Anybody who is partaking in this program actually gets noticed and is brought to our attention...and I think that's wonderful.

I try to express appreciation vocally and in Slack, but the visibility that comes from an official kudos [Awardco] post really takes it to the next level. It ensures that great work doesn't go unnoticed, and I’m making it a point to use the shoutout feature even more across my teams.

Staff greatly appreciate getting to choose their gifts from vendors like Amazon instead of picking from traditional canned corporate swag.

Our investment to leverage the Center of Excellence team at Awardco was the best decision we made. Katie didn’t just advise, she partnered. She brought deep healthcare expertise and helped us translate what recognition should feel like for clinicians into something that actually works for a deskless, clinical workforce. With her leadership, we built our Awardco instance as a true virtual haven: a values-based recognition experience designed with and for our teams, easily accessible, and directly tied to our mission. The result is an always-on program that makes it easy to celebrate the moments that matter — strengthening connection, belonging, and pride across the organization.

I didn't expect as much engagement around each other's recognitions, our company's spread all over the country, and Awardco has really helped people feel connected.

And we've also tied that to wellness in the sense that, you know, every year, we encourage our associates to go get their annual physical. So part of that though is if you turn that form in, then you get Awardco points. So it's another way to tie healthy lifestyle to what's important to us in the bank to making an impact with our associates.

Awardco is the perfect platform for our employee recognition program. It supports our unique employee culture and community.

When people join Americare, we want them to feel like they're part of something bigger than just a job, that it's part of having purpose because they get to make a difference in residents' lives.

People actually feel like they matter and that they're recognized. They don't feel forgotten.

It's really a cultural shift that has been positive for us.

We're just really excited in being able to continue to push recognition out there. It continues to be an important initiative for us around engagement.

We haven't heard one bad thing about Awardco from our employees. It's taken off much better than we expected it to because the employees love it.

We'd help them get through if they're not computer savvy and help them get their logins created and get set up.

We know that there is a direct tie between how recognized and appreciated someone feels and how engaged they are and productive in their work.

The ability to customize the platform and call it 'MyKudos' made it feel like a true extension of our brand and culture.