---
title: "For managers"
description: "What Pyn sends you about the people who report to you, why a reminder or an escalation arrives, and how to nominate a buddy."
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  label: Overview
  order: 0
area: for-employees
feature: for-managers
audience: manager
related:
  - for-employees/for-managers/what-nudges-and-escalations-look-like
  - for-employees/for-managers/pick-a-buddy
  - for-employees
intercom:
  - id: "16304943"
    title: Set up a buddy automation (Pyn 2)
    url: https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/16304943-set-up-a-buddy-automation-pyn-2
---

Most of what Pyn sends a manager is about someone else: a new starter joining your team next week, a buddy to nominate, a 30-day check-in to book, an anniversary to mark. The People team writes these messages once and Pyn sends them to whoever manages the person at the time, so you receive them without being a Pyn user.

## What you might receive

- **Preparation nudges**: "Alex starts on Monday", a week before a start date, with a checklist or a link to a guide.
- **Asks with a button or form**: nominate a buddy, confirm equipment is ordered, complete a probation review. These are tracked, so Pyn can remind you and, if you still do not act, tell your own manager or HR business partner.
- **Check-in prompts** at 30, 60 or 90 days and at anniversaries, often with a suggested agenda.
- **Escalation notices** when someone on your team has not acted on something they were asked to do.

- [What nudges and escalations look like](https://support.pynhq.com/for-employees/for-managers/what-nudges-and-escalations-look-like/): Reminders repeat the message; escalations tell someone else, and what the notice says.
- [Pick a buddy](https://support.pynhq.com/for-employees/for-managers/pick-a-buddy/): Nominate a buddy for a new starter from the Slack picker.

## Related

- [What nudges and escalations look like](https://support.pynhq.com/for-employees/for-managers/what-nudges-and-escalations-look-like/) for the follow-ups you may receive or cause.
- [Pick a buddy](https://support.pynhq.com/for-employees/for-managers/pick-a-buddy/) for the most common manager ask.
- [For employees and managers](https://support.pynhq.com/for-employees/) for what everyone receives.

## Related Intercom articles

- [Set up a buddy automation (Pyn 2)](https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/16304943-set-up-a-buddy-automation-pyn-2)