Employee Points Programs - defined

Points-based employee reward programs are powerful and exciting motivational tools, allowing management to reward employees with Points for their actions and  performance, over times.

With this type of recognition program, employees usually will have multiple opportunities to earn point-awards for their various achievements.

Points based employee reward programs often use a full-function online system, but when your award budget is too low, a simple paper-based option is also available (not using an online system). Regardless of which system is used, the goal is the same: award points for desired activities, and allow those points to be accumulated and spent on merchandise awards of the employee's choice.

The following descriptions of Points-Based employee reward programs may help you decide which option is best for your organiztion.

Paper-Based Points Program

A paper-based type of reward program is the lowest cost solution - but involves more work for the program administrator. If your award budget is small and you must keep the administrative costs to almost nothing, a paper based point awarding and tracking system may be your best option.

The program administrator manually tracks point-awards and point balances for each participant. Accumulated points can be redeemed for awards which are selected from provided, printed catalogs, or by using links to our online tier-level (points) catalogs provided by Select-Your-Gift. Award redemption requests must be submitted to, and approved by the program administrator prior for fulfillment. All redeemed awards can be sent directly to the employee's home. More on paper-based points

Online Points Program

With an online Points-Program, each participant is provided with an online point-bank account and login. Points are awarded to each participant's point-bank as goals are completed.

With Select-Your-Gift's comprehensive points program, administrators can easily award points for specific performance-based goals, safety achievements, attendance at training sessions, Years of Service Milestones, Sales Contests, peer-to-Peer recognition, birthdays, holiday gifts, and much more. One Platform for all your employee recognition with enterprise-wide consistency.

A large online rewards catalog of popular and name brand products is included for point redemptions with this type of reward program. The program's software will track their points as they are earned and spent.

The online program can be setup to include hierarchy to reflect your organization's structure. A budget manager is provided to help track and control spend by location or department.

Communication tools provide many ways to inform and promote your program to the participants. And, with the included real time reporting, you can always see your incentive program's progress and return on investment. More on Online Points Programs

No matter which of these options you choose for your employee reward program, Select-Your-Gift can help you create a program that can motivate and inspire your people.