# How performance works

**Performance** covers objectives, feedback, meetings, and a bonus points system, all under one
sidebar item. Verified live on demo.blueonehr.com, 2026-09-13, signed in as an HR Head.

## The pieces

| Screen | What it is for |
|---|---|
| **Dashboard** | An overview of the pieces below. |
| **Objectives** | Goals with a title, one or more managers, assignees, a duration, and a status (e.g. **Active**). |
| **360 Feedback** | Multi-reviewer feedback on an employee — not exercised in this pass. |
| **Meetings** | Scheduled one-on-ones or review meetings — not exercised in this pass. |
| **Key Results** | Measurable outcomes attached to an objective — not exercised in this pass. |
| **Employee Bonus Point** | A discretionary points system: award points to an employee with a reason, either manually or via **Automation Settings** rules. |
| **Period** | The review period(s) objectives and cycles run against. |
| **Question Template** | Templates for feedback or review questions — not exercised in this pass. |

![The Objectives list: one active goal, "Improve Customer Onboarding Experience", with its manager, assignee count and 90-day duration](https://docs.blueonehr.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-10/6ivperformance-overview-objectives.png)

## What was actually observed

Only one objective existed on the demo workspace ("Improve Customer Onboarding Experience", 90
days, **Active**, 0 assignees), and no bonus point entries had been awarded yet. This is a thin data
set — enough to confirm the screens exist and their column structure, but not enough to describe
how a mature, actively-used Performance cycle looks day to day. Do not extrapolate typical usage
patterns from this single objective.

![Employee Bonus Point: an empty points ledger with Employee / Points / Reason / Created columns, and separate "Bonus Points" and "Automation Settings" tabs](https://docs.blueonehr.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-10/Xpwperformance-overview-bonus-points.png)

## Bonus points can be automated

The **Automation Settings** tab, alongside the manual points ledger, implies bonus points can be
awarded by a rule rather than only by hand — for example on some recurring condition. This pass
did not open that tab's configuration in detail, so the specific rule types it supports are not yet
documented here.