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Workstars Overview

What is Workstars?

We help local and global HR teams deliver a sustainable boost to their employee engagement strategy through market-leading employee rewards and recognition software. As a free-to-launch SaaS provider, Workstars' configurable reward catalogs match any strategy with no minimum reward volume commitment. Working alongside forward-thinking HR professionals across 71 countries, Workstars supports companies in a variety of industries from 50 staff, up to those with tens of thousands - all of whom have reduced the role of managers and embraced recognition from an employee's perspective.

Workstars Details
Languages Supported
German, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
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Product Description

A smart employee recognition engine, with over 80 pre-built configurations


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Seller
Workstars
Year Founded
2003
HQ Location
Manchester, GB
Twitter
@WorkstarsHR
1,395 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
14 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

We help local and global HR teams deliver a sustainable boost to their employee engagement strategy through market-leading social employee recognition software. Working alongside forward-thinking HR professionals across 67 countries, our people support companies in a variety of industries from 50 staff, up to those with tens of thousands - all of whom have reduced the role of managers and embraced recognition from an employee's perspective. As a true SaaS provider, Workstars includes the innovation, automated features and reward services you'd expect from a market leader - but is packaged in an easy, free-to-launch SaaS platform that is available to any size business. A first in our market.


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Recent Workstars Reviews

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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Awesome! Easy to use and fun to make others feel appreciated!"
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Maria B.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"A great user friendly platform and amazing team to work with"
We have the ability to recognize team members based on our company values. The Workstars team members are great to work with.
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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great Platform, needed in the corporate space."
It is very useful to be able to give recognition to colleagues. This platform offers a great and seamless opportunity to do so.
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Workstars Media

Workstars Demo -  Go social
Social recognition is a versatile and interactive recognition feed that brings employee recognition to life, removing hierarchies and barriers to recognition whilst alerting managers and leadership to all the good stuff they often miss.
Workstars Demo - Flexible rewards
Workstars provide electronic voucher codes and pre-paid cards which are all handled electronically and are delivered quickly, anywhere in the world. However, you may choose to manage your own reward catalogue, outsource to another provider or manage rewards internally through payroll. We really d...
Workstars Demo -  Time & activity perks
Workstars have created pre-built catalogues of time and activity rewards that employees love.
Workstars Demo - Company awards
Award programs, whether they’re service-based, employee of the quarter, monthly polls or new starter onboarding have all had a new lease of life with Workstars.
Workstars Demo - Analyse everything
You should be analysing data, not wasting your time compiling it. At Workstars, we have done all the hard work for you, whether that’s tax reports, employee engagement, manager performance or various monthly trends. It’s quick, insightful and up to date.
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What do you like best about Workstars?

the ability to:

- recognize my teams and other company members efforts and contributions

- review other managers/users feedback to members and comment on the same, e.g. give likes or verbal comments

- incentivize special efforts of the teams with perks and financial reward

- the support from the team in case of questions or issues was usually fast and effective Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Workstars?

- seeing weekly or monthly summarize of my teams engagement would be helpful to keep track over incremental recognitions given; I currently export at the end of the month these summary values to excel to keep track of them; this would make the integration into team reporting or team goals easier

- similar is valid for the team network function, which only gives the current snapshot, however, it would be nice to see a slider implemented to slide on a weekly basis to see change in the teams structure.

- the ability to give perks outside of my team too, as I can currently only give perks to my direct reports, but not to members outside of my team *they can only receive financial rewards)

- with respect of 'ease of use', the main functionality to give recongition and see others is easy to use, however, functionalities like 'cross team' or 'financial' or not intuitive and I still struggle to understand the value they bring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Workstars solving and how is that benefiting you?

Major benefit is that it is a mean for me to track recognition within my team in context of our teams "Gallup Action planning" as part of an overall engagement strategy to improve recognition.

It allows me to track team members, and the teams total engagements with respect to recognition.

