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# Manage review requests and reviewer workload

> Manage peer review request timing, responses, and workload.

## Request timing

An approved nomination can receive a feedback request once feedback is open and at least 15 minutes have passed since approval. Each nomination gets its own feedback chat.

You do not need to finalize a nomination list. If the nomination and feedback windows overlap, requests can start before the nomination deadline.

## Handle delayed or unanswered requests

Use the peer feedback stage's work table to check each request's progress. A cycle admin can select one or more incomplete requests and send a nudge.

Windmill skips completed work and work without an active chat. You can send only one manual nudge to the same employee in a 15-minute period.

## Handle declined requests

Reviewers can start an approved request without accepting it first. They can also decline it and give an optional reason.

The reviewee sees **Declined**, but cannot see the reason. The reviewer, managers with access, and cycle admins can see it.

A declined request does not get a replacement automatically. Someone allowed to create nominations must add another reviewer.

## Handle high reviewer workload

The nomination table's approval warning shows how many approved reviewers a reviewee has and how much approved work the selected reviewer has.

The **Reviewer workload** setting controls how many reviewees can nominate the same person before cycle-admin approval is needed. Exceeding the limit requires approval, but does not block the nomination.

To move work to someone else, cancel or revoke the old nomination and add a new one. See [nomination changes and exceptions](/features/performance-reviews/nomination-changes-and-exceptions) for the rules that apply to each role.