position. Distribute surveys and filter survey results according to employee segments.

Set professional and personal goals with customizable due dates and milestones within the system. Share these goals with other users and track and measure performance using built in tools.

Send and receive recognition in the form of digital badges, awards, or messages to colleagues, employees, and managers. Recognition is displayed in real time in the platform on a live activity feed.

Communicate with team members and managers through a built-in customizable web portal. Users can communicate 1 on 1 with each other, and can ask questions, share frustrations, and make suggestions with varying degrees of anonymity.

Facilitates 360-degree feedback between managers, employees, and peers.

Provides customizable employee review forms and questions.

Tracks completion status of employee reviews.

Facilitates goal-setting for individual employees and tracks progress toward goals.

Manages high-level company priorities or Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and aligns them with employee goals.

Collects continuous feedback for employees; facilitates recording and storage of ongoing notes about each individual’s performance.

Allows employees or managers to request feedback from other employees.

Facilitates check-ins or 1-on-1 meetings between managers and employees, including managing agendas, action items, or notes.

Provides a forum for employees or managers to deliver public praise for exceptional employee performance.

Generates in-depth visual dashboards and reports based on employee performance data.

Retains historical performance review data or integrates with third-party applications where historical data can be maintained.

Enables users to create surveys through a simple drag-and-drop or WYSIWYG editor

Allows the use of various question types such as open-ended, closed-ended, multiple choice, and ratings

Offers pre-built templates for creating surveys with different audiences or use cases

Provides tools for distributing surveys through email, SMS, social media, etc.

Helps create more intelligent surveys based on respondent's actions and answers

Allows users to customize survey colors, logos, and URLs to match company branding

Ability to embed videos, photos, or other rich media

Allows for creation of surveys in different languages and advanced survey translation

Provides tools to visualize and analyze data

Allows integration with third -party reporting and business intelligence applications

Allows users to export reports from the product into an .xsl, .csv, or .pdf file

Allows administrators to set permissions on viewing, filtering, or sharing survey results

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Manages the entire employee lifecycle from onboarding to exit surveys, providing actionable insights and customization.

Aids in knowledge management and the crafting of company branding and messaging.

Data analysis leads into creating HR initatives and policies with measurable outcomes.

Directly measures and finds ways to optimize workplace productivity.

Integrates with the IT technologies and workflow to optimize and manage omnichannel digital experiences.

Allows access to industry research, benchmarking, and other comparison whether through internal functionality or partnership with third-party.

People analytics include features capable of impelmenting an advanced employee listening strategy.

Includes native feedback functionality like OKRs, 360 feedback, continuous improvement, or other performance management tools.

Guides employee growth through suggested content, skill building, or other learning initiatives and programs.

Provides gamified team building or informal socialization features to help people bond and communicate.

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting