Recognition WITH AwardCodeS™

Working with Awardco’s Center of Excellence was an incredibly valuable part of shaping our recognition strategy. Katie brought a depth of real-world, enterprise experience that helped us think more holistically about what we were building and how it would scale over time. She guided us through key considerations, from award values and program structure to governance and budget, in a way that felt both practical and aligned with our organizational goals. What stood out most was her ability to help us strike the right balance between meaningful guidelines and employee autonomy. We wanted to create a program that maintained consistency and oversight, while still empowering employees to recognize one another in ways that feel genuine and personal. Katie provided thoughtful, practical recommendations that made that balance feel achievable. As a result, we're starting with a high level of confidence in the recognition strategy we’re building at Pennrose.

The beauty of Awardco is that it empowers everyone to ensure good work doesn’t go unnoticed. When people see recognitions coming through, it’s meaningful for the recipient, but it also shows everyone else how important recognition is. That’s what Awardco allows us to do—make appreciation visible across the company.

Awardco helps us support our core values and mission, which is vital to us because it strengthens our culture.

Our team loves it. We’ve seen over 95% user adoption in the first six months. It’s been a huge success.

Change management was a concern when exploring new vendors. However, our leadership, HR, and associates have transitioned to Awardco seamlessly, and they appreciate its straightforward and intuitive design, which is far less complex than our previous platforms.

Since implementing Awardco, we’ve saved at least 30 hours a month that used to be spent manually tracking, purchasing, and mailing gifts. Now it’s all automated—and more empowering for our associates.

Any workplace that wants to build a great culture needs to be excellent at recognizing when people go the extra mile.

Colleagues must select a value from The Collaborative Way when they provide recognition, making our recognition feed daily proof of why our values are so important. It’s such a powerfully positive space. Leaders are really taking notice—they want to see their teams at the top of the adoption leaderboard because they know the impact our values have on employee performance and retention.