When implemented, employee appreciation can be one of the most powerful tools at an organization's disposal. Nowadays, almost every company considers employee recognition an essential part of its strategy.
Employee appreciation gifts are a great way to express Gratitude and celebrate your team's successes. Boosting staff morale and rewarding hard work with these employee gifts will help your organization reach new heights.
In 2023, we've compiled a list of the best employee appreciation gifts to recognize colleagues and coworkers.
- Gifts of Gratitude Box
Gratitude would look like a gift box if you could put it together. The handpicked selection of comfort-giving gifts will bring a smile to your employees' faces and a few simple pleasures.
Gifts of Gratitude offers a tea set, organic coffee, handcrafted soap, candles, matches, a stone paper journal, a succulent, and a coffee mug, along with the option to customize it.
- Buy Them Lunch!
A digital credit card allows your employees to enjoy fresh morning coffee, happy hour drinks, and lunches delivered to their desks.
Staff appreciation gift lets colleagues and coworkers enjoy simple pleasures from anywhere in the world, connecting your remote workforce.
- Sweet treat boxes by HunnyBun
We deliver boozeless bars and ice cream parlors' delights to your door for birthday celebrations and business parties. Hunnybun treats boxes are the best way to bring people together! So whether you need to gift people in-person, work from anywhere employees, or stock the pantry, HunnyBun has the solution for you.
You can show your employees some love with this gift box, which includes a honeybun-themed hat, mugs, fresh fruit juice, a keychain, and so on.
Of course, if you are holding family events/ birthday party would appreciate this basket, filled with delicious treats and drinks to celebrate events with your family. You can also DIY your basket here at hunnybun.
- Cozy & Calm Swag Pack
This Cozy & Calm Swag Pack contains everything your employees need to be more comfortable at work or home.
This custom swag pack includes a slow-tide fleece blanket, a hot chocolate canister, a bamboo soy candle, a ceramic mug, and more. However, the customization options make Cozy & Calm so memorable.
- Holiday Care Package
The Holiday Care Package is the perfect appreciation gift: It includes a chocolate bar, perfect for satisfying those sweet cravings; Candy Club candy, perfect for reliving nostalgia; a scented candle, to create a relaxing atmosphere; a mug, perfect for warming up with hot cocoa; and socks to keep them warm throughout the season.
- Send Out Employee Recognition Points
To recognize coworkers' efforts and achievements, employees can give Employee Recognition Points. In addition, platforms like Mo provide quick cash-out options, gift cards, and seamless nonprofit donations through their rewards catalog.
Adding a bonus feed to reward bonus points makes this appreciation gift even more memorable. In addition, the entire team will feel appreciated and more engaged with 360-degree recognition.
- Let Employees Choose Their Gift
Give your employees the gift of choosing their appreciation care package to show how much you value them. With so many options, they're sure to find something they love. Additionally, this thoughtful gift shows that you care about the preferences of your staff members.
With the Let Employees Choose Their Gift option, employees can select something they want, whether it's a snack or a gadget. It's also a great way to keep your team motivated and happy. Pair it with a team-signed employee appreciation e-card!
- Deluxe Snack Box
The Deluxe Snack Box is the perfect gift box for refueling and rejuvenating your employees. Snacks that are sweet, salty, and savory keep them energized and ready to chase their dreams.
The employee appreciation snacks included in the Deluxe Snack Box are selected based on feedback from actual employees and come straight from the top health brands.
- California Wine Taster
California Wine Tasters are a collection of the best wines from the Golden State. This collection has sold out more than five times already.
This lovely sampler includes crisp whites and full-bodied reds, making it a memorable appreciation gift. The award-winning wines in this collection will take your employees or coworkers on a road trip through the wineries and Chateaux of California.
- MiiR 20oz Tumbler
The MiiR 20oz Tumbler fits neatly and snugly into cupholders. In addition, this insulated Tumbler keeps drinks at the perfect temperature for maximum enjoyment.
The average person is chronically dehydrated, which makes this appreciation gift memorable. So keep a convenient water bottle on hand for employee health and well-being.
- Marine Layer Sport Jogger
In addition to lightweight comfort and convenience, the Marine Layer Sport Jogger is crafted from heavy fabric so that they won't sweat through it. It is also ideal for working out in colder weather.
This appreciation gift features a 4-way stretch and moisture-wicking fabric, so your employees or colleagues will never have to worry about rain, sunshine, or snow.
- The Original S'well Bottle
Food-grade stainless steel keeps beverages at just-right-exactly-what-they-want temperatures with the Original S'well Bottle.
