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Assigned managers

Managers can write and submit only the manager reviews assigned to them. When a manager review opens, its writer can also read the self, peer, and upward reviews of the person they review. If your company hides upward reviews from managers, the writer doesn’t read upward reviews. A later org chart change does not reassign the review task or update the reporting line saved for the cycle.

Managers at every level

Managers at every level above an employee in the saved cycle reporting line can read the submitted reviews about that employee: self, peer, upward, and manager reviews. This includes skip-level managers and managers with no reviews of their own to write. If your company hides upward reviews from managers, they don’t read upward reviews. Managers also see the status and due dates of reviews that their people write. They don’t see what their people write about others. Access through the reporting line does not let you read reviews about yourself. See Who can see reviews and when for when each part of a review opens.

HR business partners and delegates

Human resources business partner (HRBP) access can be configured through delegation. Delegation uses the current org chart to determine the employees covered. There is no separate HRBP role within a cycle. During a cycle, delegation gives no access to reviews. Once sharing is enabled, it gives access to the manager packet for people within that reporting line. To give an HRBP access during a cycle, make them a cycle admin or add them to a calibration. Delegation does not grant a manager-review writing assignment or calibration membership.

Access after a manager change

Access during the cycle continues to use the saved cycle reporting line. The assigned manager keeps the writing task and access until a cycle admin reassigns it. Reassigning the primary review archives the old assignment, creates or restores the replacement’s work, and updates the saved cycle manager. The new manager then has the same access as any manager in the saved reporting line. A new manager in the current org chart who isn’t reassigned gets no access to reviews in the cycle. They can read the manager packet once sharing is enabled. It includes every stage of the cycle, including self, peer, and upward reviews.