Birthdays & Holidays

Celebrate festive occasions with style

Automate celebrations, personalise rewards, and ensure no special occasion goes unnoticed—regardless of where your employees are.

Trusted by 3,000+ organisations worldwide

Return on recognition

Why celebrate birthdays and holidays at work?

Recognition doesn’t always have to be tied to performance. Celebrating birthdays and holidays offers an easy, reoccurring, and impactful way to show employees they matter. These personal moments deepen engagement and help create a culture of care that resonates far beyond the workplace.

Performance

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of employees say they would work harder if they felt more appreciated.

It's simple, really: appreciation increases feelings of self-worth and personal value, which helps employees want to put in the effort. And it can be as simple as a "Hey, great work today."

Retention

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lower turnover for businesses with strong recognition programmes.

Appreciation leads to greater loyalty. Why? Because when people feel seen and appreciated through recognition, they feel a stronger connection to their workplace. It's simple psychology.

Satisfaction

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of employees believe personalised recognition improves their workplace satisfaction.

General appreciation is great, but personalised is even better, and it doesn't have to be overwhelming. Automation tools, integrations, and more make it easier than ever.

end-to-end flexibility

Never miss a chance to celebrate

Whether it’s birthdays, national holidays, regional celebrations, or company-centric events, make these meaningful moments unforgettable.

Automate Recurring Events

Automate birthday and holiday rewards with customisable gifts, messages, or points based on the holiday, tenure, region, or other metadata.

Custom Catalogues

Build custom catalogues from millions of global gift options, so every birthday and holiday feels personal.

Custom Reward Point Amounts

Create flexible reward structures with customisable points to match your culture—perfect for both small wins and big celebrations.

Localisation for Regional Traditions

Celebrate globally with localised holidays, cultural events, and recognition tailored to your diverse workforce.

Employee Birthdays

Meaningful birthday recognitions

Skip the generic card—and the hassle. Make every employee birthday celebration feel personal:

Celebrate peers in a dedicated birthday feed with custom messages
Share birthday shoutouts to Slack or monitors for (optional) company-wide visibility
Send points or curated gifts employees will actually love
Utilise user profiles to give thoughtful, interest-based gifts

Customer Testimonials

What customers are saying

What I appreciate most is how Awardco takes the effort out of recognising staff. Built-in programmes automatically reward employees for years of service and anniversaries, making sure no milestone goes unnoticed.

Anonymous

Senior Director of Customer Service and Support

The best decision we made was switching from our previous platform to Awardco. The customer service is excellent, the features are amazing, and we LOVE that they take our ideas and make them happen. They are always looking at innovating, which is one of our core values. We are extremely satisfied with Awardco and everyone here at The Nest LOVES the program.

Sara Beer

Director of Core Values

Automation is something that is really important for us—we try to automate as much as we can so that we can focus on what's important. And Awardco's automation and integrations have fit in perfectly.

Brittany Madonna

Senior VP of Marketing & Communications

Previously every manager hand-wrote a message to their employees every six months thanking them for their hard work, and it was all tied in with the bonus distribution. It was very high-touch, very labour intensive, and we had the process down to a science. We liked the connections that formed between managers and employees as a result of this programme, but after COVID-19 most of our workforce went remote. Our semi-annual tradition wasn't possible any longer, nor was it feasible.

Kent Streuling

SVP of HR

One of the best parts of myKudos [Awardco] is seeing others rally around a recognition post—commenting, reacting, and adding to the praise. I love scrolling through the kudos channel and seeing teammates from other accounts getting hyped up for the great work they’re doing. It really creates a sense of community across the agency.

Colby Green

Paid Social Senior Associate

Companies that invest in recognition are seen as people-centric. When people feel appreciated for their contributions and are truly engaged, they’re more innovative, more creative, and more willing to think beyond the status quo. This elevates work, fuels stronger business outcomes and can foster deeper customer relationships.

Monica Gunderson

Talent Management Senior Associate

We use recognition as a tool to motivate and encourage our employees—everyone knows Awardco because we actively use it for any and all incentives for employees.

Monica Delgado

Senior Manager of Total Rewards

The onboarding process was very encouraging. We weren't given the programme and told to figure it out on our own—we've had someone to lean on the entire time, someone who helped us navigate this big, company-wide change.

Ryan Zellner

Marketing & Corporate Communications Manager

I love the customisation of the platform and the constant innovation. There are constant evolutions and enhancements being released to keep our solution cutting edge.

Anonymous

Director of Human Resources

I could rave to millions of people that I think this should be the platform of choice.

Ryan Zellner

Marketing & Corporate Communications Manager

Awardco significantly enhances employee engagement and helps our employees feel valued and appreciated, leading to higher morale. Offering customizable recognition programmes 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

I really appreciate how myKudos [Awardco] offers different ‘classifications’ of shoutouts, so no matter how someone went above and beyond, there’s a way to recognise it. We work with some incredible people, and it’s important to celebrate them however we can.

Colby Green

Paid Social Senior Associate

We’ve made myKudos [Awardco] a key part of how we work at all levels—whether you’re a people manager or an individual contributor. MyKudos is just as powerful when peers recognise each other, creating a culture of appreciation across the organisation

Mary O’Brien

Head of Programmatic

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 do a lot of remote work activities where you can win something. We do a lot of these contests, and I used to go to Amazon and send a $25 gift card to the winners, but now I do it through Awardco. It's in the system, trackable, and much more streamlined.