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I find it has greatest impact to parse out the population by department and empower the department leader to coordinate the celebrations. HR can support, but the with the leader taking the lead it lightens the lift.
I have a report that fires off once per month on a scheduler to notify the leader of birthdays and anniversaries for the month. Helps with a lot of the burden.
Lol - "empower the department leader"... I think you spelled "dump it onto someone else" wrong 😂
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In the past it’s been a quarterly celebration
lol,thanks..if you love your team great,otherwise I would take a small gift over the formal celebration..
My old company used to have Everything Bundt Cakes delivered on the morning of a bday (or next working day) and it was on your desk before you came in. The Office Manager kept a bday database with them and updated them with new hires or those who left the company, and Everything Bundt Cakes took it from there (even delivered it in the morning). Maybe something local to you would be willing to have a similar arrangement?
I would suggested themed birthdays and grouping them together. Instead of doing one event for one birthday as you used to, do one event for multiple birthdays. Themes could be months, seasons, zodiac signs, etc. People will still feel appreciated but if you have 80+ employees there’s very literally a chance you have a birthday every week, or multiple a week and that’s a bit much having a celebration so frequently.
One of my past employers used to provide Birthday day off..CEO of another firm used to send a personalized email..
I get a $25 gift card.
Monthly birthday lunch for the whole office
Instead of recognizing each birthday individually, we designated one day each month to celebrate all the birthdays that fell within that month. We would have a special cake or treat in the break room, along with a card signed by everyone in the office. It became a fun monthly tradition that employees looked forward to, and it was much easier to coordinate than individual celebrations.