"We were tied down to a traditional catalogue vendor for many years where the selection was limited, outdated, and the markups were astronomical. As an OEM, our products have been featured in these catalogues, and to see first hand that their price was 30% above our own MSRP showed us …

"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."

“Prior to Awardco, the recognition process was manual and time-consuming. Everything was done through emails and spreadsheets, with physical delivery of plaques and gifts. Important milestones were sometimes missed, despite our best intentions.”

“Awardco has definitely helped us do recognition even better. Recognizing someone you work with, even if you don’t see them every day, has been empowering.”

“The emphasis that Kodiak puts on people and employees first is really unique. We're always looking for opportunities to acknowledge the important and special and above and beyond work that our coworkers are doing.”

“Awardco makes it really easy to select colleagues that you want to recognize, whether it's one, whether it's multiple. Recognition helps build trust with teammates and leaders.”

“This integration to our Slack channel makes it very easy and seamless. There’s this running log of all of these shout outs, which I think is really powerful.’”

“Associates love it. We've had over 95% user adoption in the first six months. It's been a huge success.”

“A quiet employee might never self-promote, but Awardco gives us the visibility to see their impact. We’ve literally had leaders say, ‘I had no idea!’ when reviewing this data.”

“Almost a third of our associates are remote. So while we don't get to see them every day, Awardco has provided a platform where they are very visible.”