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paybefore awards
top motIvAtor
Best use of a business- or corporate-funded prepaid card that delivers incentives, rewards or rebates to consumers or promotes their loyal behavior.
Delta Air Lines Performance Pays Debit Card
Xerox, MasterCard, Comerica Bank
what it is: As the cornerstones of Delta’s My Rewards employee recognition and incentives programs, the prepaid card and My Rewards portal enable employees to track, consolidate and redeem points easily.
where you get it: U.S. employees are enrolled automatically when they join Delta and are eligible to earn My Rewards points from more than 20 company-wide and divisional recogni- tion and incentives programs.
why it works: Performance Pays moves the needle on employee motivation by using a single card that enables employees to combine points earned from multiple programs for
wInners Whirlpool Exclusives
Citi Prepaid Services, MasterCard
The Promotion Card
The Hunt Group, Store Financial, Peoples Trust
maximum purchasing power, while stream- lining the process and reducing Delta’s cost of rewarding employees. The card stores rewards only—not payroll—so each time
it’s used the employee is reminded of Delta’s appreciation for a job well done.
why it matters: Unifies employee incentives and rewards that previously were delivered via multiple debit cards, gift cards and checks.
differentiators: Performance Pays integrates peer-to-peer recognition, department in- centives and customer-to-employee re- cognition. Since its May 2014 launch, it’s increased employee engagement, retention and performance.
what the judges said: One of the few unani- mous decisions in the competition, this pro- gram impresses with its integration of multiple rewards and incentive programs into one reward vehicle that reinforces Delta’s pay-for- performance culture.
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