I am a People Operations Lead in a growing mid-sized company that implemented 15Five to replace an antiquated annual review system using spreadsheets. Especially, I wanted to create an environment where feedback is continuous, not stressful and once a year. I use it every day to take an overall pulse check on company morale using pulse surveys, to run our quarterly performance review cycles, and to make sure that our managers are doing meaningful and documented 1-on-1s with their direct reports every two weeks. Within our HR team, 15Five is our central system of record for employee engagement, peer recognition and organizational alignment. I like the way that 15Five encourages employee engagement in a way that is natural, not a burden, and feels like a benefit. Our weekly check-in is a game-changer and allows our leadership team to get a live view of how our company is doing and any issues or roadblocks that can arise in our departments before they become a big problem. The 'High Fives' feature has also been a huge success for us and we are creating a culture of peers recognising each other, which we have been finding difficult to do in a hybrid working environment. It's easy to set up review cycles from an HR admin point of view. The automated nudges of the system save me many hours from pinging on email busy managers for on-time team evaluations.

I log into 15Five first thing every morning to check our company-wide Pulse Ratings and monitor real-time employee sentiment trends across our various departments. My typical daily workflow involves analyzing these engagement scores so I can proactively sync with department leaders before minor team friction turns into a larger retention risk. The Best-Self Review module has completely transformed how we run our semi-annual performance cycles, making it incredibly simple to track self-assessments and manage 360-degree review calibrations in one clean space. On the technical side, the platform utilizes a robust REST API that automates user provisioning and data syncing directly through our BambooHR integration. This background automation ensures that whenever our core employee database updates, reporting lines and active profiles adjust instantly without requiring any manual spreadsheet uploads.

I like that 15Five is relatively simple to get used to, and that everything is in one place. Each week, you can rate how you feel, add more info if you want, rate your team, and include what you’ll be doing next week. At the same time, you’re not locked into a rigid format; it’s flexible. You can make adjustments as things change, and overall the whole process stays straightforward and adaptable. The interface is also easy to navigate.