The Challenge
Supporting passionate employees in demanding roles
Necco employees are deeply committed to helping children and families—but working in foster care, adoption, behavioral health, and residential living can be emotionally taxing. Employee burnout and turnover were real risks.
Necco needed a recognition strategy that would uplift, support, and sustain their workforce in meaningful ways.
The Solutions
Making difficult work more rewarding
Awardco gave Necco the platform they needed to celebrate their employees’ vital contributions consistently and personally. They were able to launch:
- Service awards to honor ongoing commitment
- Birthday celebrations to make every employee feel special
- End-of-year awards with personalized gratitude notes
- Top performer rewards to reinforce high-impact behaviors
- Life event recognitions to celebrate personal milestones
- Employee referral rewards to grow their community with trusted connections
By recognizing both personal and professional achievements, Necco built a culture where employees feel seen, valued, and supported—even in the most challenging roles.
Building a culture across all levels
Recognition at Necco isn’t limited to HR—it’s embedded across the entire organization.
Thanks to Awardco’s easy budgeting, automated reporting, and seamless administration, managers and leaders at every level have embraced recognition as part of their leadership toolkit:
- Managers reward effort consistently, improving team morale.
- Executives model recognition, reinforcing its importance company-wide.
- Employees recognize peers, strengthening community bonds.
By empowering everyone to participate, Necco created a top-to-bottom culture of appreciation that lightens emotional burdens and energizes employees to keep making a difference.
The Results
Hard work gets noticed every time
In a challenging industry where passion meets pressure, Necco flipped the script—turning appreciation into a powerful tool for employee happiness, loyalty, and resilience.
