Appreciate a colleague
Select Recognize on your home feed, choose who to thank, pick a badge and write a short message. Badges are a thank-you; they don't carry points.
On your home feed, select Recognize (or click Start recognizing here…). If you can also nominate people for awards, you’ll be asked to choose. Select Send a badge under Appreciate.
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Choose who. Search by name or email and select the people you want to thank. Most companies allow up to 50 people in one badge. Yours may allow up to 70. Select Next.
- If your company uses Smart Nudges, you’ll also see No one in mind? Select Show moments to see colleagues whose recent work stood out. Picking one adds that person and moves you to the next step. If there’s a suggested message, it’s put in the message box for you to edit.
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Choose a badge. Search or pick a category, select a badge, then Next. The badges you see depend on your company and the country of the people you chose.
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Write your message. It appears in the feed post, so say what the person did. You have up to 1,000 characters.
- Add tags if your company uses them.
- If you see Add Cc, use it to copy someone into the email the recipient gets, such as their manager.
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Choose who can see it. Use the menu next to the send button:
- Shared: everyone in the company sees the post.
- Restricted: everyone sees the post, but only the people you’re thanking see your message.
- Private: only the people you’re thanking see it.
Visibility controls what appears on the feed. Recognition emails can also go to people added with Add Cc, and to people your company has set up to be copied.
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Send it. For a private post, select Post. Otherwise select Preview, check it, then Submit.
The people you thanked get a notification and an email.
If something goes wrong
You don’t see Recognize or Appreciate. Your company may have turned appreciation off. Ask your HR team.
“Please don’t spam post. If not try again.” You sent the same badge to the same people less than a minute ago. Check the feed before you send it again.
“More then 50 receivers are not permissible.” Reduce this badge to 50 people, or send a second badge.
You can’t find yourself in the list. You can’t give yourself a badge.
“Not eligible, as the minimum tenure for this recognition is 6 months from DOJ!” The badge has a length-of-service rule, and someone you chose is outside it. The number of months depends on the badge. Pick a different badge for that person.