How RetailNext's Engineering Director Cut Review Time from 3 Hours to 30 Minutes

As a director of engineering at RetailNext, Karim Atef Mansour manages six direct reports and prides himself on being thorough with performance reviews, ensuring everyone gets the right recognition.

Before Windmill, that thoroughness came at a cost: roughly three hours per person for each review cycle.

"My experience with Windmill has been very positive. It took me from three hours per person to about half an hour. It also gave recommendations I didn't think of—it felt like there was someone brainstorming with me on improvement points."

Karim Atef Mansour

Director of Engineering

Beyond reviews, Karim relies on Windmill’s catch-up feature to stay on top of what his team accomplished each week, and he’s now using Windmill to track discussion topics with his own manager instead of keeping notes in Slack DMs.