Peer assessment configuration lets HR define who can nominate peer reviewers, how many peers are required or allowed per employee, and which review components peers rate. Profit.co applies these settings at the review template level.
Table of Contents
- What is Peer Assessment Configuration?
- Why Does Peer Assessment Configuration Matter?
- How Does Peer Assessment Configuration Work?
- What Happens When You Use Peer Assessment Configuration?
- What Are the Best Practices for Peer Assessment Configuration?
- Related Articles
- What Are Some Frequently Asked Questions About Peer Assessment Configuration?
What is Peer Assessment Configuration?
Peer assessment configuration is the set of review template settings that control how peer feedback is collected in Profit.co. It covers who can nominate peer reviewers, how many peers are required or allowed per employee, which review components peers rate, and how peer identities and results are handled.
Note
Enabling or disabling these options is reflected in new performance reviews only.
Peer Assessment Options
| Toggle Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Who can nominate peers? | Control which roles (HR, HR BP, Manager, Employee) have permission to select peer reviewers for performance assessments |
| Auto approve peer nominations | Enable automatic approval of peer nominations without requiring manual review by HR or managers |
| Limit the number of peers for each employee assessment | Set Min and Max values; the minimum is the peer count required before the review cycle can advance, and the maximum caps how many peer nominations can be added per employee |
| Limit the number of Peer assessments each employee can perform | Restrict how many peer assessments an individual employee can be asked to complete |
| Peer can provide rating only for Peer's Q&A | Allow peers to review and provide feedback only on specific questions and answers, not on other components |
| Peer can provide rating only for Peer's Competency | Enable peers to evaluate only competencies, allowing focused feedback on skill-based assessments |
| Peer can provide rating only for Peer's Goals | Restrict peer feedback to goals only, enabling reviewers to assess goal achievement and progress |
| Peer can provide rating only for Peer's OKRs | Allow peers to provide ratings exclusively for Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) |
| Employees can suggest peer Reviewers | Enable employees to nominate or suggest their own peer reviewers (can be set as Optional, Mandatory, or disabled) |
| Employees can choose their Reviewees | Allow employees to select which colleagues they want to provide peer feedback for |
| Anonymize individual peer reviews | Hide the identity of peer reviewers to encourage honest and unbiased feedback |
| Limit peer Assessment Reviewers | Restrict peer reviewer selection to specific Job Titles or Grades, ensuring feedback comes from appropriate organizational levels |
| Allow 'Not Applicable' option in peer assessments | Enable peer reviewers to skip competency questions they don't have enough context to evaluate, improving feedback quality |
Why Does Peer Assessment Configuration Matter?
Role-based nomination controls put peer selection in the hands of HR, HR BP, managers, or employees, instead of leaving reviewer choice inconsistent across teams. Restricting feedback to relevant goals, OKRs, competencies, or Q&A per role keeps ratings focused on where each peer has genuine context.
Configuring the minimum peer count alongside the nomination-role toggles means a cycle only advances once enough structured feedback has been collected, cutting down the manual chasing HR previously did to confirm enough peers were nominated.
How Does Peer Assessment Configuration Work?
Step 1
- Navigate to Settings → Performance → Reviews from the left navigation panel
- Switch to the Review Template tab
- Select the Review Template you want to configure and click the Edit icon
Step 2
- On the Edit Review Template page, select the Review Process section
- Click the Edit icon for Peer Assessment
Step 3
- Enable Limit the number of peers for each employee assessment and set the Min and Max values
- Configure the Peer Feedback toggles for who can nominate peers (HR, HR BP, Manager, Employee) and whether nominations are auto-approved per role
- Set the remaining Peer Assessment Options, such as rating scope, anonymization, and reviewer restrictions, to match your organization's workflow
Step 4
- In the Performance Review Assessment Includes section, select the components peers can evaluate (Q&A, Goals, OKRs, Competencies)
- In the Who can view peer assessment? section, set visibility for peer reviews
Step 5
- Navigate back to the Review Process tab page
- Click Update to save your changes
What Happens When You Use Peer Assessment Configuration?
| Scenario | What Happens |
|---|---|
| You set Min and Max values for peer nominations. | Profit.co requires the review cycle to reach the minimum peer count before it can advance, and blocks further nominations once the maximum is reached. |
| You wait for peer nominations to reach the configured minimum during a review cycle. | Profit.co displays a notification confirming the minimum has been met, and lets you close nominations at the current count or continue adding peers up to the maximum. |
| You enable Anonymize Individual Peer Reviews. | Profit.co hides peer reviewer identities from the employee being reviewed. |
What Are the Best Practices for Peer Assessment Configuration?
- Set the minimum peer count only as high as needed to advance the cycle, since Profit.co blocks cycle progression until that many peer nominations are collected for each employee.
- Configure the Peer Feedback nomination-role toggles (HR, HR BP, Manager, Employee) alongside the peer count limits, since mismatched settings can let a role nominate peers the count limits then block.
- Enable Allow 'Not Applicable' in peer assessments so reviewers can skip competencies they lack context for, rather than forcing a rating.
- Restrict peer reviewer selection by Job Title or Grade when feedback should come from a specific organizational level, using the Limit Peer Assessment Reviewers toggle.
- Update templates before launching the next cycle rather than mid-cycle, since toggle changes only apply to new performance reviews.
Related Articles
- How to add Peer Reviewers from the HR dashboard?
- How to limit the number of peer assessments an employee can perform for a review in Profit.co?
- How to reopen peer assessment from HR Dashboard?
What Are Some Frequently Asked Questions About Peer Assessment Configuration?
Yes. Enable the Limit peer Assessment Reviewers toggle and filter by Job Title or Grade to restrict peer reviewer selection to specific roles.
If you've enabled Allow 'Not Applicable', peer reviewers can uncheck any competency they don't have enough context to evaluate, and it is excluded from their assessment.
Yes. Peer assessment settings are configured at the review template level, so you can customize settings for different types of reviews or employee groups.
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