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Employee Onboarding

Create lasting first impressions

Welcome new employees with personalised 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 programmes.

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 programmes 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, personalised 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

MasterBrand Cabinets
 
 
The deciding factor with Awardco was really the flexibility of the platform to meet our business needs—we view Awardco as a partner to meet those needs.
Brenda Neuhoff
Director of Total Rewards
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
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 realised an 8.2% reduction in our turnover rate.
Dawn Bloch
Chief People Officer
Quick Quack Car Wash
 
 
Getting buy-in was super easy. No one really questions it. After all, what's wrong with recognising people and telling them they did a good job?
Christina Castro
Training Leader
Staff greatly appreciate getting to choose their gifts from vendors like Amazon instead of picking from traditional canned corporate swag.
Anonymous
System Administrator
Colonial Pipeline
 
 
What we found most that sold us on Awardco over everyone else, not only was the platform very easy to use, but that partnership with Amazon is phenomenal.
Imran Merchant
Total Rewards Manager
Percepta
 
 
We were looking for a solution that rewarded folks in their own currency, and Awardco delivers!
Tammy Godby
Senior Manager of Global Organisational Development
Texas Roadhouse
 
 
We needed something to unify our recognition programmes for all our different locations, and we found that and more with Awardco.
Storey O'Barr
Recognition and Communications Specialist
Awardco filled a huge need for us to bring recognition and incentives across our international organisation. We saw a huge upswing in employee engagement and recognition with its adoption.
Ryan F.
HR Training Specialist
NIBCO
 
 
We’ve always had some sort of recognition programme, but never anything all-inclusive where all associates at every location were engaged in the same programme—until Awardco.
Dawn Bloch
Chief People Officer
From the admin side, managing and ensuring that gifts are timely and fair is dramatically easier. Everything can be scheduled in advance and fulfilment happens automatically.
Anonymous
System Administrator
Dubai Airports
 
 
As a manager of a team of seven, I use High Flyer to recognise and thank my team each quarter. It makes them feel appreciated and motivated, knowing their efforts are seen.
Soosan Abidali
Office Manager, Strategy & Development, Dubai Airports
Citizens Business Bank
 
 
So it's not just working out. And we have found that pictures tell a thousand words. So for example, we were doing something around, eat the colours of the rainbow and to send us in those pictures. And then that gets people more excited, and then they're logging their stuff, and then they're getting rewarded on Awardco. They love when that email comes out once a quarter. They're, like, ready. Like, did I get my points? How many points did I get?
Jenny Ketchepaw
VP, Talent Engagement
MasterBrand Cabinets
 
 
Our goal was to make it easy to recognise employees and make sure everyone had access to that recognition in the most simplistic format.
Brenda Neuhoff
Director of Total Rewards
Dubai Airports
 
 
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 recognised.
Barkin Ozdemir
Content Development Manager, Brand & Communications, Dubai Airports

Day one, done right

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