Recognition for HR Teams

Make recognition easier to manage and easier to use

Run recognition in Awardco with less manual work, better program control, and an experience employees actually use.

Features for HR & People Ops

Why HR admins love Awardco

Save time and effort without sacrificing culture, capabilities, or impact.

 
Budgeting simplicity
 
Program design and flexibility
 
Integrations
 
Reporting and insights
 
Shipping and logistics
 
Company-wide benefits
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Our turnover definitely went down after implementing Awardco, especially compared to the previous year…Recognition, along with rewards, has had a big impact on retention.
Sonia Magdaleno
Talent & Engagement Specialist, Paramount

Premium features

Purpose-built and designed to scale

Custom features to expand your reach and build your programs.

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Corporate Spending Cards

Corporate Spending Cards

A-Pay™: nearly unlimited rewards

A physical or digital card connected directly to employees’ reward accounts, allowing them to spend their points almost anywhere.

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Physical Thank You Cards

Physical Thank You Cards

AwardCodes™: offline recognition

Custom physical cards to recognize and reward your offline, frontline, or deskless workforce and immediately highlight great work on the spot.

Testimonials

What our customers say

We recently pulled an in-platform report to check on usage, and then we reached out to people individually to improve adoption—especially managers. Since then, engagement has been significantly higher, and our culture of recognition is growing—even our executives are recognizing.
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Hannah Fagan
Human Resource Leader
Amur Equipment Finance
Awardco significantly enhances employee engagement and helps our employees feel valued and appreciated, leading to higher morale. Offering customizable recognition programs for Cinemark and a wide range of awards helps align with our employees' interests and ensures that all employees, from theatre staff to management, feel valued and appreciated.
Ann O'Keefe
Director of Benefits
Cinemark
Associates love it. We've had over 95% user adoption in the first six months. It's been a huge success.
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Selia Wood
AVP, Talent & Engagement
Lockton
Some of the great stories that we've read are how impactful all of the team members have been to help the children feel better, it's showing our team members how impactful they are.
Jill Kudron
Patient Experience
Children's Nebraska
We fell in love with the Awardco platform from the start because it's so simple, and yet it also has so many customization options to add to it.
Marko Zecevic
Employee Experience Manager
Velsera
Awardco is a great product that makes my life a whole lot easier. I love the convenience it provides me to be able to award employees for hard work and loyalty, and to reward them personally in a hands-free way.
Anonymous
Director of People & Culture
Recognition through myKudos [Awardco] is one of the most positive aspects of PMG. It showcases employee contributions across the company, helping everyone feel valued and appreciated. Public recognition doesn't just acknowledge hard work—it motivates others to push further and strive for excellence.
Melodie Cottingham
Convergent Video/Audio Director
PMG
We now have complete visibility into budgetary usage and recognitions. Before, nobody could see recognitions at all—it was always done on a small scale, one-on-one from manager to employee. Now everyone in the company can see the successes of others and celebrate those with them, and we can see how managers are using the funds we've given them. Our budgets have equalized almost entirely—down to the dollar.
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Lacy Andersen
Project Manager
Aptive Environmental

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How does Awardco automate employee data and HRIS integration?
 

Awardco can connect with an organization’s HRIS or employee data source to keep employee records up to date. Depending on the organization’s systems and requirements, data can be exchanged through a native HRIS integration, API, SFTP file feed, or another supported connection.

HR teams can typically define the data fields Awardco receives, the sync cadence, and how changes such as new hires, transfers, and departures are handled. This can reduce manual user-file maintenance and help keep eligibility, permissions, reporting, and automated programs aligned with the organization’s current employee data.

How granularly can HR admins control roles and permissions?
 

Awardco supports configurable roles and permissions so organizations can determine who can access specific administrative functions, programs, budgets, reports, and employee data.

For example, an organization may give a program administrator access to one program, provide a regional administrator access to one country or entity, or give finance and payroll teams broader reporting access. Visibility can also be structured around organizational metadata, such as region, department, or employee group.

This allows organizations to delegate day-to-day administration while maintaining appropriate control over sensitive data and platform settings.

Can Awardco automate onboarding, birthdays, anniversaries, and other employee lifecycle programs?
 

Yes. Awardco can use employee data and program rules to support automated moments such as onboarding, birthdays, work anniversaries, and service milestones.

Admins can configure the relevant eligibility rules, timing, award amounts, communications, and recipients. Once configured, these programs can run consistently without requiring HR teams to track every employee milestone manually.

How do Awardco approval workflows work?
 

Awardco can route awards and nominations through configurable approval workflows. Organizations can set rules based on factors such as award type, value, program, employee group, or organizational structure.

Workflows may include one or more approval levels and can direct requests to managers, program owners, budget owners, or other designated approvers. This helps HR teams create consistent review processes while reducing reliance on email-based approvals.

Can manager budgets be created and replenished automatically?
 

Yes. Organizations can configure manager budgets using rules such as headcount, direct reports, employee groups, programs, or other organizational data.

Budgets may be reloaded on a recurring schedule, such as weekly, monthly, or quarterly, and organizations can define rules for rollover, allocation, and access. This helps HR teams maintain consistent funding without manually calculating and assigning every manager’s budget.

Budget visibility and management can also be limited through roles, permissions, and program configuration.

Can HR teams manage global, regional, and entity-specific programs from one platform?
 

Yes. Awardco can support centrally governed programs with localized rules and experiences for different countries, regions, entities, or employee groups.

Depending on the organization’s configuration, administrators can use employee data such as country, location, entity, or department to determine eligibility, program access, available rewards, currencies, languages, and redemption options.

This allows global HR teams to maintain a consistent platform while adapting recognition and rewards programs to local organizational needs.

Employee recognition that truly rewards.

Easily celebrate every moment—big or small—that shapes the employee experience.