Employee Onboarding Recognition That Builds Engagement

Create lasting first impressions

Welcome new employees with personalized recognitions, swag, and messages from their team—all automated to set the stage for long-term engagement.

 

Return on recognition

Why celebrate new hires?

A warm welcome sets the stage for continued success for every employee. Recognition during onboarding helps new hires feel valued, connected, and ready to contribute from day one.

Retention
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69
%
of employees are more likely to stay if the company has a strong onboarding structure.
69
%
of employees are more likely to stay if the company has a strong onboarding structure.

Quick Quack Car Wash saw a 20% reduction in turnover after implementing Awardco for their employee recognition programs.

 
Productivity
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50
%
more productivity for new hires if they feel welcomed and supported.
50
%
more productivity for new hires if they feel welcomed and supported.

Effective recognition builds culture and drives performance—and even drives better management approval scores. See how CPS Group saw these results and more.

 
Engagement
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54
%
increase in employee engagement with effective onboarding.
54
%
increase in employee engagement with effective onboarding.

Hertz successfully took their recognition programs global to over 24,000 employees and saw increased engagement as a result.

 

end-to-end flexibility

Kickstart engagement from day one

Give every employee a warm, personalized welcome—fully automated and without extra admin work.

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Custom Welcome Messages

Create a welcoming experience by automating day-one shoutouts, intro resources, and even point distributions to build immediate belonging.

Personalized, Quality Swag

Kick off the employee journey with points for hand-picked swag. New hires choose what they love and it’s delivered straight to their door.

Build Belonging Early

Help break the ice with welcome recognitions, peer profiles, and specific programs designed to spark meaningful conversations.

Far-Reaching Recognition

Remote, hybrid, or on-site, it's easy to celebrate new hires wherever they are with flexible programs that make every employee feel included.

Company-Wide visibility

Warm welcomes and first-day shoutouts

Showcase new hire recognitions on rotating screens, Slack, Teams, and more to build a sense of belonging from day one.

testimonials

What customers are saying

Ampirical
 
 
Our client success rep helped us create a training and recording module of the platform to show employees how to properly use it. You rarely find a company willing to spend the time to make sure you're properly equipped.
Ryan Zellner
Marketing & Corporate Communications Manager
I really like the fact that the company I work for, GoHealth, utilizes this program to incentive our team to help motivate us to perform our everyday job. They provide us with Awardco points when we're in training, helping us to retain product knowledge and also as an extra incentive to hit our metrics. Really an awesome program!
Alejandro P.
Senior Benefit Consultant
Lockton
 
 
A quiet employee might never self-promote, but Awardco gives us the visibility to see their impact. We’ve literally had leaders say, ‘I had no idea!’ when reviewing this data.
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Melissa York
SVP, Head of People & Culture
All Access Staging and Productions
 
 
Awardco has helped us make recognition more worthwhile by improving employee morale and showing them that we care—recognition is more meaningful, so it's become more valuable to our employees.
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Mason Ongarato
HR Software & Employee Benefits Expert
PMG
 
 
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.
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Colby Green
Paid Social Senior Associate
Hertz
 
 
Once [Microsoft] Teams became more accessible and we could use Awardco directly through that platform, everything changed. Recognition started happening in real time, right when great work was done, which made it feel truly authentic and helped strengthen our culture.
Trish Concepcion
Revenue Management Team Lead
PMG
 
 
Tying recognition to our values and integrating with Slack created real cultural stickiness.
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Monica Gunderson
Talent Management Lead
NIBCO
 
 
We've put a lot of resources and focus on associate engagement and overall morale and wellness. Because of the initiatives that we've put forth this year, we've realized an 8.2% reduction in our turnover rate.
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Dawn Bloch
Chief People Officer
PMG
 
 
We've surpassed 10,000 recognitions and achieved a 90% platform login rate—Awardco has become essential to how we work.
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Monica Gunderson
Talent Management Lead
NIBCO
 
 
People like to be recognized for what they’ve contributed. They’re proud of their work—and they should be.
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Ashley Martin
President & CEO
Citizens Business Bank
 
 
We've tied rewards to wellness in the sense that every year, we encourage our associates to go get their annual physical. If they show proof, they get points. It's another way to tie healthy lifestyles to what's important to us in the bank, making an impact with our associates.
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Jenny Ketchepaw
VP, Talent Engagement
WOW! mobile boutique
 
 
Awardco actually cost us less than what we were doing in the past, and it's had a bigger impact on our ROI and employee engagement.
Jay Adhvaryu
Director of Finance and Compliance
WOW! mobile boutique
 
 
We didn't want or need a bunch of bells and whistles. We needed an efficient platform that would empower the recognition and reward programs we wanted to run. Awardco has worked so well—and continues to work so well.
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Michael Cioffi
Director, Marketing, Communication, and Experience
NIBCO
 
 
We’ve always had some sort of recognition program, but never anything all-inclusive where all associates at every location were engaged in the same program—until Awardco.
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Dawn Bloch
Chief People Officer
CloudFit Software
 
 
We hear positive feedback about Awardco from employees all the time! They love the program, especially the peer-to-peer recognition feature. Reading through the recognition feed and seeing what employees are posting about one another reinforces our culture and just brings joy.
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Kymberlee Stephens
Director of Employee Experience and Wellness

Thought Leadership & Resources

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Day one, done right

Show appreciation and intention with meaningful onboarding recognition that makes an immediate impact.