SURVEY REVEALS THAT MOST MANAGERS FAIL TO PROVIDE CRITICAL ONGOING FEEDBACK TO EMPLOYEES RELATING TO PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

ReviewSNAP™ , a leading Web-based performance management system supplier, announced today a new study that shows employees do not feel they receive adequate communication about their performance on an ongoing basis. The study was conducted by ReviewSNAP during the week of March 15, 2010 to learn more about views on employee performance evaluation processes.

From a pool of more than 100 respondents, only 45 percent of individuals surveyed feel their managers consistently communicate to them about their performance throughout the year and between review periods.

“As American companies lunge forward to put the recent economic downturn behind them, their most important assets, their employees, are perhaps more important than ever,” said Dave Arringdale, President of ReviewSNAP. “Organizations and their employees are under more pressure to meet company goals. Conducting productive employee performance evaluations and delivering ongoing communication about performance is a critical component in helping keep a pulse on the efforts made by employees to help achieve real and measurable business results.”

Web-based performance management systems, such as ReviewSNAP, reduce the hassle of paper reviews or quasi-electronic reviews by simplifying the process to the point that it is convenient and easy to communicate with employees regarding their performance and contribution to company goals on a regular and consistent basis. Having Web-based tools such as 360 degree feedback, unlimited reviews, and journal entries have proven to help increase employee productivity and morale because they are aimed at making it easy to better align employees’ responsibilities with clearly defined goals and track performance on an ongoing basis versus once or twice a year. This streamlined approach allows organizations to maximize the alignment of employee goals, make informed talent decisions and increase quality communication.

The survey shows there is still work to be done on getting managers to be accountable for on-time reviews in addition to providing continued feedback. 44 percent of the survey respondents noted their managers fail to complete their employee reviews on time. Putting a system in place that makes it easy and convenient to complete reviews and that delivers automatic reminders of pending and past due reviews helps enhance the level of accountability in this area.

Moving Toward a Pay-For-Performance Culture

Have you ever had a job where you see someone rise to the top meteorically and wonder what they are doing to get there? Have you had to watch someone kiss so much you-know-what that they got all the opportunities in the world from their manager? If you feel like a victim for having to witness this, don't. Sadly this happens all around us every day and you are among many who have to endure this kind of unfair distribution of attention, money and personal growth. Unfortunately there is no way to entirely eliminate this type of bias, but on a positive note it can certainly be minimized.

Creating a pay-for-performance culture isn't necessarily going to rid your organization of those employees whose lips are firmly planted on the boss's back end, but it will help "regulate" their raises and promotions. If very specific goals and standards of performance that are measurable are established for all employees and specific parameters for merit increases and promotions based on an employee's ratings on their performance reviews are established, then it becomes somewhat more difficult for the loose and highly subjective approach to wage increases and promotions to survive.

If you are going to implement a pay-for-performance culture, it becomes important to, at a minimum, implement requirements for journaling performance "events" and tracking goals on an ongoing basis. And conducting 360 degree feedback surveys to gather feedback from multiple raters within and potentially outside the organization will allow for a more objective look at an indiviudal's performance and behavior over some defined period of time.

Moving in this direction will help strengthen and justify decisions about merit increases or promotions. Putting more "teeth" into the ongoing employee evaluation and measurement process will help remove much of the subjectivity involved when a manager is easily swayed by an employee who knows how to play the game.

ReviewSNAP Has Launched Our Compensation Dashboard

We've got great news! As of this morning, ReviewSNAP™ has launched our new Compensation Dashboard. Like our 360 Degree Feedback module, the Compensation Dashboard will be bundled with the other applications into one solution all at one flat rate. If you are planning on subscribing to ReviewSNAP™, you will have access to our Performance Review, 360 Degree Feedback, and Compensation Dashboard under one affordable annual subscription rate.

The Compensation Dashboard will allow you to manage your company budget, department budgets, pay grades and the compensation approval process. The system will automatically make compensation increase recommendations to managers based on an employee's overall rating on their performance review. The recommendation can be edited and approved or declined by the compensation "approver". The dashboard will archive and allow you to view all employee's compensation history as well.

ReviewSNAP is not the first performance management system to offer a performance review, 360 degree feedback, and compensation module. However, ReviewSNAP is the first performance management system to offer all three modules in one solution at an affordable price.

ReviewSNAP Forges Partnership with NonProfit HR Solutions

ReviewSNAP™, a leading Web-based performance management systems provider, announced today they have formed a strategic partnership with Nonprofit HR Solutions, a Washington, DC based firm specializing in human resources consulting and staffing for the nonprofit sector. This alliance was formed to enhance the delivery and support of performance management solutions to nonprofit organizations across the nation. The exclusive arrangement provides both parties the opportunity to be able to offer robust, affordable employee performance tools to nonprofit organizations of all sizes.

“Our services are uniquely focused on the nonprofit sector and we are fully committed to providing our clients with the very best human resource solutions available,” said Lisa BrownMorton, President of Nonprofit HR. Solutions “We examined a number of potential performance management systems and found ReviewSNAP to best meet the needs of our nonprofit clients both in terms of system functionality and pricing.”

“We are thrilled to be working with Nonprofit HR Solutions which is such a natural fit for us,” said David Arringdale, President of Applied Training Systems, Inc., the parent company to ReviewSNAP. “They have a strong pulse on what nonprofit organizations need in terms of performance management solutions. We are looking forward to helping their clients enhance their employee performance review process through our acclaimed solutions as well as our focus on customer service and consulting.”

ReviewSNAP provides Web-based employee performance reviews and 360 degree feedback solutions to nonprofits and small to medium-sized (SMB) companies. In 2009, the company tripled its client base made up of a solid blend of both nonprofits and SMB organizations. One key factor credited to ReviewSNAP's growth is their approach to customer service whether it’s a SMB client or nonprofit client.

The two organizations have a similar approach to customer service. ReviewSNAP found Nonprofit HR Solution's team to be highly committed to excellence and customer service which mirrors their philosophy of conducting business.

“NonProfit HR Solutions built its business on integrity and service excellence and this partnership only serves to reinforce to our clients, potential clients and other nonprofit organizations that we both care very much about their success,” said Arringdale.

The partnership became effective February 1, 2010 and both companies will work closely together to assist nonprofit organizations in enhancing their performance management processes. ReviewSNAP has bundled performance appraisal and 360 degree feedback modules under one Web-based system and both are available to nonprofit organizations at an annual subscription rate they can afford.