Performance
From reviews to pay rises, without retyping.
Goals, review cycles and calibration, and pay reviews whose approved rises and bonuses go into payroll.
Performance
2026 mid-year
Review cycle
2026 mid-year
86%
Reviews complete
Outstanding
- Manager reviews9
- Self-assessments4
Pay review 2026
68%
Of the budget allocated
Calibration
What it replaces.
- Review forms chased by email for weeks.
- Ratings that mean something different in every team.
- Pay rises agreed in a spreadsheet and keyed into payroll by hand.
- A bonus that misses the month it was meant for.
2026 mid-year
Review cycle
A review cycle, from launch to release.
One cycle runs everyone's reviews, with the chasing done in one step.
Who is outstanding
Each reviewer, with what they still owe and what is overdue.
One chase
Remind everyone outstanding in one step.
Calibrated
Ratings compared as a set before anyone sees them.
Released
Employees see their ratings only when you release the cycle.
Pay review 2026
Compensation cycle
Budget pool
AED 312k
Allocated
68%
Remaining
AED 100k
Pay reviews, straight into payroll.
Set a budget, weigh each proposal against its band, and send what is approved into payroll.
The budget
Each pool shows what has been allocated and what is left.
Against the band
Each proposal shows the change and where it sits in the band.
Approved
A proposal above the guidance needs a reason.
Into payroll
Approved rises become new salaries and bonuses go into the run, each one accounted for.
Approved rises and bonuses go straight into payroll.
Questions about performance
How does Global Kinect run performance and pay reviews?
Review cycles cover self-assessment, manager, peer and upward reviews, with outstanding reviews chased in one step and ratings calibrated before they are released. Pay review cycles set a budget, show each proposal against its band, and send what is approved into payroll: rises as new salaries from their effective date, and bonuses as payments in the run.