Permissions needed
You will need the permissions called 'Employment Comments' and 'Person and Employment Comments', which can be added for you by your manager or any System Owner user by following the steps in our article on adding permissions.
Create a Comment Type
Go to Setup and click Settings.
Click Module Settings and select HR.
Click Comment Type and then Add Comment Type.
Enter a description and save.
📌 Note: You can make Comment Types obsolete by clicking on them on this page and then checking the Obsolete checkbox. This will remove the Comment Type from the dropdown list of available Types when adding Comments to an employee.
Add a comment for an employee
Comments can be added either to the Person tab or the Employment tab.
If an employee has several employments, adding a comment to the Person tab will apply to all employments. You can also click Switch Employment and then add a comment to a specific employment rather than all.
Go to the employee's profile and click on Employment.
Click on Comments in the menu on the right.
Click on Add General Comment.
Select a Type, enter a Description and click on Save.
Comments added to an employment cannot be seen by the employee from their Self Service menu. They can only be accessed by System Owners and other users who have access to the employee's profile.