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Automatically celebrate Years of Service Awards & employee milestones

Never miss another employee Years of Service Award, birthday or anniversary thanks to automated celebrations from WorkTango.

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Recognize and reward Years of Service & other important milestones

  • Connect your HRIS system to enable easy, automated recognitions for work anniversaries and other milestones – and ensure managers never miss key dates
  • Choose to offer either a preset amount of points or tokens as a reward to accompany Years of Service Awards, to be redeemed for Custom Company Swag or options from WorkTango’s Rewards Marketplace
  • Easily highlight years of service in the activity feed to allow for coworker Comments and additional recognition through “High-Fives”
  • Automatically recognize new hires on their first day, after one week, or any time period you wish to acknowledge

Featured Case Study

OneStream honors milestones with WorkTango Service Awards

OneStream celebrated employee loyalty and achievements using WorkTango’s Service Awards feature. By recognizing key milestones, they enhanced employee satisfaction and cultivated a culture of appreciation, reinforcing their commitment to valuing long-term contributions.

Celebrate birthdays and other life events

  • Automate birthday celebrations for all your employees while allowing employees to opt out if desired
  • Offer employees the option for Recognition to be displayed publicly or privately on the newsfeed
  • Automatically add either points or tokens as a reward to be redeemed for Custom Company Swag or options from the Rewards Marketplace
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Employee Service Awards are formal recognition programs that celebrate employee tenure and loyalty. Common examples include Years of Service Awards (5, 10, 15, 20+ year anniversaries).

WorkTango's Service Award software also supports milestone celebrations like employee birthdays, work anniversaries, and retirement recognition that strengthen employee connection and retention.

WorkTango integrates with your HRIS to automatically track employee tenure, trigger award notifications, send personalized manager prompts, and deliver milestone rewards on the correct anniversary date. This eliminates manual tracking for HR and ensures no employee milestone goes unrecognized.

While the WorkTango Rewards Marketplace is available, we recommend high-value, memorable rewards for milestone celebrations like premium merchandise, experiential travel, luxury gifts, or custom physical awards. WorkTango manages the ordering and fulfillment of these unique items seamlessly.

Yes! WorkTango's Service Awards allows personalized messaging from managers and leadership, and the ability to highlight the employee's career journey. This makes milestone celebrations deeply meaningful and personal, not generic or transactional.
Modern Service Award programs focus on flexibility and social celebration. WorkTango recommends offering employee choice (points or a specific gift) and integrating a social recognition component so the employee is celebrated publicly by their peers and leaders.

Yes. WorkTango makes it easy to create a custom Service Award catalog with curated, high-value rewards exclusively for milestone celebrations. This means you can offer a premium selection only for Service Awards, while keeping the broader global marketplace available for daily recognition and Incentive programs.