Birthdays & Holidays
Birthdays & Holidays
Celebrate festive occasions with style
Automate celebrations, personalise rewards, and ensure no special occasion goes unnoticed—regardless of where your employees are.
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Return on recognition
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
69
%
of employees say they would work harder if they felt more appreciated.
Retention
31
%
lower turnover for businesses with strong recognition programmes.
Satisfaction
81
%
of employees believe personalised recognition improves their workplace satisfaction.
end-to-end flexibility
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.
Employee Birthdays
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
Customer Testimonials
What customers are saying
Awardco offers such a clean design, way ahead of its competitors, along with excellent offerings, great analytics, and wonderful customer service.
Anonymous
Designer
Recognition just reminds you that no, you are seen. Your work is not for nothing. You are appreciated. It feels great and helps you stay motivated, even when things are tough.
Zach Makoutz
Sr. Manager, Category Sales Product
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When I joined Lockton, we didn’t have a recognition platform. It was the first thing I pushed for—because I’ve seen firsthand how important it is. People want to feel seen and validated.
Selia Wood
AVP, Talent & Engagement
If we retain a teacher, that’s 20 students we get to serve. Going from 45% turnover to 8% means we’ve kept 85–90 more staff. That’s an incredible impact on both our children and our budget.
Amber Lease
Human Resource Director
Awardco has helped us make recognition more worthwhile by improving employee morale and showing them that we care—recognition is more meaningful, so it's become more valuable to our employees.
Mason Ongarato
HR Software & Employee Benefits Expert
Our recognition was all over the place before. Awardco brought everything into one centralised, impactful platform.
Pam Buyers
Head of Culture at PMG
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 created ‘Celebrating Culture’—a programme where we reward engagement at everything from costume contests to lunch-and-learns. Awardco makes it easy to motivate and recognise employees both in person and remotely.
Tisa Penny
Engagement & Events Lead, 2025 Recognition Rockstar Winner
It's really important for relationship building and strengthening. Having this platform that makes it super easy to recognise is what sets Kodiak apart from the rest.
Cassidy Barsdoff
Director, Project Management Office
Colleagues have to choose a value from The Collaborative Way when they recognize, making our recognition feed daily proof of why our values are so important. It’s such a powerfully positive place. Leaders are really taking notice—they want to see their teams at the top of the adoption leaderboard because they know the impact our values have on employee performance and retention.
Pam Johnson
VP of HR
Prior to Awardco, the recognition process was manual and time-consuming. Everything was done through emails and spreadsheets, with physical delivery of plaques and gifts. Important milestones were sometimes missed, despite our best intentions.
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Mallory Pence
Marketing Manager
Whether it’s recognising a peer or a member of our team, Awardco is so simple and intuitive.
Cassidy Barsdoff
Director, Project Management Office
Since implementing Awardco, we’ve saved at least 30 hours a month that used to be spent manually tracking, purchasing, and mailing gifts. Now it’s all automated—and more empowering for our associates.
Selia Wood
AVP, Talent & Engagement
Since joining, I’ve found myKudos [Awardco] posts to be a great way to learn what others are doing across the agency. I’ve even picked up ideas from shoutouts that I’ve been able to implement on my own accounts. It’s more than recognition—it’s a source of inspiration.
Colby Green
Paid Social Senior Associate
Recognition truly is a cornerstone of PMG’s culture because it fuels engagement, strengthens relationships, and reinforces the behaviors that drive our success. It allows you to immediately recognise big and small wins where that impact is immediately felt.
Mary O’Brien
Head of Programmatic
Thought Leadership & Resources
Thought Leadership & Resources
Employee celebration resources
