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Peer-to-peer recognition

Peer-to-peer recognition that leaves nobody out

Most peer recognition programs celebrate one winner and quietly ignore the twenty people who noticed the work first. Gifted makes it cheap enough to thank all of them.

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The problem

One winner, and everyone else watching

The nominations come in, a committee picks a name, and one person gets a prize at the all-hands. Everybody who wrote a nomination gets nothing, the four other nominees get a slide, and next quarter fewer people bother submitting. The program is measuring participation it has already stopped rewarding.

The solution

Three groups a peer recognition program should thank

Between them they cover almost everyone who took part in the last recognition cycle.

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Thank the nominators

Send a small gift to every person who took the time to write up a peer. It costs nothing per user to include all of them.

Participation is the behavior you actually want repeated.

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Reward every nominee

Getting named by a colleague is already a signal. Give each nominee a gift they choose themselves, not just a slide at the all-hands.

Five nominees, five thank-yous, one budget line.

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Include whole teams

When the recognition belongs to a group, send it to the group. A gift card each for a shared lunch or a day out works better than a plaque.

Appreciation lands harder when it is shared.

How it runs

Set the tiers, then send in bulk

Bring in your people

Forty-five HRIS integrations, or a CSV if you do not have one. Leavers drop off on their own.

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Set an amount per group

Decide what a nominator gets, what a nominee gets, and what the winner gets. Different numbers, one send.

38 nominators · $156 nominees · $50

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Send and read the report

Gifts go out as one batch. You see 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 catalog

You set the budget. They pick the thing.

A coffee break, a wellness kit, a piece of company swag, whatever fits your culture. One gift can go toward any of it, or split 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?

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In short

Recognition spreads when everyone taking part gets something

A program that only pays the winner teaches people to stop nominating.

Thank the nominators, reward every nominee, include the teams behind them, and put the whole budget into the gifts rather than a share of it into a license.

$0Platform fee

72hFull refund on unredeemed gifts

Questions

Peer recognition questions

How much does peer recognition cost per employee?

Nothing per employee. Gifted charges no platform fee, no user fee and no minimum, so there is no reason to ration who can take part. You pay the face value of the gifts you send. ACH and wire are free. Credit card 3%. International FX 5%.

Can I send different amounts to nominators and nominees?

Yes. Set one amount for everyone who submitted a nomination and a larger one for the people who were nominated. Both go out in the same batch.

What if someone never opens their gift?

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

Can we reward a whole team at once?

Yes. Send the same gift to everyone in a department or project group, and each person chooses what they want with it. That works for a shared lunch as easily as it does for individual picks.

Does this work for people outside the US?

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

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