Employee recognition should be easy to access, simple to use, and rewarding for everyone, regardless of where they work. 

Historically, offline, deskless, and frontline roles have a hard time participating in recognition programs. After all, if you work on your feet, in front of customers, or in a warehouse all day, you don’t have many opportunities to login and recognize or be recognized.

Mobile apps make it easier for every employee, no matter what their work looks like, to participate in recognition, spreading feelings of appreciation and support throughout your workplace.

To help you accomplish that goal, Awardco has two mobile recognition options to choose from:

1. Native mobile app
2. Progressive Web App (PWA)

Awardco’s native app

The Awardco app is perfect for a simple, seamless process. Employees can download the app on the Apple or Google Play stores, log in with their company credentials, and then instantly access their full recognition platform from their phones.

Users can:

• Send and receive recognitions
• Redeem their points
• Interact with incentives
• Take surveys

With biometric login options, notifications customization, global availability, and more, employees get all the modern features and capabilities they could want in an app. 

Awardco’s Progressive Web App (PWA)

A PWA is a direct link to a website browser page that shows up on a mobile device just like an app would. In essence, it’s a shortcut to a specific website, such as your Awardco platform, that can be added to a device homescreen.

However, there are a few key benefits of PWAs that many people aren’t aware of:

• It’s configurable to your brand: Instead of using the Awardco-branded app for your organization, you can name the app and put your logo/colors on it.
• It never needs an update: Because PWAs connect directly to the platform itself, these apps are always up-to-date and never need to be updated.‍
• It doesn’t require a download: Users save space on their devices by not needing to download a traditional app. Instead, they add a browser shortcut to their device that opens their browser with a click.

Benefits of mobile employee recognition

Digital recognition platforms are great for many workspaces, but for those who aren’t in front of a computer often (if ever), there needs to be a way for them to participate and feel seen. 

Mobile apps are the perfect solution.

Mobile apps increase engagement

When employees have easy access to the recognition platform through their phones, it's easier for them to jump in, recognize each other, and be recognized in return. This is true for employees in traditional office spaces and offline spaces.

Americare, an Awardco client in the Senior Living industry, used Awardco’s mobile app and SMS features to spread recognition more effectively to caregivers. The results were impressive:

• 89% login rate
• 112% recognition rate
• 14 log-ins per user

Mobile recognition lowers turnover

When employees feel seen, valued, and appreciated, they stay longer. It’s as simple as that, and this is especially impactful in difficult, high-turnover offline industries, such as manufacturing, food service, healthcare, and retail.

By using a mobile app to reinforce a culture of appreciation and value that truly reaches everyone, turnover can drop drastically.

Lineage, an Awardco client in the Warehousing industry, used Awardco mobile capabilities (combined with impressive leadership buy-in) to reach their offline workers, the people who tirelessly keep their warehouses running.

Not only did it lead to a login rate of 100%, Lineage has also seen their turnover rate drop by 30%!

Quick Quack Car Wash is another client who uses far-reaching recognition to help their frontline employees feel valued for the hard work they do—and they saw a 20% drop in their turnover, too.

Reach every employee equally with Awardco

It’s vital in our modern workplaces to ensure each person feels valued for the efforts they put in. And for those traditionally stressful or thankless jobs in offline industries, mobile recognition is the solution.

Learn more about the Awardco PWA here, and get a demo to see how it can streamline your own recognition strategy.