Employee Service Awards

Never miss another milestone

Automate service awards in a way that’s meaningful, memorable, and tailored to every employee.

Return on recognition

Why celebrate work anniversaries?

Service anniversaries provide a powerful opportunity to show appreciation, reinforce a sense of belonging, and remind employees that their contributions truly matter.

It's a built-in way to say thanks every year.

Performance
69
%
of employees say they would work harder if they felt more appreciated.
69
%
of employees say they would work harder if they felt more appreciated.

Appreciation is easy, but often overlooked in a busy environment. Service anniversaries are a built-in way to say thanks every year, ensuring employees feel celebrated for their great work.

Retention
31
%
lower turnover in companies with strong recognition programs.
31
%
lower turnover in companies with strong recognition programs.

When employees feel seen, they’re more likely to stick around. Never miss a chance to say thank you with powerful automations, customizable rewards, and an experience that will build culture from the ground up.

Engagement
2
X
more engagement at work if employees receive regular recognition.
2
X
more engagement at work if employees receive regular recognition.

Engagement is a buzzword for a reason—because engaged employees are productive, happy employees. But it’s not just about business outcomes, engaged employees actually drive better outcomes from top to bottom.

end-to-end flexibility

Never forget a meaningful milestone

Jump into modern recognition with automation, customization, and endless flexibility—so every employee feels valued in a way that truly matters.

Memorybooks®

Like a high school yearbook, but better

Celebrate each work anniversary with a personalized keepsake—messages, photos, and memories from teammates, all compiled into a digital or printed MemoryBook®.

  • Send automatic invites and reminders to peers to increase participation
  • Automate delivery and never miss another anniversary
  • Post the MemoryBook to the social feed to share the love
testimonials

What customers say

Alera Group
 
 
Awardco has allowed people to recognize their coworkers in a public way, and we see it every day. Collaboration is in the DNA of Alera Group, and appreciation is absolutely central and core to effective collaboration.
Kristie White
Organizational Development
Paramount
 
 
I was really looking for a user-friendly, up-to-speed, and easy-to-use program that can expand in different ways, and I found it with Awardco.
Shaye McCoy
Manager, Global Total Rewards Experience
America First Credit Union
 
 
Previously, every manager hand-wrote a message to their employees every six months thanking them for their hard work, and it was all tied in with the bonus distribution. It was very high-touch, very labor intensive, and we had the process down to a science. We liked the connections that formed between managers and employees as a result of this program, but after COVID-19 most of our workforce went remote. Our semi-annual tradition wasn't possible any longer, nor was it feasible.
Kent Streuling
SVP of HR
Southern Oregon Head Start
 
 
Awardco bridges the gap by giving us a platform to build each other up. There are centers that are really far from each other that can now feel connected to everybody else because we can share the great things that we're doing.
Heather Kent
Site Manager
Children's Nebraska
 
 
People are busy. It's hard. We have our highest volumes we've ever had with patients. But when people take the time to celebrate one another, then we can really see that hope and that goodness beyond that. And so I really think that why we're successful is because our team cares about one another, and they take the time to recognize one another.
Madeline Quinn
Employee Experience Manager
Children's Nebraska
 
 
One year into having sunshine, our recognition, feeling like we're recognized went up ten percent. I think that's just a true testament of how much it means to us. We do have those hard days. And again, the Sunshine Recognition Hub empowers our nurses and team members. It's given us a platform to recognize, those moments of of excellence.
Mellisa Renter
Director of Professional Nursing Practice
America First Credit Union
 
 
After COVID hit we had over 1800 employees go remote. Our HQ campus became a ghost town. We couldn't do the high touch thing anymore, but still wanted to engage our workforce. Because of the nature of remote work, we didn't even know which employees were where, and there was no way we could use our old system of bi-annual distribution. We had gotten so much positive feedback with our service anniversary program that we reached out to Awardco to see if they could do something to help us with our bonus program.
Jodi Gonzales
HR Manager
PMG
 
 
I really appreciate how myKudos [Awardco] offers different ‘classifications’ of shoutouts, so no matter how someone went above and beyond, there’s a way to recognize it. We work with some incredible people, and it’s important to celebrate them however we can.
Colby Green
Paid Social Senior Associate
ClickUp
 
 
At ClickUp, we like to recognize employees on their work anniversaries. Awardco makes this infinitely easier by automating the process. Now, employees receive a timely email on the day of their anniversary along with a small gift. It's just one small way we're able to express our gratitude and now we're able to do it without any manual labor on our end.
Deanna Tindell
People Operations Specialist
PMG
 
 
Awardco checked all the boxes for us, from onboarding all the way up to senior leadership.
Pam Buyers
Head of Culture
The Nest Schools
 
 
Automation is something that is really important for us—we try to automate as much as we can so that we can focus on what's important. And Awardco's automation and integrations have fit in perfectly.
Brittany Madonna
Senior VP of Marketing & Communications
Awardco offers such a clean design, way ahead of its competitors, along with excellent offerings, great analytics, and wonderful customer service.
Anonymous
Designer
Ampirical
 
 
I could rave to millions of people that I think this should be the platform of choice.
Ryan Zellner
Marketing & Corporate Communications Manager
PMG
 
 
The ability to customize the platform and call it 'MyKudos' made it feel like a true extension of our brand and culture.
Pam Buyers
Head of Culture at PMG
Southern Oregon Head Start
 
 
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
Thought Leadership & Resources

Employee celebration resources

Blog
Employee Turnover Rates by Industry: Trends and Solutions
Customer Story
Customer Story
Webinar
AI and the Future of Employee Engagement
White Paper
Customer Story
White Paper
White Paper
3 Drivers of Employee Engagement ROI
Customer Story
Customer Story
Recognition as a culture cornerstone: How PMG fuels global success
Customer Story
Customer Story
Customer Story
Combining cultures with recognition through a merge

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