HoneyBook’s Quarterly Award Winners
Last week, we held one of our favorite rituals — our quarterly employee awards! We call them the HoneyAwards and they are a time to reflect back on the previous quarter and recognize each other for outstanding contributions. There are so many good things happening in the company and we like to create this space to acknowledge them.
We have two award categories: the Impact Award and the Core Value Award.
Impact Award: Nominated by Leadership
Our Leadership team chooses the winners with a focus on team effort/new initiative/project or outstanding performance of an individual. Leadership has the most visibility across the organization and has the best insight into what really made an impact this quarter.
Core Value Award: Nominated by all employees
This award is chosen by all employees via a Google form. We want to give employees the opportunity to recognize their peers and the contributions they are making. We ask people to nominate someone who has done an exceptional job of upholding our core values and to provide specific examples.
Our core values are:
People come first
We go the extra mile
We love what we do
We are fearless
We are family
The winners are announced in our weekly company meeting and besides the recognition from Leadership and peers, the winners are awarded with equity. My favorite part? All core values nominations are shared with those nominated, as well as their manager, whether you’ve won or not. It’s a fantastic form of recognition.
Take a look at our Impact and Core Value Award winners this quarter. Thank you to each of you for being strong contributors to our business and culture!
Ashley’s impact is felt in both her role and across the company. She’s been a one-woman recruiting show for a while now hiring our amazing talent in SF, she championed changing the profile of the MX candidates we hire (hello to our amazing MX team!), and is a cultural carrier. She’s involved in everything across the company from events, the Inclusion and Diversity team, championing our Volunteer Time Off program.
It’s hard to estimate the impact these two people have on our members' ability to operate, our team to be able to move fast, and our brand and reputation as a trustworthy and safe platform. They continuously improve the reliability of our systems, our security posture, and our infrastructure’s stability. They deserve every single piece of recognition they get and we cannot imagine our company without their impact.
Uri came in like a storm. He is only with us for a few months now (fastest HoneyAward winner!) and working remotely, yet already proved himself to be an incredible asset to HoneyBook and the dev team. He is fearless, professional, thorough, pleasant to work with and to learn from, and quickly jumps into every task or technology.
Anyone who knows Natalie knows that she truly embodies our core values. First, she’s always willing to help out and has a really positive attitude. People noted how she really works to help other people achieve their goals, which is really commendable.
