Suggestions for improving StaffCircle Feature Requests

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2 votes

Allow individuals to input their own OKRs

Currently limited to templates and training objective. We use OKRs which means only managers and super users can input OKRs which is significant administrative burden ...
Suggested by: Gemma Littlejohns (05 Feb) Upvoted: yesterday Comments: 1
Under consideration
34 votes

Allow a secondary manager to be assigned to an employee

There are times when we have a line manager with also a technical manager who will need to view/add holidays/reviews
Suggested by: Samantha Rushton (20 Jun, '22) Upvoted: 14 May Comments: 4
Under consideration
87 votes

Introduce the ability to assign a person to more than one department

We would like people within our organisation to be able to be assigned to more than one department. Right now people can only see OKRs or Smart Objectives within ...
Suggested by: Amy Hepworth-Bell (05 Jan, '22) Upvoted: 14 May Comments: 10
Under consideration Objectives v4 Project 2022
2 votes

Additional Approver to be based on user not absence policy

Open Cosmos have raised this with the following scenario: Manager goes on prolonged leave, they want to be able to assign an additional approver to pick up requests ...
Suggested by: Ryan (20 Jan) Upvoted: 27 Apr Comments: 0
Under consideration
5 votes

Bulk Changes

Add in the ability to bulk update settings for a group of people at the same time such as manager/status. E.g. if a manager leaves, currently you have to manually ...
Suggested by: Zeta (04 Sep, '23) Upvoted: 24 Apr Comments: 0
Under consideration
48 votes

System admin to receive an email when certifications/training entries are nearing the expiry date

A request from Flomatik for system admins to receive an email when certifications/training entries are nearing the expiry date (for example 3 months prior to expiry). ...
Suggested by: Charlotte Golding (08 Mar, '22) Upvoted: 24 Apr Comments: 1
Under consideration
1 votes

Add 'Site' Objectives

In the objectives section, add Site as an option (this is where our business is split into different companies). At the moment there is only the option to include ...
Suggested by: Donna Fraser (15 Apr) Upvoted: 15 Apr Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Hours of work Patterns

Ability to input daily hours for employees who do not work a standard working week.
Suggested by: Donna Fraser (15 Apr) Upvoted: 15 Apr Comments: 0
Under consideration
3 votes

Being able to view cancelled leave requests

Would there be an option to view "cancelled" leave requests not just those that have been declined or approved?
Suggested by: Zeta (22 Jul, '24) Upvoted: 15 Apr Comments: 0
Under consideration
2 votes

Training dashboard - show number of completions instead of user initials & improve date capture

The training dashboard displays the initials of up to five users who have completed the training. Once six or more users have completed it, there is no way to see the ...
Suggested by: Gemma Littlejohns (16 Feb) Upvoted: 15 Apr Comments: 0
Under consideration
6 votes

Automatic Award receival when work anniversary is hit.

The ability when an employee hits a milestone in their employment that an Anniversary Award is automatically given to them.
Suggested by: Victoria Guthrie (18 Oct, '23) Upvoted: 15 Apr Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Improve review completion by simplifying the manager experience

There may be an opportunity to enhance the manager review experience by simplifying how review comments are added, reducing the need for separate pop‑up windows. ...
Suggested by: Gemma Littlejohns (09 Apr) Upvoted: 09 Apr Comments: 0
Under consideration
3 votes

Complete OKR on deadline irrelevant of % completion

With OKR's you should be able to stop/start/continue. This will mean that you should be able to keep a track of your OKR without keeping it open. I would like to be ...
Suggested by: Sam Rushton (03 Jan, '23) Upvoted: 08 Apr Comments: 2
Under consideration
1 votes

Consider expanding skill levels from 4 to 5

Following the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower tragedy, our industry has rightly become far more regulated. A central feature of these reforms is the ...
Suggested by: Gemma Littlejohns (08 Apr) Upvoted: 08 Apr Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Reduce clicks and simplify objective updates

Objective update experience needs simplifying as the current objective pop‑up creates unnecessary steps. Users must read instructions, open sections, and select ...
Suggested by: Gemma Littlejohns (07 Apr) Upvoted: 07 Apr Comments: 0
Under consideration
3 votes

Link Development Plan to Skills Assessments

Use of AI to help build out development plans based off skills assessments per employee to then be visible in the employee's development area.
Suggested by: Sarah Read (12 May, '25) Upvoted: 07 Apr Comments: 0
Under consideration
4 votes

