Introducing Parallel Approvers

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We have enhanced the approval workflows by allowing multiple people to approve a request simultaneously, rather than one by one. Admins can set flexible criteria, like requiring approval from all approvers or just a specific number (e.g., 2 out of 5). This drastically reduces the total time needed to get approvals.

Users

Admin, Recruiter, Manager, Approver, Customer Admins, Implementation Engineers

Requirements

This feature is available only for Talent Tracking.

Needs addressed

• Customers need to accelerate hiring and decision-making, but rigid, sequential approval chains create significant delays.

• Before, approvals happened one after another. Now, multiple approvers are notified at once, and the workflow can proceed as soon as the defined criteria (e.g., any 2 approvers) are met.

• This is an example of a role creation approval workflow with three sequential steps:

  • Initial Approval: A single approver must approve the request.

  • Engineering Lead Approval: At least 1 out of 3 engineering leads must approve.

  • Manager Approval: At least 2 out of 5 managers must approve. Approvers are notified step-by-step. The workflow only proceeds to the next stage once the current step's approval criteria are fully met.

• This feature improves operational productivity and reduces the time-to-fill for open positions by removing approval bottlenecks.

Impact on existing workflows

If any single person in a parallel step rejects the request, the entire step is rejected, which may not be ideal for all use cases.

Initial setup

This feature will be available to customers by default. Customers don't need to do anything to see this change in their Eightfold environment by the sandbox and GA dates.