Spotlight: Gilt Groupe

"My team is replacing batch annual reviews with real-time feedback and coaching."

John Quinn

VP, Engineering

Challenge

At Gilt Groupe, annual reviews were slowing down John Quinn's team. John's goal was to create a great team culture based on real-time communication.

He set out to find a solution that would help his team:

  • Avoid the 'dreaded annual review.'

  • Improve transparency.

  • Get regular, helpful coaching, from the right people.

  • Track everything in one place so that they could still create meaningful performance summaries when required.

Solution

Rypple is allowing the engineering team at Gilt Groupe to interact in new ways.

John uses Rypple with his team for:

Performance summaries

Eliminate the painful process of performance reviews.

Coaching

Provide valuable coaching through structured 1:1s. Share notes regularly to stay aligned.

Real-time feedback

Share helpful feedback as needed. Individuals collect anonymous feedback on their performance - at any time.

Recognition

Recognize great work as it happens (and see who's 'kicking butt').

Goal tracking

Improve transparency with social goals.