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Discover creative ways to celebrate your employee birthdays with these personalized, professional, and budget-friendly ideas.
Employee birthday celebrations serve as a powerful way to show appreciation, build team camaraderie, and reinforce a positive workplace culture. When companies celebrate birthdays, they demonstrate that they value their employees as individuals, not just workers. These celebrations create memorable moments that help employees feel seen and appreciated, leading to increased job satisfaction and engagement. They provide natural opportunities for cross-departmental interaction and help break down hierarchical barriers, fostering a more inclusive atmosphere.
Birthday celebrations provide an opportunity for colleagues to bond and connect on a personal level, fostering a sense of community and teamwork. As a result, celebrating employees' birthdays is an essential aspect of creating a supportive and inclusive work environment. With so many benefits, it's essential to make these special days memorable and enjoyable for everyone involved.
Celebrating employees' birthdays is a meaningful practice that offers a significant opportunity to demonstrate appreciation and foster a positive work environment. Acknowledging these special days can make employees feel valued and recognized, enhancing job satisfaction and strengthening workplace relationships. Such gestures humanize the workplace, creating a sense of community and belonging. Here are creative ideas to help you create memorable celebrations.
For companies that enjoy classic workplace traditions, these simple yet meaningful gestures can go a long way:
For companies with hybrid or remote work environments, modern and digital birthday celebrations ensure inclusivity:
Customizing birthday celebrations allows employees to feel uniquely valued:
For larger teams, consolidating birthday celebrations can be a practical approach:
Professionally recognizing birthdays can also have workplace benefits:
To make birthday celebrations meaningful and effective, keep these best practices in mind:
Thoughtful birthday celebrations contribute to:
Celebrating employees' birthdays doesn’t have to be extravagant to be meaningful. The key is to tailor celebrations to employees’ preferences while maintaining professionalism and inclusivity. By making employees feel valued on their special day, organizations can contribute to a more engaged and satisfied workforce. Schedule a demo with Assembly to discover how you can enhance employee engagement and recognition.
To celebrate professionally, offer personalized recognition such as a team lunch, gift card, or an extra break. Ensure celebrations align with company culture and respect employees’ preferences.
Consider virtual team shout-outs, digital birthday cards, experience-based gift cards, or a short video message from colleagues to recognize remote employees’ birthdays.
Recognizing birthdays shows employees they are valued, leading to increased engagement, stronger workplace relationships, and higher job satisfaction.
Low-cost ideas include handwritten birthday notes, team emails, a monthly birthday celebration, or letting employees choose a special assignment for the day.
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There is study after study showing that employee recognition leads to increased engagement. This in return creates an environment where employees are happier and more motivated which increase productivity and reduces voluntary turnover significantly. In order to filled critical roles, companies tend to spend nearly twice the value of an annual salary. Assembly is an investment in your employees that supports your bottom line.
Yes, we will offer contracts for companies with longer-term agreements to help larger customers have more certainty around future costs.
The minimum agreement term is a 12-month subscription.
We do and for FREE! Any new customer needing further support to get started with Assembly to ensure you're set up for success can request custom onboarding support. Improving your employee experience is about much more than just using our amazing software; it’s about transforming your business to create a workplace that people love. That’s much easier to do with the personal support and advice from our passionate people experts.
At the time of redemption (when your employees exchange their points for a paid reward) you'll pay face value. If a reward is a $10 Amazon gift card, your cost will be $10. All paid rewards are billed for on a monthly basis.
The good news is that you don't have to pay for rewards upfront because we only charge you when points are redeemed, not when they're earned.
We offer discounts or educational or charitable organizations. In order to secure a discount, you'll first need to book a demo with a customer support specialist.
For all other organizations, we are willing to consider longer-term agreements in exchange for discounts. To set up annual plans or longer, you will need to book a demo with a customer support specialist.
If you're on a month to month plan, you can go here and cancel anytime. If you're having concerns or need help setting up your account for success, you can always book a demo with a customer support specialist.
If you're on a longer-term custom plan, you'll need to reach out to your customer support specialist to cancel your account or email us at support@joinassembly.com.
Great question! You can customize your core values to match your organization's to boost and track alignment. You can change your currency from the 🏆 emoji (our default) to any emoji of your choice. You can swap our logo for your own. You can also set up company culture rewards such as, "Lunch with the CEO," "Buy a book on us," and so much more!
While we recommend a peer to peer set up where anyone in your organization can give or receive recognition, you can set up Assembly however you want. If you need to limit the people who can give or receive recognition, that's perfectly fine and can be done from your Admin, here.
Assembly connects to the tools your employees use every day to offer an easy, seamless experience with minimal change management.
Assembly has integrations with HCM/HRIS systems like ADP, Google, Office 365, and Slack. We also integrate with communication tools like Slack and Teams so you and your employees can access Assembly wherever they work now.
That depends on the company's permissions set up. That said, over 90% of the employees on Assembly's platform are recognized on a monthly basis. That means nearly every employee across all of our customers are receiving regular recognition from their peers, managers, or leadership. We're extremely proud of this.
They are not required. You can use Assembly without having rewards set up. However, we don't recommend it if you intend to have a high adoption and usage rate. You can always keep the costs down by offering internal culture rewards that are fulfilled by you internally.
No, you can remove allowances from anyone or everyone. It's up to you but we do recommend using points whether they're worth a real dollar value or not. Companies that use points have a much higher engagement rate even if those points don't exchange for real dollars.
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