Engineering
Engineering Manager
Four levels from Engineering Manager to VP of Engineering, across six management competencies.
- 4 levels
- 6 competencies
1:1 Meetings
1:1s that leave a record
The manager takes notes during the meeting and publishes the record once it is over. Follow-ups carry to the next 1:1, and the skills discussed tie the conversation to the career ladder.
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How it works
How a 1:1 record works
Take notes during the meeting
Open a record when you sit down with a direct report. Take notes, tag the skills from their role that came up, and add follow-ups for either of you, with a due date where it helps. Until you publish it, it is a draft only you can see.
Pick up where the last one ended
Follow-ups still open from earlier meetings with the same person appear at the top of the new record, under “Open follow-ups from earlier 1:1s”. Tick them off there as you go through them.
Publish once the meeting is over
When the conversation has ended, publish the record. The employee gets a notification and can read it straight away.
The employee replies in comments
On a published record, the employee and the manager can write to each other in comments — to add context, correct a detail or agree on a next step. The employee ticks off their own follow-ups as they finish them.
What stays with you
A private note and your assessment after the meeting sit in a separate block of the record. They are never published, and the employee does not see them.
Permissions
Who reads a record
- Managers
- Takes notes during the meeting with a direct report and publishes the record afterwards. Reads every record they have written and can edit it later — the employee is told when something they can read changes.
- Employees
- Reads every published record of their own 1:1s — the notes, the skills discussed and the follow-ups — comments on it and ticks off the follow-ups assigned to them. Never sees a draft.
Good to know
The details
- Tied to the career ladder
- The skills discussed are picked from the skills of the employee’s current role, so the conversation rests on the same ladder the check-ins use.
- The whole history with a person
- Every 1:1 with someone sits in one list, filtered by person and meeting date, and their profile links straight to it.
- All follow-ups in one place
- A Follow-ups tab gathers the open follow-ups from every 1:1 you can read, overdue first, and your dashboard lists the ones assigned to you.
- Part of every plan
- 1:1 meetings are not an add-on: every plan has them, Free included, for everyone in your organisation.
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Who it is for
For tech companies
Tech companies
For CTOs and department heads at 50–200-person tech and SaaS companies who need levels that mean the same thing in every team.
For startups
Startups
For founders of 10–60-person startups setting up levels, their first managers and fair promotions.
Features
Check-ins
A self-assessment first, then the manager's review, shared back and signed off — every rating against the role's own skills.
Further reading
- Check-ins
How to run performance check-ins: cadence, structure and questions
How often to hold career check-ins, how to prepare, a 45-minute structure for the conversation and a list of questions to use — with an example and the mistakes to avoid.
Updated 1 October 2026
FAQ
Common questions
Who can read a 1:1 record?
The manager who wrote it and the employee it is about. Managers higher up the reporting line read it only if your organisation turns that on.
When does the employee see the record of a 1:1?
When the manager publishes it, after the meeting. Until then it is a draft only the manager can see: the employee is not notified and cannot open it.
What happens to 1:1 records when someone gets a new manager?
The new manager starts with a clean page: they do not see the records the previous manager wrote. The employee still reads all of their published records.
Can the employee add to a 1:1 record?
Yes, in two ways: they can comment on a published record, and tick off the follow-ups assigned to them. The notes themselves stay the manager’s.
Are one-on-ones included in the Free plan?
Yes. Records, follow-ups and comments are part of every plan, Free included.
1:1 records and follow-ups in one place
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