Cornerstone Email Notifications
Cornerstone will automatically generate notifications to your email based on various actions taken within the system. This allows for both the employee and supervisor to remain up to date on all changes to goals or tasks, and helps ensure that deadlines are not missed. Below we will cover the 8 different types of notifications sent out and what exact actions will trigger these.
These notifications cannot be turned off or unsubscribed to. We recommend setting a rule in your outlook if you wish to no longer receive the notifications listed below.
Email Notification Subject | Description | Email Notification Sent To: | Screenshot |
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Cornerstone: Performance Review Step Reopened | This notification is sent the the employee and the supervisor if a step in the signature task has to be reopened. This is typically done administratively at the request of the supervisor. This email will contain the “reopen step comment” which is the comment/reason why the step was requested to be reopened. | Supervisor and Employee | 
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A Change Has Been Made to [Your Goal] | This notification is sent the the employee when a change has been made to one of their goals, either by their supervisor or administratively. This applies to changes made from the “Performance Planning” tile but will not be sent for goals edited within a task. | Employee | 
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Cornerstone: Performance Plan Item Submitted for Approval | This email is sent if the employee has made changes to their goals, and then click the “Send Approval Request” button on their Performance Planning page. This will send the supervisor a notification that the employee has some goals awaiting approval. | Supervisor |
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Cornerstone: Performance Review Step Has Been Assigned to You (ACTION REQUIRED) | This is a notification send to either the employee, supervisor, or reviewer that a task has been assigned to them and is ready for their sign-off. This notification is not sent for the first step of a task, but will be sent for all subsequent steps. for the self-evaluation step implemented for university staff as of the 2022-2023 cycle, employees will receive the second screenshot with specific instructions for the self-evaluation.
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Cornerstone: Performance Plan Changes/Additions Approved | This notification is sent to an employee when a supervisor approves additions or edits to a performance plan (including adding goals). This notification helps the employee confirm that the supervisor has accepted performance plan changes. | Employee |
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Cornerstone: Performance Plan Item Canceled | This notification is sent to an employee when a supervisor cancels a goal. | Employee |
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Cornerstone: Performance Plan Item Denied by Your Supervisor | This notification is sent to an employee if a new goal they’ve created was denied by the supervisor. | Employee |
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Cornerstone: Performance Review Task Completed | This notification is sent to the employee and supervisor once the performance task has been signed by all parties and is Considered complete. | Supervisor and Employee |
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