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Give a teammate recognition

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Available for the following plans: Lite , Plus, Unlimited HR, Engage, Elite, Unlimited HR+Payroll, Available for the following HR classic plans: Premium, Platinum
Available for the following user access levels: Employee, Manager, Admin   

Your coworkers may go above and beyond to support you, whether by assisting with challenging customer calls or staying late to help you meet deadlines. The Recognition feature on the company feed lets you show appreciation by posting a public message highlighting a coworker who embodies your organisation’s values. You can also comment on or delete a recognition post if needed. Before being able to use the recognition feature, you will need to have:

Warning

Please note that your posts, shoutouts, and company feed announcements do not auto-save during the creation process, and you will need to re-type your post or announcement if you quit this page without posting your message.

Getting Started

Recognise a peer
  1. Log in to Employment Hero.
  2. Click the  Home menu.
  3. Click the Shout Out and Recognise your Peers! button.
  4. Click the Recognise a Teammate button.
    Screenshot of the HR platform showing how to recogniseyour peers

  5. Complete the following fields:

    • Who would you like to recognise?
    • Choose company value
    • Reason

    Helpful Hint

    Not sure what to write? If you are on our Platinum HR Plan you can type a few points in, then click   to have our AI help you generate a draft message. You will be able to refine the draft as you need before submitting. 

  6. Click the Send button.
  7. Click the Got It button.
    Screenshot of the HR platform showing how to recognise a teammate on the company feed.

Daily Activities

Add a reaction
  1. Log in to Employment Hero.
  2. Click the  Home menu.
  3. Click the Emoji button.
  4. Click the desired emoji to add a reaction.
    Screenshot of the HR platform showing where you can add emojis to posts on the company feed.
Add a comment

Important

You can only add a comment if you are on our premium and platinum pricing tiers.

  1. Log in to Employment Hero.
  2. Click the  Home menu.
  3. Click the Add Comment button.
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  4. Enter the required comment and click the Send button.

    Helpful Hint

    Typing @ into the comment field, followed by an employee's name, will tag that employee in the comment. Comments do not have a limit on the number of employee tags, so there is no limit to how many employees it can include.

    Screenshot the HR platform showing the text box that allows you to post a comment to anything on the company feed.

Deleting data

Delete a comment

Important

Any user can delete their own comment, while an admin can delete anyone's comment. Deleting a comment is only available to users on our premium and platinum pricing plans.

  1. Log in to Employment Hero.
  2. Click the  Home menu.
  3. Click the Comment button.
  4. Click the Three Dots button.
  5. Click the Delete button.
    Screenshot of the HR Platform showing the delete button available on each company feed comment.
  6. Click the Delete Comment button.
    Screenshot of the HR Platform showing the delete button available on each company feed comment
Delete a recognition

Important

Only admins can delete a recognition post.

  1. Log in to Employment Hero.
  2. Click the  Home menu.
  3. Click the Three Dots button.
  4. Click the Delete Post button.
    Screenshot of Work app on mobile showing a bel icon highlighted in red. Tapping this leads to the notifications feature

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