Performance reviews are meant to drive growth, yet too often they end up slow, inconsistent, and frustrating. Managers spend hours writing feedback, HR teams chase deadlines, and employees receive comments that feel vague or unfair. The result: wasted effort and limited trust in the process.
With this update, we’re rolling out new AI-powered features designed to change that. From automated drafting and feedback scoring to smart nudges, evidence pull, and bias checks, Effy AI now transforms reviews into a smoother, more reliable process that delivers meaningful outcomes for employees and managers alike.
Let’s explore what’s new and how it helps your team.
What’s new in Effy AI
This release introduces a set of features designed to make performance reviews faster, clearer, and fairer. Each update reduces manual work while improving the quality and consistency of feedback, so managers and employees can focus on growth instead of administrative tasks.
- AI review drafting with tone controls. Draft or rephrase text instantly, adjusting for tone, clarity, and constructiveness.
- Feedback quality scoring. Score comments on clarity, fairness, and actionability, with targeted prompts and real-time nudges to improve.
- Auto-examples & in-app evidence pull. Surface concrete examples from notes or documents to justify ratings.
Deep dive into each feature
This release introduces tools that make reviews faster to complete and easier to act on. From drafting and scoring feedback to surfacing evidence and catching bias, each feature is built to remove guesswork and give managers and employees more clarity.
Here’s a closer look at how they work and why they matter.
AI review drafting with tone controls
Effy AI helps managers write or refine review text in seconds. The system can draft from scratch or rephrase existing input, adjusting for tone, clarity, and constructiveness. Safer alternatives are suggested automatically, ensuring feedback lands in a professional and balanced way.
- Generate review text instantly from prompts or notes
- Rephrase existing feedback for clarity and impact
- Adjust tone to remain constructive and professional
By making feedback easier to write and more reliable to deliver, tone controls give managers confidence that reviews will be constructive and fair, while employees receive input they can trust and act on without confusion.
Feedback quality scoring
Instead of leaving reviews vague or inconsistent, Effy AI scores feedback on core dimensions like clarity, fairness, and actionability. Each score comes with targeted prompts that help reviewers refine their comments into specific, constructive insights.
The clarity score measures whether feedback is:
- Specific with clear examples
- Evidence-based with metrics or dates
- Complete, covering all key areas
The delivery score measures whether feedback is:
- Professional and respectful in tone
- Fair, behavior-focused, and unbiased
- Balanced with both strengths and growth areas
- Actionable with clear next steps
By breaking feedback down into these dimensions, reviewers know exactly where comments fall short and how to improve them. The result is feedback that’s sharper, fairer, and more useful, raising the quality of every review while cutting back HR’s endless chasing.
Effy AI also provides in-context nudges while reviewers are writing. These prompts guide them to:
- Add measurable accomplishments or results
- Clarify ownership and outcomes for each item
- Show the impact on business or stakeholders
By combining scoring with real-time nudges, the system eliminates vague or biased comments and raises the overall quality of reviews. The outcome is feedback that employees can trust and act on, while HR gains measurable proof of improvement cycle after cycle.
Auto-examples & in-app evidence pull
Instead of relying on memory or vague impressions, the system pulls in concrete examples directly from 1:1 notes, private comments, or connected documents. This anchors evaluations in evidence, not just opinions.
- Surfaces relevant notes and achievements automatically
- Links ratings to specific behaviors or outcomes
- Reduces reliance on memory for accurate evaluations
Grounding reviews in facts makes feedback fairer and easier to trust. Employees see their work reflected accurately, while managers gain credibility by pointing to real examples rather than general impressions.
Built for real HR needs
Every feature in this release was shaped with HR professionals and team leaders in mind. The goal: make performance reviews less about admin work and more about actionable insights that support growth, fairness, and employee engagement.
This update brings tangible value by:
- Saving up to 50% of time spent on review administration
- Raising feedback quality to eliminate confusion and vagueness
- Increasing fairness by reducing bias and ensuring consistency
Delays, unclear comments, and trust gaps plague review cycles again and again. These updates are designed to address those pain points head-on, so reviews feel faster, fairer, and more effective for everyone.
Wrapping up
The latest update brings AI-driven drafting, quality scoring, evidence-backed feedback, smart nudges, and bias checks into one seamless experience. Together, these features cut down on admin work and deliver reviews that are faster to run, fairer for employees, and more reliable for managers.
Effy AI is built to make performance reviews simple, fair, and actionable for growing teams. Sign up today to try the new features and see how effortless running reviews can be.
