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Redefining employee rewards and recognition

Story • 12th Apr 2022 • 3 Min Read

Redefining employee rewards and recognition

Benefits & Rewards#RedefiningRewards#GuestArticle#RedrawingEVP

Author: Mayank Chawla Mayank Chawla
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Today, HR has beefed up its role to a position of a workplace custodian and not only just giving out rewards and incentives, but also engaging with employees, awarding them, and showing appreciation.

The last few years have brought on massive shifts in the operating models of companies. In particular, the pandemic has changed how companies engage with their employees. Rapid digitisation has underscored the importance of a technology-driven SaaS platform for HR function to help engage with, gamify, and retain their employees.  

Until the onset of the pandemic, the biggest priority for all organisations - and the focus of HR functions - was to find and hire new talent. However, over the course of the last two years, the focus has  shifted to retaining employees and creating an atmosphere of empathy. Businesses have been enabling this change by strengthening their rewards and recognition programs,  thereby creating an atmosphere of awarding productivity, performance and efforts.  

This is reflected in the growth that the employee rewards market has shown over the last two years and its expected growth of 17-18% YoY up to 2025. The market will close to double during this time.

Today, HR has beefed up its role to a position of a workplace custodian. Its work is not only just about giving out rewards and incentives, but also engaging with employees, awarding them, and showing appreciation. It is a key role of this department to plan or chart out training and development needs and devise a single approach to not only automate but also improve the efficacy of their R&R programs with the increased use of real time data and analytics. Added to this has been the increased move away from traditional methods of running R&R programs and the adoption of digital first and tech driven platforms. This  increased focus will be driven by a few key trends over the next few years. 

Adoption of Digital Rewards 

Employees feel more valued when they see immediate rewards. This is backed up by the penetration of digital rewards increasing by 80% in 2020 and an expected 35% growth rate up to 2025. Of course, the pandemic has changed the way we work. The move to digital rewards has helped HR teams reduce the logistical challenges that come with physical gifts and the use of these vouchers to not only give incentives for superior performance but also  as gifts given out across the organisation during larger mainstream festive periods. 

Adoption of Specialised Platforms and Rewards Partners 

With the increased spend on employee rewards and the adoption of more digital means of engaging with and rewarding employees, we see a rise in the number of organisations  adopting SaaS based platforms and partnering with rewards organisations. As per a study conducted by Outlook for the Incentive Research Foundation, more companies are tying up  with third-party planners and/or incentive organisations in 2022 to help them build this culture of immediate rewards & gratification. In addition, a platform helps HR automate and gamify their R&R programmes, building increased engagement while reducing the time and  manual labour dependency on the running of these programmes.  

Peer-to-Peer Recognition  

Peer-to-peer recognition empowers employees to appreciate their colleagues within and  across teams, building greater engagement across the entire Organisation and improving  interdepartmental collaboration. A recent study by the Incentive Research Foundation found that peer appreciation and being recognised publicly was the preferred choice for employees across all age groups. Another research by SHRM found that a peer-to-peer  recognition model is 36% more likely to have a positive impact on financial results than manager-only recognition.  

While some of these trends were being built over the last decade, one major change since 2020 is the increased focus on R&R programmes by small and mid-tier organisations as well. The share of overall employee rewards in spend is expected to grow from 20% in 2016 to 35% in 2025. As we move forward, we expect a continuing shift towards addressing the need for employee engagement, rewards and retention that will be driven by a larger number of employees, across functions, organisations, and different industries, working remotely or in hybrid formats.  

Some of the ways that we can use the digital movement to our advantage are:  

  • Go mobile: It’s an app based world. Go agile and savvy with apps everywhere.
  • Gamification – success rubs off on others. If one is successful and is being promoted, others will be motivated to perform well .
  • Build bridges: A stronger strategic digital programme helps cleaner, transparent and better communication.
  • Go social – social recognition helps and in a world where social media is an extension of our lives, talking on social platforms about best employee performances will act as a catalyst to do even better.
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