Self-Evaluation
The self-evaluation is the first step in the performance review, and where the employee evaluates himself in the five criteria described above (on five grades ranging from “never demonstrates” all the way to “always demonstrates” and invited to share examples of his actions that support these grades), and highlights his main accomplishments for the last cycle (in a text field limited to 512 characters). These accomplishments will appear in the next step (360-degree reviews) to reviewing peers, who’ll be then asked to assess their proximity with these projects, and the reviewee’s impact on their results.
360-degree Feedback
Google’s 360-degree review process serves the purpose of giving managers a holistic picture of their direct reports, since they may carry a biased and restricted impression of reports’ impact and behavior (some employees may be great at “managing up” a rosy picture of their contributions, for example).