# Rate, comment on and keep notes about an employee

_Skileo Human Resources › Employees · Who can do this: Business owner, Member_

On the employee's page, rate their work in the Performance tab, write comments your team can read in Comments, and keep notes only you can read in Private notes. The employee sees none of them.

## Rate an employee's work

1. Open the employee's page and click the “Performance” tab.
2. Choose the “Performance rating type”, for example communication or skills.
3. Give the “Rating”. Depending on the type, it is stars, a “Percentage” or a word from a list.
4. Write a “Comment”.
5. Choose the “Performance rating period”: a month, a quarter, a half year, a year, or your own dates with “Specific period start” and “Specific period end”.
6. Click “Publish”.

The rating is listed in the tab with the name of the person who left it, and in the “Timeline”.

You can rate an employee only once per type and period. To rate the same period again, delete the first rating.

The types of rating are set by the “Business owner” in “Settings”, “Performance Ratings”.

## Write a comment

1. Click the “Comments” tab.
2. Write your comment.
3. Click “Publish”.

Every member who can open the employee's page sees the comments. The employee doesn't.

## Keep private notes

1. Click the “Private notes” tab.
2. Write your note.
3. Click “Publish”.

Only you see your private notes. Other members, the “Business owner” and the employee don't.

## Delete a rating, a comment or a note

Click the cross on its line. It is deleted for good: it doesn't go to the “Trash”.


## Common questions

### Does the employee see my ratings?

No. Ratings, comments and private notes are never shown to the employee.

### Who can write ratings and comments?

The “Business owner” and the members who may change employees. See [Who can see and change employees](https://www.skileo.com/help/en/who-can-see-employees).

### What happens to them when I delete the employee?

They are deleted with the employee. See [Delete or offboard an employee](https://www.skileo.com/help/en/delete-or-offboard-an-employee).

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https://www.skileo.com/help/en/rate-and-comment-on-an-employee · Updated: 2026-11-06