As a manager it also allows me a small budget to allocate to team members as part of special recognition for outstanding work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Workstars?

Recognition through a practical Perk system that really makes the employee believes that their supervisers , managers and their organization values them and their work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Workstars?

Nothing big but maybe some kind of encouragement would be welcome for the perk givers to give perks more generously Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Workstars solving and how is that benefiting you?

Being a manager, it helps my team

-feel good and feel valued about the work they have delivered.

- feel motivated to even do better in future

I also like the provision in the platform for peer to peer recognition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Workstars?

It is very useful to be able to give recognition to colleagues. This platform offers a great and seamless opportunity to do so. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Workstars?

It's not immediately obvious how financial rewards are meant to be given. However, the instructional video provided clear guidance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Workstars solving and how is that benefiting you?

Gives me, the user, an oppourtunity to give public recognition to my colleagues. The list of rewards available is also quite vast and useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Workstars?

From the moment I booked the Demo, it has been such a simple process - Andy has been extremely helpful and patient in answering all my questions and explaining the platform to me. Workstars is really a wonderful cloud based platform where employee recognition and rewarding is made simple. It is easy to set up, implement and use. There is so much you can add/remove depending on your business requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Workstars?

So far, there has been no issues and nothing that I or the team do not like. It truly is an amazing platform that is user friendly, easy to adjust and implement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Workstars solving and how is that benefiting you?

Employee recognition is a key part of employee retention in a workplace - whilst a thank you goes a long way, Workstars helps to recognise employees on a platform that is visible to everyone, it helps track recognition from management, and allows for rewards and perks to be monitored and tracked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

EQ
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What do you like best about Workstars?

It is an effective tool to recognize the values ​​and work of my colleagues and work team.

The comments I made for them are public so anyone within the organization can see them and join the recognition if they share the same feeling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Workstars?

The platform is friendly, however sometimes the connection between the page and the GIF services is lost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Workstars solving and how is that benefiting you?

Sometimes there is no way to publicly recognize a colleague, this platform facilitates this, giving the possibility of doing so at any time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tammy R.
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What do you like best about Workstars?

My favorite thing about Workstars is that it is a recognition platform that can be used by all staff to recognize all staff. I appreciate the abilty to modify our page to include our workplace values and service standards. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Workstars?

So far nothing to dislike, I appreciate the ease of use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Workstars solving and how is that benefiting you?

Employee surveys demonstrate staff want more recognition. Workstars makes it easy for everyone. Our team appreciates the ease of use and loves building individual avitars. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Workstars?

I really like using Bravo! It's a great way to show some public appreciation to our coworkers and teammates. It's very easy to use, I find myself opening Bravo at the start of my day, expecting to have someone to shout out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Workstars?

I don't have any complaints so far, have really enjoyed using it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Workstars solving and how is that benefiting you?

I love to have a semi public way to show appreciation for your coworkers! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Arushi G.
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What do you like best about Workstars?

Workstars enables the user to view and redeem the recognitions or perks received. It has a seamless user experience and gets effortless access to the information on recognitions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Workstars?

The user interface could be enhanced a bit. Otherwise, it's fantastic and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Workstars solving and how is that benefiting you?

Workstars motivate the employees to work harder as it shows all the recognitions received by the employer that can be used for various purposes. It keeps the morale up for everyone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Workstars?

I like to see how my other teamakes are making a difference for the greatness of the affiliate. Especially when you are being recognized yourself. Definitley makes you feel acknowledged. I enjoy the number of features, my favorite is customizing my own avatar. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Workstars?

So far I havn't ran into any issues with workstars. It is very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Workstars solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has helped me become a very strong worker especially because others are recognizing some of my strengths that I have not noticed until I got recognized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Workstars?

The ease of access to give feedback and also give rewards to other members of staff across the buisness Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Workstars?

I think the only issue i find is that if i dont know a persons full name i am unable to recognise them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Workstars solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is brining our large buisness together as one Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.