We have a presence on almost every continent, and there are no limits to our recognition system. We see recognitions from Brazil to the US, Japan to China, and South Africa to France, with everyone getting involved.

It’s really meaningful to see CRPs who are out on the road by themselves, along with employees working from home, still interacting and connecting through the platform. It’s almost like our 4Refuel Facebook—bringing everyone together no matter where they’re working.

I’ve seen how much recognition has changed since we started using Awardco. From an admin perspective, it’s become so much more manageable and has saved me countless hours. Birthdays, anniversaries, and new-hire milestones are all automated through Workday, new starters receive points at 30 and 60 days, and employees are recognised automatically for birthdays and anniversaries.

Awardco is central to our strategy around helping people feel connected across the organisation in the work that they do. Our strength is that we have diversity across all our offices. So collaboration may be the soul of a layer group, that tie that binds our unique cultures together. But we really want to celebrate and recognise the diversity across our offices, and that is our strength. Awardco helps us create that visible platform for everybody to see the good work and the unique ways that people are solving problems around the organisation.

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.

Bravo has been a real game changer for us. Every day, employees are actively seeking out opportunities to recognise one another. They can celebrate meaningful milestones in their own lives and in their peers’ lives, and they can see great work happening across the organisation. It’s created space for recognition to thrive.

Our staff turnover definitely fell after implementing Awardco, especially compared to the previous year. We've noticed that recognition, along with rewards like Amazon items and prepaid Visa cards, has had a big impact on retention without being a huge cost to the company.

Research consistently shows the compounding impact of public recognition, which creates a snowball effect. It simply helps people work better together and feel more like part of the team.