Walk into your next review with the evidence already written.
PathVane turns the work you do every week into a calm, structured self-review — so your next review, promotion case, or 1:1 doesn't start with a blank page.
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Built for your annual review, promotion case, probation check-in, and weekly 1:1 prep.
Self-review · draft
Q4 Performance Review
- Shipped A/B test on payment step
- Cut error-rate from 3.1% to 0.8%
- Weekly 1:1s with A.K. and J.M.
- Onboarded both onto billing service
Draft summary
In Q4 I led the checkout reliability initiative, reducing drop-off by 14.6% and cutting payment errors by ~74%. Alongside delivery, I mentored two junior engineers through their first production releases…
- A two-minute weekly habit
- Evidence linked to your objectives
- Drafts grounded in your real entries
- Export to your company's template
The problem
Reviews don't fail because you didn't do the work. They fail because nobody wrote it down.
Achievements get forgotten
By month three you can't remember the bug you fought in week two — let alone the one that saved the launch.
Notes are scattered everywhere
Slack threads, email, Notion pages, a doc called 'wins.txt'. Nothing's joined up.
Review writing becomes last-minute
The night before, you're piecing together six months of work from memory and screenshots.
Strong work goes underrepresented
The work was real. The evidence wasn't. Promotion cases stall on missing detail.
How it feels different
Review week stops being the worst week of your quarter.
You sit down with a coffee, not a panic attack. The work is already captured. The draft already reads like you. You finish on a Tuesday afternoon — and you go home on time.
Without PathVane
- Vague memory of the last six months
- Examples written under time pressure
- A draft that reads modest by accident
With PathVane
- A clear record of what you actually did
- Summaries that sound considered, not rushed
- A self-review you'd be happy to submit
How it works
Three small steps. One calmer review cycle.
Capture
Add a quick entry whenever something happens worth remembering — a shipped feature, a tough conversation, a saved deal. Two minutes, on desktop or mobile.
Connect
Tag each entry to an objective. Over time you can see, at a glance, whether the work you're doing matches what you said you'd do.
Submit
When review time comes, PathVane assembles a draft from your entries. Edit it freely, then export to your company's template.
Inside the product
One continuous workflow — capture, connect, submit.
Each part of PathVane feeds the next. The work you log on a Tuesday becomes the evidence you cite in November.
Capture
An evidence journal you'll actually keep
Quick entries from desktop or mobile. Searchable by week, project, or person. Designed for the two-minute Friday habit, not a sixty-minute admin session.
- ThuNov 21Cut checkout error rate to 0.8%Reliability
- TueNov 19Reviewed J.M.'s billing PR — shippedMentorship
- MonNov 18Closed Helios renewal ($48k ARR)Revenue
- FriNov 15Ran retro for Q4 launchLeadership
Connect
Goals that stay in view all year
Attach entries to one or more objectives. You can see progress build up week by week — not as a number you guess, but as the work itself.
Objectives — Q4
Submit
A first draft, already in your voice
Generate a summary by cycle. Every line traces back to a real entry, so you can keep, edit, or rewrite with full context. Then export anywhere.
Self-review · Q4 draft
From 42 entriesReduced checkout drop-off by 14.6% across three iterations of the payment flow, with payment errors falling from 3.1% to 0.8% (Nov 21 entry).
Mentored two junior engineers through their first production releases, including weekly 1:1s and code review on the billing service.
Looking ahead, I'd like to take ownership of the reliability roadmap for H1…
Where it helps
One tool. Every conversation that depends on your evidence.
Annual review
A full year of work, organised and ready to submit.
Half-year review
Mid-cycle check-ins without the mid-cycle scramble.
Probation review
Show your first 90 days in clear, concrete terms.
Promotion case
Build the evidence trail your committee actually needs.
1:1 prep
Walk into every 1:1 with three things worth talking about.
Goal tracking
See progress against objectives as the cycle unfolds.
Used by individuals preparing their own reviews — and by managers who want their whole team to arrive at review season ready.
"I used to dread review season. Now I open PathVane on a Friday for two minutes, and by November the draft is basically already there."
Pricing
Small price. Much calmer review season.
Choose the plan that fits how you work. Start free, keep your evidence organised, and upgrade when you're ready to turn it into a submission-ready draft.
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Individual
Most popularFor one professional managing their own reviews, promotion cases and 1:1s.
or £69/year
Save with annual billing and keep your evidence building all year.
- Unlimited evidence entries
- Objective linking
- AI-generated self-review drafts
- Annual, half-year, and probation review support
- Export to your own workflow or document format
Designed to be easy to expense through a learning, development, or professional tools budget.
No credit card required. Upgrade only when you're ready.
Team
CustomFor managers and teams who want everyone to arrive at review season prepared.
Best for teams who want shared structure, central billing, and better review consistency.
- Everything in Individual
- Team dashboards
- Shared objective templates
- Admin controls and priority support
- Centralised billing
Start with one person, then bring PathVane to your whole team when the habit sticks.
Why individuals start with PathVane
Most people do not need another notes app. They need a simple system that keeps the right evidence in one place and turns it into something useful when review season arrives. PathVane is built for that exact job.
- Built for real review cycles
- Useful in weekly 2-minute check-ins
- Supports reviews, promotions, probation, and 1:1 prep
- Easy to expense in many professional development budgets
FAQ
Reasonable questions, plain answers.
Stop leaving your best work to memory.
Start building your review evidence as you go. By the time review season arrives, the hard part is already done.
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