Fix performance-review confirm-receipt acknowledgment — hand-deliver packets now, push HR for global wording change

Situation

When Andrew Jorgensen objected that Ripplings mid-year review flow forces employees to click confirm receipt before they actually have the packet, Peter sided with him. In his lane he directed an interim fix: managers download and hand-deliver packets directly so employees physically have them before acknowledging (told Nathan to send Andrew his packet; floated telling all his managers to email packets to everyone this round). As advocacy in HRs lane, he asked Mariah to change the button globally to access your packet and remove the receipt-confirmation sentence. Final wording decision deferred to the 6/16 C-Suite.

Reasoning

Peter judged the process wrong on principle — asking someone to attest to receiving something they have not received is indefensible (nobody should say yes to that at any company), and since access is already logged on the back end the confirm-receipt button buys nothing while creating real fairness/legal exposure. He separated the interim people-fix he controls (what his managers do) from the systemic Rippling change HR controls, and moved immediately on the part he owns rather than waiting on a system change he cannot guarantee in time. He also explicitly distinguished acknowledge receipt of a packet from the broader had-opportunity-to-ask-questions checklist, flagging the latter as a separate real conversation, not to be conflated.

Additional Context

Domain ownership split: Peter owns the manager-side directive and the advocacy; the global Rippling wording change is HRs (Mariahs) call, pending the 6/16 C-Suite. Logged here only what Peter controls.

Observed Evidence

Direct Peter Slack quotes across two threads same day. Mariah closed with lets discuss during our C-Suite tomorrow. Nathan confirmed he sent Andrew the packet.

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