Review Cycle Slack Notifications

During a Review Cycle, users can receive notifications through different channels. If your organization uses Slack, you can enable Slack notifications in the Notification Center.  By default, notifications are sent as emails.

Admins can send a variety of notifications during the performance review process. Each notification corresponds to a specific call to action and task employees will see on their home pages.  The notifications contain links to the page where action is required in Lattice. 

Slack notifications are sent via the Lattice App for both manual and timeline review cycles for these phases of the review cycle: 

• Peer Selection
• Review Writing
• Review Sharing

Peer selection

Note: Notification text is included below for any notifications that are not customizable. For a visual example of how Slack notifications appear, see Lattice Slack Notifications.

Peer selection launch

• Trigger: Launch peer selection with notifications.
• Customizable: Yes
• Recipients: Users responsible for selecting peer reviewers. This will be either employees or managers depending on peer selection settings.

Peer selection reminder

• Trigger: Manually remind users to complete peer selection
• Customizable: Yes
• Recipients: Users responsible for selecting peer reviewers. This will be either employees or managers depending on peer selection settings.

Confirm peer nominations

• Trigger: Review cycle is configured for reviewees to nominate peer reviewers; reviewee has submitted their nominations.
• Customizable: No
• Recipients: Managers of reviewees
• Notification text:
  • [Direct report name] has nominated their peer reviewers.
    Confirm or make changes to their nominated peer reviewers for the [review cycle name] review cycle.
    [Link to manage peer selection]

Review writing

Review writing launch 

• Trigger: Peer selection has ended; launch review writing with notifications
• Customizable: Yes
• Recipients: All reviewers

Manager review writing (all other reviews received)

• Trigger: Review cycle is configured for managers to write reviews after receiving all other reviews for their direct reports; sent automatically once all other reviews are submitted for a reviewee
• Customizable: No
• Recipients: Managers of reviewees
• Notification text: 
  • All reviews have been submitted for [reviewee name].
    All reviewers have submitted their reviews for [name] in the [review cycle name] review cycle. You can now submit your own review.
    [Link to write [name]'s review]

Manager review writing (unlocked early)

• Trigger: Review cycle is configured for managers to write reviews after receiving all other reviews for their direct reports; admin has unlocked manager review writing early for an individual or all reviewees (with notifications)
• Customizable: No
• Recipients: Managers whose downward reviews are now unlocked
• Notification text: 
  • Kicking off [review cycle name]
    Managers can now submit reviews for their direct reports.
    You can now read all the reviews submitted for your direct reports for the review cycle [review cycle name] and submit your own reviews.
    [Link to write your reviews]

Late reviewee added

• Trigger: A late reviewee is added after a review cycle has been launched
• Customizable: No
• Recipients: Newly added reviewee
• Notification text: 
  • You've been added as a reviewer for [reviewee name]
    An Administrator of the [review cycle name] review cycle has added you as a self reviewer.
    [Link to complete your review]

Late reviewer added

• Trigger: A late reviewer is added after a review cycle has been launched
• Customizable: No
• Recipients: Newly added reviewer
• Notification text: 
  • You've been added as a reviewer for [reviewee name]
    An Administrator of the [review cycle name] review cycle has added you as a reviewer of [reviewee name]. 
    [Link to complete your review]

Reviewer reminder

• Trigger: Managers or admins manually remind reviewers to complete and submit their reviews
• Customizable: Yes
• Recipients: Selected reviewers who have not yet completed and submitted reviews

Review sharing

Review sharing

• Trigger: Cycle has ended and review packets become shareable
• Customizable: No
• Recipients: Managers of reviewees
• Notification text (summary remarks enabled):
  • View feedback on your direct reports from [review cycle name] 
    Hey [first name], [review cycle name] has now ended.
    Please take the time to click the link below to view feedback on your direct reports and add your summary remarks.
    [Link to view responses]
• Notification text (summary remarks not enabled): 
  • Hey [first name], [review cycle name] has now ended. 
    Please take the time to click the link below to view feedback on your direct reports.
    [Link to view responses]

Review packet shared

• Trigger: Manager or admin shares a review packet
• Customizable: No
• Recipients: Reviewees whose managers or admins have shared a review packet with them
• Notification text:
  • Your manager's summary is ready to view
    Your final review results for the review cycle [review cycle name] has been released. 
    Hey [first name], your manager just released your review results. Follow the link below to confirm that you've received the final review results and to read your manager's summary.
    [Link to view summary remarks]

Review packet sharing reminder

• Trigger: 14 days (10 business days) after review cycle ends and a review packet has not been shared. This notification is only enabled if the admin has opted to send notifications when a review cycle ends.
• Customizable: No
• Recipients: Managers who have not sent review packets
• Notification text:
  • 👉 Don't forget to share review packets
    You still need to share review packets with your reviewees.
    [Link to share review packets]