Department of Human Resources

In late July, supervisors received a Workday task to complete performance evaluations for their direct reports. Since this differs from what we've done with performance evaluations in the past, we wanted to highlight some key information and instructional materials.

The current task assignment in Workday is requesting that supervisors and employees set up the goals for the upcoming year and confirm (by entry into Workday) the final overall rating scale (from last year) into Workday. Although this feels like an extra step after completing performance evaluations over the past year, it is a necessary one that has to be completed by the supervisor to document what employees will be rated on in July 2026. If this information is not entered into Workday now, there will be no way to finalize the performance evaluation process next year for employees. 

See an outline of the 2025 process, as well as what it will look like going forward in 2026: 

Although the task in Workday appears as if it is asking supervisors to re-evaluate direct reports, it is a shortened version of a performance evaluation. 

The process for 2025 is outlined below: 

Supervisors also will upload the previous year’s performance evaluation into Workday.

With Workday, all universities will conduct performance reviews on a fiscal year (FY) basis beginning in FY26. The reviews will begin in July of each year following the end of the previous fiscal year and must be completed by Oct. 31. It is important to note that although managers have received the task to complete performance evaluations for the upcoming year (as outlined above), the deadline for finalizing the goals and overall performance rating is not until Oct. 31.  

All UW campuses will use the same performance review rating scales within Workday: 

Below are links to further instructions regarding performance reviews: 

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