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Employee recognition software

Employee recognition while it still means something

The thank-you that lands the week it was earned is worth more than the one that arrives at the annual review. Gifted is employee recognition software that makes the fast one easy enough that it actually happens.

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Free forever. No card, no contracts, no minimums.

5 minutesFrom sign-up to first gift

45HRIS integrations, included

$0Platform fees

Recognition programs run on Gifted at

The problem

Recognition fails on logistics, not on intent

Nobody sets out to skip a work anniversary. The date lived in a spreadsheet, the approval took four days, and by the time the gift arrived the moment had passed. Managers know exactly who deserves the thank-you; what they lack is a way to send it in the ninety seconds between two meetings.

The solution

Three moments worth automating

Start with these. Between them they cover most of what a team means when it says it wants a recognition program.

Colleagues gathered around a coworker at her desk as she opens a small wrapped gift

Automate the dates

Birthdays and work anniversaries sync from your HRIS and send themselves at the tier you set.

Year one and year ten can differ without anyone tracking it.

Manager resting a hand on a colleague's shoulder at his desk to say thank you

Let managers send

Give each manager a monthly budget they can spend without an approval queue.

A $30 thank-you on Tuesday beats a $100 one signed off twice.

Man turning from his desk to thank the coworker beside him

Open it to everyone

Peer recognition costs nothing per user, so there is no reason to ration who can say thank you.

The people who see the work rarely sign the budget.

What recognition looks like

Four kinds of employee recognition, one program

Recognition is not one thing. The strongest programs run all four at once, from the automatic milestone to the thank-you from the next desk, on the same budget and the same report.

Milestones

Who sends it: Your HRIS, on the date
How often: Every birthday and anniversary
Typical budget: $25 to $250

Happy five years, Maya! Thank you for everything.Sent automatically · 9:00 AM

Work anniversaries →

Spot awards

Who sends it: Managers, from their own budget
How often: The week it happens
Typical budget: $25 to $100

You saved the launch on Friday. This one is on us.From Dana, your manager

Spot bonuses →

Peer to peer

Who sends it: Anyone, to anyone
How often: Every week
Typical budget: Small and often

Thanks for staying late to fix my deck. Owe you one.From Sam, on the design team

Peer recognition →

Company-wide

Who sends it: Leadership, to everyone
How often: A few times a year
Typical budget: $25 to $100

Record quarter. Every one of you made it happen.From the leadership team

Employee Appreciation Day →

How it runs

Employee recognition software you set up once

Connect your HRIS

45 integrations. Start dates and birthdays come across on their own, and leavers drop out automatically.

Syncing 412 peopleBambooHR · this morning

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Set the tiers and budgets

Decide what a first anniversary is worth and what a tenth is worth. Give managers a discretionary amount if you want them sending too.

Maya's 5 years · Mar 14Tier 3 · sends automatically

$150

Read the report

Gifts go out on the day. You see what was sent, what was opened, and what came back unredeemed.

96% opened this quarter$1,240 refunded, unredeemed

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Five minutes from sign-up to your first gift.

The math

What an employee recognition program costs

Move the sliders to your team. On Gifted the gift budget is the whole bill: no platform fee, no per-seat license, and nothing unredeemed is lost.

Team size 150 Thank-yous per person, per year 4 Average gift $40

Gifts a year600

Gift budget$24,000

Platform fee$0

Every dollar in the budget line reaches a person. Unredeemed gifts come back to your balance.

The catalog

You set the budget. They pick the thing.

Gift cards are where most people start, and they are not the whole catalog. A recipient can put one gift toward any of these, or split it across all three.

Delivered instantly

Why would you want your budget to go towards a platform, when every dollar can go to your best asset?

Erika McGrathChief People Officer, The Channel Company

100%Of her recognition budget reaching people, not licenses

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In short

A recognition program is a leadership habit with a budget attached

The software is not the hard part. Making the thank-you fast enough that a busy manager actually sends it is.

Automate the dates that never change, hand the rest to the people who see the work, and put the whole budget into the gift rather than a share of it into a license.

$0Platform fee

72hFull refund on unredeemed gifts

Questions

Employee recognition questions

How is recognition free?

Gifted charges no platform fee, no user fee and no minimum. You pay the face value of the gifts you send and nothing else. ACH and wire are free. Credit card 3%. International FX 5%.

Do recipients have to create an account?

Only if they redeem through the platform. They open a link, choose what they want, and enter delivery details if the gift is physical.

What if someone never opens their gift?

You get the money back. 100% within 72 hours, and 75% up to two years.

Can I recognize people outside the US?

Yes. Gift links work in 150+ countries and the catalog carries 4,500+ gift card brands, so a recipient in Manila and one in Manchester both get something they can use.