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Performance reviews
that write themselves.

Months of real evidence, captured continuously in Slack. One-click drafts you can edit, regenerate, or lean into a specific topic. Calibrated against your Standards before they ship.

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90 sec
To first draft
80%+
Time saved on cycles
0
End-of-year scramble
100%
Anchored to evidence
How it works

Evidence collected continuously. Drafts written in 90 seconds. You stay in control.

Aspen doesn't ask managers to remember a year of work. It captures signal in real time, then drafts reviews based on evidence created by reports and their managers over time.

01 — Continuously

Aspen captures the year as it happens.

Wins shared in Slack, peer feedback exchanged, 1:1 notes taken, goals progressed. Every signal lives on the employee's profile, tagged and time-stamped. Nothing forgotten.

Marcus T. · Last 30 days
Win · Apr 18
"Closed Acme enterprise deal — $420k ARR"
Peer feedback · Apr 22
"Marcus unblocked our launch when nobody else could."
1:1 note · Apr 24
"Wants more cross-functional stretch work."
Peer feedback · May 02
"Could pull other PMs up faster — that's the L5 leap."
02 — One click

Aspen drafts the review.

At review time, it's one click. Aspen drafts from evidence, anchored in defined Standards, aligned to real impact.

Mid-year review
Marcus T. · Senior PM (L4)
Draft
Strengths
Marcus consistently demonstrated ownership of cross-functional initiatives, including closing the Acme enterprise deal ($420k ARR). Peer feedback flagged his ability to unblock launch work under pressure.
Growth areas
To reach L5, Marcus needs to pull other PMs up through mentorship and broader cross-team alignment, per peer feedback in May.
03 — Tune

Edit, regenerate, lean into a topic.

Don't love the draft? Click to regenerate. Want more on leadership and less on execution? One tap. Want to tighten the tone? Done. Aspen helps employees and managers tell the right story.

Mid-year review
Marcus T. · Senior PM (L4)
Draft v2
Leadership
Marcus has begun to set the bar through example — visible in how he unblocked the launch team and held design quality high across reviews. Next: bring more peers along.
Regenerate + More on leadership − Less on execution Tighten tone
Why this matters

Traditional reviews fail by design.

The old way

End-of-year scramble.

  • Managers write from memory; recency bias rules.
  • Hours per direct report, multiplied by everyone on the team.
  • Generic templates, generic praise, generic critique.
  • Calibration becomes a fight, not a conversation.
  • Employees get back a doc that doesn't reflect their year.
With Aspen

Evidence-anchored, fast, fair.

  • Drafts written from real moments captured all year.
  • First draft in 90 seconds; most reviews done in 15 minutes.
  • Anchored to the Standard for the role and level.
  • Employees recognize themselves in the writing.
Questions

Common questions about reviews.

How does Aspen know what to write in a review?

Aspen captures performance signals continuously: wins shared in Slack, feedback given and received, 1:1 notes, and progress against goals. At review time, it drafts from that real evidence, mapped to the Standard for the person's role and level. No more end-of-year memory scramble.

Can I edit the draft?

Yes. Edit any sentence directly, regenerate the whole thing with one click, or lean the review into a specific topic — "more on leadership," "less on execution," "tighter on tone." You can also re-anchor sections to specific evidence.

How long does a review take?

First draft generates in roughly 90 seconds. Most managers finish a review in under 15 minutes — the difference between writing from a strong draft and starting from a blank page. Companies report 80%+ time savings on review cycles.

What types of reviews does Aspen support?

Self-review, peer review, upward review, and manager review. Aspen prompts the right participants at the right times, drafts from evidence, and hands clean ratings off to whoever owns the final call.

Will the AI introduce bias?

Aspen drafts from evidence anchored to the Standard, which actively reduces the recency, halo, and similarity biases that creep into memory-based reviews. Managers still own the final call; Aspen surfaces what they might be missing.

Does this replace our HRIS or our review cycle process?

Aspen is the review writing layer; final ratings can flow back to your HRIS. No need to migrate; teams adopt Aspen alongside what they already use, and reviews stop being the bottleneck.

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