About Us

Making work more rewarding

Awardco brings positivity, gratitude, and happiness to the workplace—and everywhere we go.

Awardco mission statement

Our mission

Become the world's most positive platform, empowering people everywhere to recognize the good, incentivize improvement, and reward greatness.

recognize the good

Dedicated to strengthening communities everywhere

Goodness Grants

Giving back to those who selflessly give

We reward amazing people who serve their communities, no strings attached.

Awardco Giving

Empowering charitable giving

We’ve built the largest network of global charities to empower charitable giving from employees all over the world.

Sustainability

Taking care of the world around us

Awardco works with sustainability partners such as onetreeplanted.org, offsetting over 1,400,000 kgs of CO2 per year.

Volunteer Work

Prioritizing the most meaningful work

From United Way to UNICEF, Awardco is proud to dedicate time and money to organizations making a difference.

Trusted by 3,000+ organizations worldwide

We're present in pretty much every continent in the world, and there's no limitation to our recognition system. We see recognitions from Brazil to the US, from Japan to China, from South Africa to France, and everyone is engaged.

Favio Paiva

Workday Specialist

If we retain a teacher, that’s 20 students we get to serve. Going from 45% turnover to 8% means we’ve kept 85–90 more staff. That’s an incredible impact on both our children and our budget.

Amber Lease

Human Resource Director

Soon after our implementation we created a financial recognition program through Awardco for managers and supervisors to recognize their employees for extra efforts. Now our managers and supervisors have their own budgeted amount to use at their discretion to award their employees at any time, and they don't have to wait for approval to do so.

Cheryl Vincent

Talent Development Manager

How do we better recognize our associates on the day to day? One of our engagement survey questions is, 'In the last seven days, have you been recognized for doing good work?' Awardco really allows us to to do that and to do a better job of that.

Jenny Ketchepaw

VP, Talent Engagement

Awardco allows everything to support our core values and our mission, which is very important to us because that strengthens our culture.

Lauren Long

HR Operations Manager

Recognizing your team members...it's a great way to build moral. To to get those team members to do that extra truck. There's a saying, take care of the people and they'll take care of you. And by taking care of you, it's making sure that every truck is turned in on time and every pallet is pushed through the warehouse.

Rafael Becerra

Manager, Automation Operations

When you have employees working hard from home juggling family responsibilities, and yet still being physically separate from their team, a simple birthday message and gift they get to pick out creates a meaningful touchpoint, and allows them to take a moment for themselves.

Rosie Scannell

Global HR

Awardco is central to our strategy around helping people feel connected across the organization in the work that they do. Our strength is that we have diversity across all our offices. So collaboration may be the soul of a layer group, that tie that binds our unique cultures together. But we really want to celebrate and recognize the diversity across our offices, and that is our strength. Awardco helps us create that visible platform for everybody to see the good work and the unique ways that people are solving problems around the organization.

Kristie White

Organizational Development

Return On Recognition

Customer-centric features and usability

Any business, large or small, will enjoy simple implementation, powerful reporting, endless customization, personal support, and a platform that’s easy to use.

Employee Performance

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improvement in productivity

When employees feel valued and supported, they bring more energy, drive, and passion to work. That translates into higher engagement, stronger performance, and a real impact on your bottom line. Investing in recognition isn’t just good for culture, it’s smart business.

Retention

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decrease in employee turnover

When employees leave, exit interviews often reveal a common theme: they didn’t feel seen or appreciated. Prioritizing recognition as part of your culture fosters deeper engagement, and can be the difference between retention and costly turnover.

Admin Efficiency

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of work saved

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of work saved

Admins can easily budget for, recognize, and reward employees all over the world in a simple, easy-to-use platform. Awardco’s simplicity has even saved Paramount’s admins 52 days worth of time!

Satisfaction

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increase in job satisfaction

Employees report higher job satisfaction when they’re recognized regularly, and it’s no coincidence. Recognition triggers positive brain chemistry, strengthening connection, boosting productivity, and fostering a deeper sense of belonging.

Performance

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better vs competitors

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better vs competitors

Company performance is significantly improved compared to their competitors. Engaged employees don’t just contribute, they compete. Recognition fuels engagement, and engaged teams perform at a higher level, drive innovation, and push your business ahead of the pack. If you want to outperform the competition, don’t look outward, start from within by celebrating your people.

Admin Efficiency

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decrease in administration time

Automated reporting, communication, and reward fulfillment simplify recognition management. HR leaders see a significant reduction in time spent on admin tasks, getting more value with less effort through smart automation and timely reporting and insights.

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Users love us

The rewards and recognition leader

Our Company Values

The Awardco way

Recognize the good

We are optimistic and positive, and we look for the good in ourselves and those around us.

Do great things

We provide the best service and experience, and we never settle for anything less than our best.

Be even better

We strive for improvement as people and teams without overlooking the goodness of the present.

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Global Capabilities

Awardco’s worldwide reach

163

countries where Awardco fulfills and ships

135+

supported global currencies

million global users

Trusted by customers worldwide for data compliance and security

Partnerships & Integrations

Building partnerships

Awardco integrates and partners with the best companies in the world to spread goodness and appreciation more effectively to everyone.

The Awardco journey

Cousins Steve and Mike Sonnenberg founded Awardco in 2015. What started in a one-room office, with borrowed Wi-Fi, has since turned into a global organization offering the largest reward network on the planet.

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Awardco now leads the way in the employee rewards and recognition space, defining the industry and the best practices of employee appreciation and experience.