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Take the stress out of appraisals, nurture your team’s growth, celebrate achievements and cut down on admin. With Breathe, you can have it all.

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People-first performance management

Performance management is all about opening up communication around performance and career development within your organisation. Setting clear expectations and aligning company goals with staff ones is essential.

With Breathe, you can keep your employees motivated and on track by setting objectives, scheduling one-to-ones and even giving them "Kudos".

Run smoother performance reviews with our management software

Employee performance appraisals and continuous employee feedback are key for businesses. Not only do they boost employee engagement and support employee wellbeing, but they also benefit employers too.

Employees who have received recognition in writing within the month are 3.1 times more likely to say 'it's easy to bring themselves to work'.
Voluntary turnover is 27.5% lower at businesses where employees receive recognition.

Breathe's performance appraisal software simplifies employee performance reviews for everyone. It works alongside your specific performance processes, helping you manage performance by capturing all the important information.

Tools to help you easily manage performance reviews

Employee performance reviews are often needlessly complex and time-consuming. Our performance review software modernises these outdated processes, making effective continuous performance management more achievable for today's workforce.

With our appraisal software, you can complete performance evaluations online quickly and easily:

Set and track employee goals
Get and give continuous feedback
Schedule 1-2-1s
Track wellbeing with our Burnout Monitor report

We even offer integrations into our performance management software with other employee engagement and wellbeing solutions like WeThrive and Mintago so you can really help your people thrive.

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81% of Breathe users agree - Since implementing Breathe, our ability to manage and access employee data has significantly improved.

- Breathe HR 2025 customer survey.

We like to keep things simple.

That's why we've put together two guides to show you and your decision-makers the fantastic benefits of Breathe.

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A better way to manage performance as your team grows

Employee performance management software isn't just for big businesses. It's for any company that wants to make its employee performance reviews more organised and effective, while encouraging continuous feedback. Employee productivity and satisfaction is important for companies of all sizes, including SMEs. Don't just take our word for it! Businesses that are classed as career development champions are:

75% more confident in their profitability
71% more confident in their attraction of qualified talent
67% more confident in their retention of qualified talent

Key features of a our performance appraisal system:

Breathe’s Performance Appraisal Management System is designed to make performance reviews simple, effective and supportive for both managers and employees, key features include:

Schedule 1-2-1s and automatic email notifications to make setting up appraisals easy.

Identify and resolve performance issues early to prevent bigger problems.

Receive real-time and continuous feedback from employees.

Set and monitor realistic employee goals.

Celebrate colleagues with Kudos to recognise a job well done.

With these features, you can streamline appraisals, support your team’s development and celebrate achievements.

Bringing businesses into the 21st century

Monitoring employee performance is vital to improving business outcomes and staying ahead of the competition.

When you analyse staff performance and follow continuous performance management processes, you can easily identify engagement levels and better prioritise resources to reduce the risk of staff burnout.

Bonus: effective performance management software makes the performance review process quicker for managers, who typically spend around 210 hours per year on performance management activities.

Why choose Breathe's employee management software?

One place for your people processes

Breathe brings your core HR tasks together in one secure platform. From holiday and absence to appraisals and reports, everything lives in one place. That means less duplication, fewer spreadsheets and more confidence that your data is up to date.

Less admin, more meaningful conversations

Breathe takes care of the routine work behind performance management. Reviews can be scheduled, reminders sent and progress tracked without chasing. Managers get more time to focus on proper conversations that help people grow, not paperwork.

Built to fit the way you work

No two businesses run HR in exactly the same way. With recurring one-to-ones and goal tracking, Breathe supports both remote teams and teams based in one place.

Support better engagement and development

With clear goals, ongoing feedback and easy access to personal records, people feel more involved in their own development. Everyone comes to performance conversations better prepared, which helps build trust and engagement over time.

Secure, compliant and dependable

Your employee data is protected with GDPR-compliant storage, clear audit trails and ISO-certified security. Keeping everything in one reliable system reduces risk and gives you peace of mind.

Works alongside the tools you already use

Breathe connects with payroll, recruitment and other systems through simple integrations. Your HR setup stays joined up, without having to change the tools that already work for you.