Item: 15Five
Rating: 10
Author: Kelsey Raymond

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use 15Five across our entire 55-person company. Each employee submits a report that their Direct Support reads and then they pass up any relevant information. I submit a report that is viewable to everyone on the team and I am able to pass up relevant notes from anyone at the company that have been passed up to me. This makes the report from me a weekly overview for the whole team of things going on across the company. We have used it for 7 years and it just keeps getting more valuable each year.

Pros and Cons

Scaling communication across a growing team.
Keeping information top of mind for employees.
Celebrating wins across an organization.

The vacation mode seems to be buggy as we'll set it for vacation and still get reminders to fill it out.
They have added so many features that we don't use, I would like a better overview of everything we can use in a simple to understand format.

Return on Investment

Positive ROI for scaling communication.

Alternatives Considered

Paylocity

We've used Paylocity for performance reviews - 15Five has better functionality.

Key Insights

Do you think 15Five delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with 15Five's feature set?

Yes

Did 15Five live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of 15Five go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy 15Five again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

15Five is great for a small to mid-size growing team. I have recommended it to other agency owners of growing teams frequently. It is also great for remote work environments to take the place of a weekly check-in meeting across an organization.

I'd say it's NOT great for organizations that operate with micro-managing and lots of meetings as it would feel redundant to be updating a manager on things going on throughout the week if they are very in the weeds with you.

15Five is great for scaling communication in a growing team

Overall Satisfaction with 15Five