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

SEF Energy
 
 
One of the biggest things we were looking for was a platform that's easily accessible for all of our employees. We needed it to be simple and intuitive, and not take a lot of training.
Lauren Long
HR Operations Manager
Cinemark
 
 
We are excited to announce the introduction of AwardCodes cards to our rewards programme. This new initiative allows Assistant Managers to recognise and reward employees on the spot for their outstanding performance. The response has been overwhelmingly positive.
Ann O'Keefe
Director of Benefits
Aptive Environmental
 
 
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.
Lacy Andersen
Project Manager
TaylorMade
 
 
Awardco is the perfect platform for our employee recognition programme. It supports our unique employee culture and community.
Rosie Scannell
Global HR
Hertz
 
 
Using Awardco has given us the confidence that we've partnered with someone that knows what they're doing. We're not only saving a lot of time, but we're building the confidence of our employees as we express our appreciation to all of them worldwide.
Annasuela Fritz
HR Projects and Recognition Manager
WebPT
 
 
I cannot tell you what a relief it was to be able to integrate metadata from our HRIS system so that birthdays and service awards were automatically recognised and sent to our WebPTers. This was a huge, huge accomplishment for our employee engagement.
Britney Burns
Employee Experience Programme Manager
The Awardco platform is the exact solution we were looking for. I love that we've been able to customise the solution for multiple internal use cases that have come up since launch.
Anonymous
Human Resource Associate
Amur Equipment Finance
 
 
We recently pulled an in-platform report to cheque 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 recognising.
Hannah Fagan
Human Resource Leader
Our experience with Awardco has been very positive. The interactive redemption portal gives the user autonomy, allowing them to feel in control of the award they are receiving.
Anonymous
HR Generalist
Southwest Gas Corporation
 
 
Anybody who is partaking in this programme actually gets noticed and is brought to our attention—and I think that's wonderful.
Misti Trombley
HR Analyst
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
Children's Nebraska
 
 
People are busy. It's hard. We have our highest volumes we've ever had with patients. But when people take the time to celebrate one another, then we can really see that hope and that goodness beyond that. And so I really think that why we're successful is because our team cares about one another, and they take the time to recognise one another.
Madeline Quinn
Employee Experience Manager
PMG
 
 
Recognition is now a seamless part of our employee journey—from day one to major milestones.
Monica Gunderson
Talent Management Lead
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 programmes we wanted to run. Awardco has worked so well—and continues to work so well.
Michael Cioffi
Director, Marketing, Communication, and Experience
We've been using Awardco for almost three years now and have received great feedback and strong engagement.
Anonymous
Human Resources Director
Thought Leadership & Resources

Resources for additional research

Blog
Employee Turnover Rates by Industry: Trends and Solutions
Customer Story
Customer Story
Webinar
AI and the Future of Employee Engagement
White Paper
Customer Story
White Paper
White Paper
3 Drivers of Employee Engagement ROI
Customer Story
Customer Story
Recognition as a culture cornerstone: How PMG fuels global success
Customer Story
Customer Story
Customer Story
Combining cultures with recognition through a merge

Day one, done right

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