Employee Birthdays & holidays
Celebrate festive occasions with style
Automate celebrations, personalize rewards, and ensure no special occasion goes unnoticed—regardless of where your employees are.
Trusted by 3,000+ organizations worldwide
Return on recognition
Why celebrate birthdays and holidays at work?
Recognition doesn’t always have to be tied to performance. Celebrating birthdays and holidays offers an easy, reoccurring, and impactful way to show employees they matter. These personal moments deepen engagement and help create a culture of care that resonates far beyond the workplace.
Performance
69
%
of employees say they would work harder if they felt more appreciated.
Retention
31
%
lower turnover in companies with strong recognition programs.
Satisfaction
81
%
of employees believe personalized recognition improves their workplace satisfaction.
end-to-end flexibility
Never miss a chance to celebrate
Whether it’s birthdays, national holidays, regional celebrations, or company-centric events, make these meaningful moments unforgettable.
Employee Birthdays
Meaningful birthday recognitions
Skip the generic card—and the hassle. Make every employee birthday celebration feel personal:
- Celebrate peers in a dedicated birthday feed with custom messages
- Share birthday shoutouts to Slack or monitors for (optional) company-wide visibility
- Send points or curated gifts employees will actually love
- Utilize user profiles to give thoughtful, interest-based gifts
testimonials
What customers are saying
.svg)
Prior to Awardco, the recognition process was manual and time-consuming. Everything was done through emails and spreadsheets, with physical delivery of plaques and gifts. Important milestones were sometimes missed, despite our best intentions.
.avif)
Mallory Pence
Marketing Manager
I’ve been able to see how much recognition has changed since we started using Awardco. From an admin perspective, it’s become so much more manageable and has saved me countless hours. Birthdays, anniversaries, and new-hire milestones are all automated through Workday, new hires get points at 30 and 60 days, and employees are recognized automatically for birthdays and anniversaries.
Shannon Martell
Employee Experience Specialist
There are so many [reward] options, and everyone is already used to Amazon and knows what they can get. In the past, we had a catalog of items, and it didn't feel like it would fit with our new demographic.
Shaye McCoy
Manager, Global Total Rewards Experience
[Awardco] pulls everybody together… you get to see what everyone’s doing, even across different campuses.
Brenda Betteridge
Business Development Manager
As an evolving company, I like to ask myself if we're better than we were a year ago—and with employee recognition and employee engagement, the answer is absolutely.
Dan Higbee
Senior Director of HR
It's really important for relationship building and strengthening. Having this platform that makes it super easy to recognize is what sets Kodiak apart from the rest.
Cassidy Barsdoff
Director, Project Management Office
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
It's a very fast paced environment. There's a lot of rapport between people and everyone gets along really well and we can joke about the things that are maybe stressful, but we also really celebrate the big wins together.
Alejandra Caceres
Senior Vice President of Marketing
One of the best parts of myKudos [Awardco] is seeing others rally around a recognition post—commenting, reacting, and adding to the praise. I love scrolling through the kudos channel and seeing teammates from other accounts getting hyped up for the great work they’re doing. It really creates a sense of community across the agency.
Colby Green
Paid Social Senior Associate
.svg){kind=logo}
One month later, when we received the High Flyer, it was such a nice feeling—a true appreciation of our work. It felt good to be recognized.
Barkin Ozdemir
Content Development Manager, Brand & Communications, Dubai Airports
The product that we're putting out is a lot of fun, but it is not easy to do what we do every single week. People are working really, really hard, and if they feel like just another cog in the machine, that can get disheartening really quickly. Taking that extra time to show appreciation for above-and-beyond effort is really important and reinforces good relationships.
Alejandra Caceres
Senior Vice President of Marketing
Employees are awarded a certain amount of points every month to give out to their peers. We encourage people to recognize not just within their team, but across the company—anyone who goes above and beyond or makes your day a little easier.
Paula Useche
People & Culture Manager
.svg)
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
Awardco has definitely helped us do recognition even better. Recognizing someone you work with, even if you don’t see them every day, has been empowering.
Ashley Martin
President & CEO
Awardco makes it really easy to select colleagues that you want to recognize, whether it's one, whether it's multiple. Recognition helps build trust with teammates and leaders.
Brett Miller
VP of Creative
Thought Leadership & Resources
Employee celebration resources