Manager permissions

Be able to lock down manager permissions so they can make amends but not amend critical personal information like DOB and home address. Make amends so there is an ...
Suggested by: Debbie Hemming (29 Jan) Upvoted: 07 Apr Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Make Direct Report, Internal Reviewer, and External Reviewer feedback completely anonymous

When setting up a Review Template, there should be the option to mark the Direct Report, Internal Reviewer, and External Reviewer feedback as anonymous. This means ...
Suggested by: Kathryn Westwood (23 Mar) Upvoted: 23 Mar Comments: 0
Under consideration
2 votes

Change the hover to a drop down for skill description

Is it possible to get the definitions in a drop down menu underneath each skills so that people can review the definition that way versus using the hover feature over ...
Suggested by: Ryan (03 Mar) Upvoted: 17 Mar Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Change order of headings within the review

Realistically a review conversation will start with looking at progress against objectives, then possibly a skill review and then you would leave comments/answer ...
Suggested by: Gemma Littlejohns (13 Mar) Upvoted: 13 Mar Comments: 0
Feature in Product Backlog (pre-planning)
1 votes

Increase space/view in pop-ups

Reviews and objectives appear in pop-ups which are extremely small. When opening up an objective or review (on a laptop screen especially) the space for editing ...
Suggested by: Gemma Littlejohns (13 Mar) Upvoted: 13 Mar Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Provide ability to clone Articles

Allow article posts to be cloned. Comments from customer: "We frequently post new starter posts or job vacancies, and it would be ideal like our other platforms ...
Suggested by: Faye Miles (10 Mar) Upvoted: 10 Mar Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Ability to change status of award points as claimed so they aren't claimed twice

We link awards to rewards points which our employees claim as vouchers. The system doesn't allow us to say that X award points have been claimed which means that ...
Suggested by: Zeta (06 Mar) Upvoted: 06 Mar Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Allow personal statement to be not visible to employees in the career development page

Allow personal statement box to be configured off and not visible to employees in the career development page. Even better if we could filter all areas of this page.
Suggested by: Debbie Hemming (03 Mar) Upvoted: 03 Mar Comments: 0
Under consideration
2 votes

Change filter down arrow to a filter icon

This has caused managers confusion at Easyfundraising as it's not intuitive to click the arrow, they would prefer a filter icon that is more recognisable.
Suggested by: Ryan (09 Feb) Upvoted: 02 Mar Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Performance review form - 'run review' doesn't seem like the right wording

When managers want to go back in to complete a PDR, instead of the 'manage' button, there now seems to be a blue 'run review' button. This terminology is confusing, ...
Suggested by: Paris (27 Feb) Upvoted: 27 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Issue with sidebar and course category background colours

In the Course Library view, the course category labels aren’t visible because both the font and our branding colour appear in white. I’ve temporarily changed the ...
Suggested by: Gemma Littlejohns (25 Feb) Upvoted: 25 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration
3 votes

Name preview on 360 feedback pop up screen

Please can you add a name previous in the pop out when a person is asked to complete 360 feedback. Once they have opened the feedback response form they can no longer ...
Suggested by: Elly Reiszner (21 Mar, '24) Upvoted: 23 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Development objectives include performance related objectives

On the Career Development tab, under the Development Objectives module, all objectives are visible. Shouldn't these just be development/training related ones and not ...
Suggested by: Gemma Littlejohns (18 Feb) Upvoted: 18 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Training log - exported data should reflect the view

I amended the view to include the fields that are relevant for my monthly reports but when I export the data, it is fixed to a standard template. I need to report on ...
Suggested by: Gemma Littlejohns (16 Feb) Upvoted: 16 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Change font colour on dashboard

The font is currently white on the training dashboard which can't be read on a pale grey and white background. Can it be black please?
Suggested by: Gemma Littlejohns (16 Feb) Upvoted: 16 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration
3 votes

Allow creation of OKR templates with added key results

Suggested by: Luke (24 Apr, '23) Upvoted: 05 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration
4 votes

Option for all Line Managers to see all department OKR's/SMART objectives in manage mode

As part of the OKR process, departments are able to see all department objectives as they may need to link to another department Key result to support. These are then ...
Suggested by: Sam Rushton (25 May, '22) Upvoted: 05 Feb Comments: 2
Under consideration
11 votes

Add the ability to re-order the tab's for Objective and Skills Assessments inside a review