Because life keeps moving, this appreciation gift makes a lasting impression: Employees are often on the go. So the things they need must be able to move at their own pace. With this travel-friendly bottle, you can keep your drinks cold for 36 hours and hot for 18 hours.
- Olio E Osso – Lip & Cheek Tinted Balm
Lip & Cheek Tinted Balm from Olio E Osso nourishes cheeks and lips while enhancing their beauty.
The perfect shade for eyelids, cheeks, and lips makes this self-care beauty gift memorable. Additionally, it contains natural ingredients like shea nut oil, olive oil, beeswax, and grapefruit peel oil.
- Chipolo One Bluetooth Item Finder
The Chipolo One Bluetooth Item Finder is a coin-shaped item finder that helps employees locate lost phones, keys, bags, and other items.
Employees are busy, and life can get pretty hectic, so losing track of things from time to time is inevitable. However, one loud sound triggered by an . app helps locate lost items.
- Carson Blue Light Glasses
Carson Blue Light Glasses protect your employees' eyes from the harmful effects of excessive screen time. With anti-glare coating and UV light filtering, these FDA-approved glasses block blue light.
Optometrists developed it in the UK, which makes it a memorable appreciation gift. You can keep your employees' eyes healthy and their energy up with Carson Blue Light Glasses. A company logo can also be engraved or printed on the case of the blue light glasses.
- Remote Office Pack – SwagUp
There's even a plastic door hanger that indicates whether or not they're in a meeting in the Remote Office Pack, the ultimate swag pack for remote employees.
The staff appreciation gift includes a vacuum-insulated camper mug, a door hanger, knit socks, and insert cards.
- Mini Wine Bottle Collection
Your wine-loving employees can enjoy fine wines in just the right size with the Mini Wine Bottle Collection.
Everybody wants to feel seen in their most straightforward and sophisticated form, which makes this appreciation gift memorable. Wine gift boxes assume their palates are refined enough to enjoy crisp whites and full-flavored reds.
- Hot Sauce Box
This Hot Sauce Box makes a perfect employee appreciation gift for those who love hot sauce.
You can choose the intensity of your employees' hot sauce-tasting journey with our Hot Sauce Box, making it a memorable appreciation gift. The options are endless, whether they want to indulge their wild or mild sides.
- Anytime Employee Appreciation
Anytime Employee Appreciation Box is designed to bring joy to your employees anywhere, anytime.
Employee appreciation snacks and eco-friendly surprises fill this gift. Support hunger relief efforts and create job opportunities for under-resourced women by offering your employees heirloom popcorn, chocolate espresso cookies, s'mores cooked over a campfire, playing cards, cinnamon pecan granola, and more.
- Taste The World – Tinggly
In Taste The World, employees go virtually to Italy for exquisite pasta, India for a spice tour, France for divine cheeses, and Japan for sushi.
Choosing from more than 200 hand-curated culinary experiences makes this appreciation gift memorable. But they must first visit Tinggly's redemption page, choose the most convenient date, and wait for their confirmation email!
- Custom Illustration with Outline
A Custom Illustration with an Outline is a line art illustration created from photos your employees send you. The better the image, the better the picture, so make the most of your memories!
The hand-drawn drawings make this appreciation gift memorable. Specify the quality of prints and the number of people, pets, or objects you would like drawn.
- Amplify Snacks + Goods
With a scented candle, 12 better-for-you snacks, and a cloth and paper-lined notebook, Amplify Snacks + Goods is meant to uplift, encourage, and inspire employees.
Every Amplify Box purchase supports Feeding America and the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit dedicated to ending racial inequality.
- Magnetic Travel Chess Set
Do you remember when everyone was talking about The Queen's Gambit? Since people realized how fantastic chess is, chess set sales have spiked worldwide. Play anywhere at any time with the Magnetic Travel Chess Set.
Magnetic Travel Chess Set makes a memorable appreciation gift for your employees, whether they're on the train, flying for a business trip, or heading on a road trip. With this magnetized set, the pieces will stay in place while traveling!
- The Pup Chest
Pet lovers will love the Pup Chest subscription box. It includes two toys, a pack of treats, and an extra item for pet care and grooming.
Even though the exact items change each month, the toys' quality, the treats' deliciousness, and the overall fun for the fur baby never change.
- One of Blueboard's signature experiential gifts is the Private Dim Sum Class.
After this cooking class, employees will have complete Dim Sum-making expertise. The Private Dim Sum Class is a unique employee appreciation gift and is especially suitable for those who enjoy cooking new recipes.