Evaluations
The two milestone conversations of the year - mid-year and annual. For each talent, you get the talent's own reflection, last-period performance signals, growth progress, and market data, all in one prep packet.
Jenn Klein
Senior Backend Engineer · Stahls' · 2y 9mo
Briefing - what to walk in ready for
2 decisions due- Talent hasn't submitted their reflection yet - chase before the meeting.
- 2 of your suggestions are still pending with the TSM.
The talent's pre-evaluation reflection
The talent hasn't submitted their reflection yet. You can still hold the meeting, but read this before walking in.
The talent's reflection form has been issued. Nothing has been saved yet.
You'll see their full reflection here the moment they submit.
Performance last 12 months
Monthly composite + category averages, plus your actual notes on each month and any 1-on-1s you filed.
- Delivery4.3
- Reliability4.5
- Communication4.2
- Collaboration4.0
- Growth & Initiative4.2
- June 20264.43 / 5
Drove the event-bus RFC end-to-end. Picked up cross-team review without prompting.
- growthcompleted
Jenn led the event-bus RFC end-to-end. Want to scope what a staff-engineer path looks like for her over the next two quarters.
Phil Murray · filed 2026-08-07
Growth progress
What the talent is working toward, how each gap is tracking against the TSM's monthly check-ins, and what you've suggested.
- Lead the event-bus rearchitecture55%
Cross-team initiative - successful delivery makes the Staff promotion case.
Latest TSM check-inRFC approved and the read-side is in staging. A schema-versioning edge case came up - Jenn proposed a versioned-envelope pattern, looks good. On track for the May prod rollout.
- Mentor 2 mid-level engineers40%
Demonstrate force-multiplier behaviour expected at Staff level.
Latest TSM check-inMentees engaged. Code-review masterclass scheduled for May. Mentee #1 is showing strong ownership signals in PRs.
- Big-picture directionPlayer-coach Team Lead in 2-3 yearsPending TSM
Jenn is exceptional at running the event-bus rollout - she mentors two engineers, holds the architecture line, and the team gravitates to her in reviews. I notice she's planning to stay pure IC, but from where I sit she'd be a phenomenal player-coach Team Lead in 2-3 years. Worth her considering even if she ultimately stays IC.
Phil Murray · 2026-05-14
- Skill gapMulti-region deployment strategyPending TSM
We're expanding the platform to two new regions in Q3. Practical experience with multi-region rollouts (data residency, latency, fallback) would set her up to lead that conversation directly with us instead of going through a senior peer.
Phil Murray · 2026-05-12
Pay vs market
External benchmark for the role + currency, plus the salary action the talent has raised in their reflection.
Sitting around the 47th percentile for Senior Backend Engineer in this market.
Decisions due in the meeting
Everything the talent explicitly raised + open items the TSM is waiting on you for. Walk out with each of these closed.
- Pending suggestion - Big-picture direction
Player-coach Team Lead in 2-3 years
Jenn is exceptional at running the event-bus rollout - she mentors two engineers, holds the architecture line, and the team gravitates to her in reviews. I notice she's planning to stay pure IC, but from where I sit she'd be a phenomenal player-coach Team Lead in 2-3 years. Worth her considering even if she ultimately stays IC.
- Pending suggestion - Skill gap
Multi-region deployment strategy
We're expanding the platform to two new regions in Q3. Practical experience with multi-region rollouts (data residency, latency, fallback) would set her up to lead that conversation directly with us instead of going through a senior peer.