HR software that supports every stage of the employee journey
From pre-boarding invitation to annual performance review, Ascend HR brings employee onboarding, goal tracking, peer feedback, pulse surveys, and evaluations into one connected platform. GDPR-compliant and hosted entirely in the EU.
Every tool your HR team needs, in one place
No patchwork of disconnected tools. Ascend HR covers the full employee lifecycle so your data, context, and history stay together.
Structured onboarding that starts before day one
Give new employees early access to your company culture, their team, and a personalised checklist, all weeks before their start date. From pre-boarding invite to month-one completion, every step is tracked and guided.
Secure pre-boarding invitation with automatic email delivery
Phased checklists: pre-boarding, day one, first week, first month
Assign an onboarding buddy at invite time
New hire knowledge base with role-based visibility controls
Goal-setting software employees and managers actually use
Employees who see a clear path forward stay longer. Set personal or manager-shared goals, log progress with timestamped updates, and connect individual work to team outcomes, all in one place.
Private, manager-visible, or collaboratively shared goals
Append-only progress update log for accountability
Due dates with overdue detection
Link goals directly to peer feedback requests
Peer feedback that prevents surprises at review time
Make it easy for your team to give and receive structured, attributed feedback throughout the year, not just at annual review time. From single requests to multi-person feedback rounds, every contribution is captured.
Request feedback from any colleague in seconds
Batch feedback rounds with multiple reviewers at once
Direct manager-to-report feedback without a formal request
Link feedback to goals for targeted development insight
Performance review software backed by real data
Stop scrambling for evidence before review season. Evaluation periods automatically aggregate goals completed and feedback received, so every performance conversation is fair, structured, and grounded in fact.
Define evaluation periods with custom start and end dates
Automatic goal and feedback summary per employee per period
Manager review forms with overall rating, strengths, and growth areas
Employee self-assessment with draft and submitted states
Review sharing workflow: write → share → acknowledge
One source of truth for every document new employees need
End the chaos of onboarding docs buried in email threads or scattered across shared drives. Publish company policies, culture guides, and role handbooks in one place, visible to exactly the right people at the right time.
Markdown editor with built-in preview for easy authoring
Visibility controls: public, role-based, or pre-boarders only
Draft and published states for controlled rollout
Categories: onboarding, policy, technical, culture, process
Spot disengagement before it becomes attrition
Regular wellbeing check-ins give managers early signals when someone on their team is struggling. Custom pulse survey templates let HR gather honest sentiment quickly and act on it before small issues become resignations.
Custom pulse survey templates with any question type
Mood scoring (1–5) with optional free-text notes
Manager flagging for responses that need follow-up
Async manager replies to individual responses
Aggregated mood trends and response rate reporting
How it all connects
Each feature feeds the next. Goals inform feedback. Feedback shapes evaluations. Evaluations guide the next cycle of goal-setting.
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Invite & Onboard
HR sends a secure pre-boarding invitation and the new hire gains immediate access to company documentation, their team, and a phased onboarding checklist. All before day one.
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Set Goals Together
Employees and managers co-create career development goals that are tracked, updated, and visible to the right people throughout the year.
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Gather Continuous Feedback
Request peer feedback at any time, link it to goals, and build a rich record of each employee's contributions that goes well beyond memory.
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Run Structured Performance Reviews
Evaluation periods automatically pull in goals and feedback so every performance review conversation is fair, consistent, and backed by evidence.
Ready to give your people a better experience?
Start your free 14-day trial. No credit card required. Set up onboarding, invite your first employee, and see how Ascend HR fits your team in minutes.
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