Should having a dotted & direct reporting line to the same person affect default check-in settings?

Summary:

In the Redwood Performance page, when a user adds a new check-in, the expectation is that the manager field defaults to the user's direct line manager. When a a user has a dotted & direct reporting line to the same person, the manager field defaults upwards to the indirect manager.

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Content:

We have scenarios where the user's line manager and dotted line manager are the same person e.g. due to the user's secondment to a different position within the same team. In this scenario, when the user creates a check-in, the manager field defaults to the user's indirect manager i.e. the line manager of the user's direct/dotted line manager. This is not the expected behaviour and poses a risk that the user will accidently create a check-in with the wrong person. Also if the user spots this discrepancy while drafting their check-in content, and corrects the manager field before scheduling/saving, the