If your organization is big enough that you onboard new employees in groups going through the same initial orientation and training together, then you have the opportunity to support them continuing that interdepartmental bond.

Learn about the top five low-effort and low-expense ways to acknowledge work anniversaries.

Learn about the unexpected connection between productivity and work anniversaries.

How you handle budgeting for celebrating work anniversaries can have a big impact on the long-term success of your work anniversary program.

Pick-your-own-gift catalogs can appear to be a good solution to celebrating work anniversaries, but the reality is that you’re likely to end up paying way to much for a bad experience that does nothing for your workplace culture.

An often overlooked type of “gift” you can give on a work anniversary is improved benefits. If you do this, this blog post will help you make it more meaningful and capture full credit for it .

Are you in HR and ready to improve your organization’s work anniversary program? Then, this is the big question: How do I get started? This blog post makes getting started simple.

Inspiring Work Anniversaries is a workplace culture improvement book in disguise! 🥸

Inspiring Work Anniversaries is now available everywhere books are sold — as a hardcover, paperback, audiobook, and ebook!

The definitive, unbiased guide of all the options for gifts you can give on a work anniversary, along with which make the most sense for which types of organizations

Looking for one of the simplest and most loved work anniversary gifts and one with zero tax complications? Look no further than additional time off!

If your team communicates using a physical bulletin board to post notices in a well-trafficked area — like near the time clock or in the break room — then you can use that space to improve how your organization acknowledges work anniversaries!

Think about broader, societal-level cultures. Think about one that you are especially drawn to. What is it about the culture that appeals to you? Whatever it is, it’s the parts that are different. What makes the culture unique is what makes it special — both in the broadest sense of the word culture and in workplace culture.

If your organization has “increased competency” promotions, then you should be aware of the many benefits of delivering the promotion news on an employee’s work anniversary! 🎉

Do you want amazing work anniversaries at your organization? Get more people involved!

Effectively communicating to employees when to expect performance reviews and pay raises is foundational to the success of any work anniversary program. Further, at the organizations with the best work anniversary programs, performance reviews and pay raises will not happen on or near work anniversaries.

What makes your organization special to employees? How do you communicate that on your careers page, in your job posts, and as part of your hiring process? Work anniversaries can help!

Use work anniversaries to reinforce a reciprocal relationship of trusting support rather than a cold economic relationship where each side is trying to get by with minimal contribution

Having a formal event after work exclusively to celebrate work anniversaries is not especially common, but for some organizations, it can be extraordinarily meaningful and memorable. Learn more about whether it makes sense for your organization!

Among the many unsung wonders of work anniversaries is the ability to improve interdepartmental cooperation. How, you ask? Through starting a Quarter Century Club!