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Employee Onboarding

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
Smiling professional woman shaking hands during a business meeting
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
Diverse business team laughing and collaborating in modern office
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
Colleagues high-five and laugh together in an office workspace
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.

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

The entire experience, from sourcing and implementation to trouble-shooting and recognition, has been seamless and easy...I love the platform!
Anonymous
HR BP
Awardco
 
 
The most impactful stat I’ve seen is that a recognition hits our platform every two seconds. It’s incredible—so much so that I sometimes worry our employees might mute the recognition channel because of all the activity. But that constant stream of appreciation shows just how engaged our people are every single day. The greatest benefit of using our own software is the culture of belonging it creates.
Amy Butler
VP of People Operations
All Access Staging and Productions
 
 
We wanted to make recognition easy and exciting for our blue collar workers to participate in, and Awardco's capabilities have made that possible.
Mason Ongarato
HR Software & Employee Benefits Expert
PMG
 
 
Managers now have visibility into real-time recognition, which makes performance reviews easier and more holistic.
Monica Gunderson
Talent Management Lead
Pilot Company
 
 
It has been exciting to see the increased engagement around recognition, and how the platform has encouraged team members to support each other in new ways.
Deanna Dennis
Sr. Manager, Team Member Experience
Awardco
 
 
We’ve accomplished so many amazing things and built such a strong foundation, it’s now up to us to take the next step. How do we keep evolving to ensure we don’t fall behind? The blueprint of HR is changing.
Amy Butler
VP of People Operations
PMG
 
 
Recognition is now part of our day-to-day culture—from Slack shoutouts to CEO highlights in company-wide messages.
Monica Gunderson
Talent Management Lead
Greenfield Global
 
 
As we try to build a strong culture, we want to take a more modern approach. Partnering with Awardco helped us to put that together. So even though we are spread out, we do get to feel like we are One Greenfield.
Ashley Cato
Vice President People and Culture
Velsera
 
 
What I love most is the reporting aspect. It's something that reinforces the impact of Awardco, and it shows that the work we're doing is paying off.
Marko Zecevic
Employee Experience Manager
Citizens Business Bank
 
 
It's interesting because everybody has the strategy. It's the execution of the strategy that matters. And so I think really prioritizing it from the board level all the way down through the organization.
David Brager
President & CEO
Dubai Airports
 
 
Within AOCC, we’ve built peer nominations into the process. The more recognitions a team member receives, the more points they earn toward winning a High Flyer award. This has fostered real cohesion, inclusivity, and teamwork across the department.
Kan Ni
Vice President, Airport Operations Control Center, Dubai Airports
ARUP Laboratories
 
 
Soon after our implementation we created a financial recognition program through Awardco for managers and supervisors to recognize their employees for extra efforts. Now our managers and supervisors have their own budgeted amount to use at their discretion to award their employees at any time, and they don't have to wait for approval to do so.
Cheryl Vincent
Talent Development Manager
ClickUp
 
 
Awardco has helped us build and maintain the culture of appreciation that we know is imperative to great work. We've seen first-hand that when employees feel appreciated, they are more productive.
Deanna Tindell
People Operations Specialist
CPS Group
 
 
Awardco has taken the guesswork out of our culture—leadership knows they're not treating anyone unfairly or unconsciously showing favoritism. Recognition is a lot more consistent and frequent for everyone.
Nicole Blaschka
Director of Human Resources
Percepta
 
 
We were looking for a solution that rewarded folks in their own currency, and Awardco delivers!
Tammy Godby
Senior Manager of Global Organizational Development

Day one, done right

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