Depending on the structure and sequence of your review/one2one/appraisal you may want to talk about or review the objectives first in a review or perform a skills ...
Suggested by: Mark Seemann (25 Aug, '23) Upvoted: 05 Feb Comments: 1
Under consideration
3 votes

Ability to create ghost Roles in People > Configuration

Ability to create ghost roles to be created in the People > Configuration area utilising AI to build the description and skills. This would be really useful when ...
Suggested by: Sarah Read (26 Mar, '25) Upvoted: 04 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration
2 votes

Add Option in Notification Template to confirm type of absence request

It would be good to update the notification template for absence to include the type of absence being requested. Can make it hard to know if an absence is holiday or ...
Suggested by: Zeta (19 Apr, '24) Upvoted: 04 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration
6 votes

Remove permission to create department and company objectives

Raised by Pinnacle, they do not want managers being able to create department and company objectives. Not all managers are department managers and this functionality ...
Suggested by: Charlotte Golding (15 Apr, '24) Upvoted: 04 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration
2 votes

Be able to add text areas in feedback questions

Sometimes there's the need for some text which doesn't require an answer, like instructions or guidance and it would be good to insert a text or description space to ...
Suggested by: Charlotte Golding (18 Mar, '24) Upvoted: 04 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration
2 votes

Ability to give awards to multiple users

Requested by Vizion Network, they would like to be able to give awards to groups of people (a team for example) in action rather than individually.
Suggested by: Charlotte Golding (13 Mar, '24) Upvoted: 04 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration
2 votes

Limit employees from amending the review title and description upon creation

Raised by Pinnacle Group to not allow employees creating a review the option to add/amend the review title and description.
Suggested by: Charlotte Golding (22 Jan, '24) Upvoted: 04 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration
3 votes

AI Features

Recommended Career goal - it reviews your role and the role above you and highlights whats needed to progress. Alternative Career path - it looks at the skills ...
Suggested by: Dominic Coleman (11 Dec, '23) Upvoted: 04 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration
2 votes

Send a Review Template without a calendar invite

Hello, would it be possible to send a review without the need to set a date/time for a meeting. Some reviews may not require meetings.
Suggested by: Zeta (28 Nov, '23) Upvoted: 04 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration
8 votes

Turning off/ Making objectives invisible

The customer has asked for the possibility of Objectives to be turned off if these aren't being used. Company does not use objectives and looks at things more ...
Suggested by: Sian (12 Oct, '23) Upvoted: 04 Feb Comments: 1
Under consideration
2 votes

Ability to add multiple pictures to post in 'Myself' mode

Ability to add multiple pictures to post in 'Myself' mode. Currently you can only add multiple images if you have 'Manager' access
Suggested by: Marc Lindsey (29 Jun, '22) Upvoted: 04 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration
11 votes

GDPR risk - The ability to view a document rather than download

Is it possible to enable users to view documents in the platform rather than having to download it to open it. This is a GDPR risk for us. We have managers that want ...
Suggested by: Lindsay Lewis (07 Jul, '22) Upvoted: 30 Jan Comments: 1
Under consideration
8 votes

Remove the ics file option

Introduce functionality within settings where there is the option to turn off the ics file attachment on emails when reviews have been created.
Suggested by: Charlotte Golding (25 Aug, '23) Upvoted: 29 Jan Comments: 0
Under consideration
1 votes

Review Summary Report - Include the total number of scored questions

Within the Review Summary Report: Create a new field/column which displays the total number of scored questions that the Review Score field is based upon. Requested ...
Suggested by: Faye Miles (28 Jan) Upvoted: 28 Jan Comments: 0
Under consideration
4 votes

Add a 'filter by template' option to review dashboard 'Review stats'

Requested by Astroscale, add a 'filter by template' option to review dashboard 'Review stats'
Suggested by: Charlotte Golding (04 Jul, '23) Upvoted: 27 Jan Comments: 0
Under consideration
4 votes

A button under new starters to be able to resend the invite link

We get some people who don't fill in their new starter information very quickly and then ask for the invite email to be resent but I can't see any option to do this, ...
Suggested by: Paris (04 Jul, '23) Upvoted: 27 Jan Comments: 0
Under consideration
2 votes

Completing OKRs

a way to mark an objective as ‘not complete’ but to be archived. This could be by, in the section, adding an is this objective complete question, adding a response of ...
Suggested by: Tracy Macpherson (22 May, '23) Upvoted: 27 Jan Comments: 0
Under consideration