Employee Appreciation Day is right around the corner: are you ready to show some love?
The first Friday of March marks National Employee Appreciation Day (that means March 7th in 2025.) It’s a time when the people who drive organizations forward get recognized for their hard work and celebrated for their achievements. Though employee recognition should happen year-round, marking one day out of the year to go above and beyond makes for a fun tradition that your teams will look forward to.
With the rise of remote work, hybrid offices and other digital means of working, it’s more important than ever to keep employee morale high. Boosting it with a nice gesture on employee appreciation day goes a long way in helping your organization maintain a positive company culture even outside of the office place. Employee engagement is also essential for maintaining healthy retention levels.
So what’s the best way to celebrate employee appreciation day? One easy way to let your employees know you care is to send them customized gifts right to their door. Whether it’s custom tech swag, a box of great wellness items or a meaningful note with a luxury corporate gift, we can help you find the perfect way to send a more personalized message than a simple gift card.
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Without further ado, here are some employee appreciation day ideas to inspire your celebrations:
Deliver the Custom High-Tech Gadget That Everyone Wants
Tech gifts are great because they are, for the most part, one size fits all. You can order custom products in bulk for the whole team or dole them out individually for celebrating things like employee of the month. We carry some of the top brands in the tech space.
Some of the most high-end tech items we sell are:
Urbanista Los Angeles Headphones
More inspiration: The Best Swag Tech Gift Ideas and Gadgets
Send a Self-Care Box Full of Wellness Items
Well-being is priority number one these days, and employee appreciation day is a great opportunity to help your team center themselves and rejuvenate. Make the employee experience great by sending a fully custom swag box chalked full of wellness items they can use to relax.
Some of the best items to include are a spa set, a neck wrap for relaxation, and a customized wine glass that just screams “treat yourself.”
More inspiration: Top Ideas for Employee Wellness Kits or Gifts
Help Make Work From Home a Little More Comfortable
Now that the break room is the living room, and the kitchen is the cafeteria, job satisfaction is tied to how comfortable the work situation is in your remote employees’ homes. Though there are perks to WFH, employers must be sure that they have given their employees every opportunity to succeed in the new normal.
To make life easier for WFH, consider sending someof these useful items…
Cable Quack Organizer (this is actually a massive help!)
Or even a blanket that can let people feel happy and productive in their space, like the Marine Layer Blanket
View the full collection of WFH swag here!
Treat Employees by Sending Gifts for Their Family
For many WFH employees, the work day and the home day are combined into one great big juggling act. And because it’s still difficult to escape even to a coffee shop, you consider sending employee appreciation day gifts that satisfy the entire family, and make their lives easier!
Fun presents that kids love include a custom 1,000 Piece Puzzle (get creative with the image!)
Fully Custom Puzzle Cube — Consider packaging these Rubik’s cubes into a box for the full effect!
Learn more: 9 Swag Ideas for Distance Learning and Remote Schooling
Send a Few Customized Books To Inspire & Delight
Books are a fantastic way to send a specific message to employees. We offer tons of great titles, ranging from motivational books, to memoirs, to fiction and pretty much anything else you can think of. If there is a specific title you’re looking for, you can also reach out to customer@swag.com and we can help you get it!
All books come with customizable messaging that you can use to thank your employees. Some of our favorite titles include:
Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
Further reading: 6 Ideas for Gifting Books for Employees and Customers
Set Up Interactive Teambuilding Activities
Time off from the regular work day to do fun stuff with coworkers is another excellent way to celebrate employee appreciation day, and boost overall morale. If you can, try to plan some activities that get them out of the office (field trip!) or otherwise shake up the day-to-day of WFH.
This can be as simple as a trivia night at the local bar, or a virtual happy hour, or even a catered lunch sent directly to their doors! The point is to do something fun to remind employees that their hard work does not go unnoticed.
Swag Idea: Send remote employees a box with some boozy popcorn, customized glassware and a cocktail-in-a-kit for the ultimate virtual happy hour.
Read More: Employee Appreciation Day Everyday: Company Employee Recognition Ideas
Let Employees Choose Their Own Gift
No one knows what your employees would enjoy most better than they do! So offer them a choice of a few great gifts and let them make up their own minds.
With Swag.com’s giveaways feature, you can easily create a link that lets remote employees choose a gift to be sent right to their door. You pick the items, they pick their favorite! We’ll handle all of the logistics.
Want to learn more about swag giveaways? Here’s everything you need to know for successful swag giveaways!
The sky’s the limit when it comes to creative ways to celebrate employee appreciation day! Just remember that the ultimate goal is to make people feel valued, appreciated and cared for. What will you do for your employees?
