Workleap Performance lets you require employees to formally confirm they've read the reviews shared with them. When acknowledgment is required, each reviewee clicks an Acknowledge button, and their name and a timestamp are recorded on the review as proof of receipt.
What review acknowledgment does
Acknowledgment turns a shared review into a traceable, dated confirmation that the employee saw it. It's built for moments where proof matters — a PIP, a dispute, or a termination.
The requirement is set per review cycle, in cycle setup.
Only the reviewee can acknowledge, and they confirm the whole set of reviews shared with them at once.
Acknowledgment records the date, cannot be undone, and cannot be repeated.
Once a reviewee acknowledges, their reviews are locked so the confirmed content can't change.
Who can acknowledge a review
Employees (the reviewee) — Only the reviewee can acknowledge their own reviews. No one can acknowledge on their behalf.
Executives and Collaborators — Configure the requirement at cycle setup and track acknowledgment progress; they cannot acknowledge for a reviewee.
Direct Managers — See acknowledgment status for their direct reports and receive a digest update when a report acknowledges; they cannot acknowledge for a reviewee.
Administrators — No Performance-specific permissions for acknowledgment unless they're also an Executive or Collaborator.
How to require acknowledgment when setting up a cycle
Acknowledgment is turned on at the cycle level, before the cycle is launched.
Log in to Workleap and go to Performance.
Create or open a review cycle that is still in draft.
In the cycle setup, find the Formal acknowledgment section.
Check Require reviewees to acknowledge their review.
Make sure at least one question is shared with the reviewee, then launch the cycle.
Important — This setting can't be changed after the cycle has been launched. Decide whether you need acknowledgment before you launch.
Note — A cycle can only require acknowledgment if at least one question is shared with the reviewee. If nothing is shared, there's nothing to acknowledge. The setting is carried over when you duplicate a cycle.
How employees acknowledge their review
Once their review is shared, the reviewee completes the acknowledgment from their own review page.
Log in to Workleap and go to Performance.
Open the shared review under Reviews.
Read the review, then select Acknowledge.
In the Acknowledge this review? window, check I confirm I've read this review.
Select Acknowledge to confirm.
The review then shows an Acknowledged by [name] · [date] confirmation at the top.
Note — Acknowledgment confirms every review shared with the reviewee in that cycle at once — self, manager, peer, and upward. It is all-or-nothing, and it can't be undone or done a second time.
What changes once a review is acknowledged
Acknowledgment freezes the reviewee's participation in the cycle to protect the content they confirmed.
No review about that reviewee — self, manager, peer, or upward — can be edited or submitted afterward, regardless of who holds the role.
Shared reviews can't be unshared in an acknowledgment-required cycle, for any reviewee, whether or not they've acknowledged.
A peer or upward reviewer can't be added for, or removed in a way that affects, a reviewee who has already acknowledged.
The reviewee drops out of any outstanding review reminders and nudges for that cycle.
The reviewee's reporting manager and temporary manager get a Manager Daily Digest update when the acknowledgment happens.
Important — If shared content changes before a reviewee acknowledges — for example a covering review is submitted, an answer is edited, or a reviewer is removed — the reviewee must look at the updated review before they can acknowledge. Acknowledgment always applies to the current version of what was shared.
How to track acknowledgment progress
You can follow who has acknowledged from the cycle and send a reminder to anyone outstanding.
Log in to Workleap and go to Performance.
Go to Manage cycles and open the cycle.
On the Progression tab, check the Sharing column — a reviewee shows Acknowledged once done.
To narrow the list, add the Sharing status: Acknowledged filter.
Select Send nudge to remind reviewees who have a shared review but haven't acknowledged yet.
The active review cycles overview also shows an acknowledgment progress indicator for acknowledgment-required cycles — how many reviewees have acknowledged out of those who've had reviews shared.