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Recognizing milestones should feel meaningful\u2014without adding stress. That’s why we’ve created tools, templates and ideas to support managers in celebrating staff authentically and consistently.<\/p>\n

The University of Washington Service Award Program recognizes all regular staff for their continuous years of service to the University every five years of continuous service starting at the 5-year service mark.<\/p>\n

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Celebrating 5 years at UW<\/i><\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
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Here is the UW Service Award 5 year milestone process:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Step 1 – Notification:<\/strong> Managers and employees receive an email at the beginning of the month notifying them that it is their Service Award anniversary.<\/p>\n

Step 2 – Pin and Certificate Delivery: <\/strong>Managers receive the employee\u2019s celebration five-year pin and five-year certificate through campus mail and are responsible for presenting their employees with the pins and certificates. Managers: Make sure your campus mailbox is updated in Workday.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Note for UW Medicine departments: If your department has a UW Service Awards coordinator, the coordinator will receive the manager communications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Celebrating 10+ years at UW<\/i><\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n
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Here is the UW Service Award 10, 15, 20, 25 + year milestone process:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Step 1 – Notification:<\/strong> Managers and employees receive an email at the beginning of the month notifying them that it is their Service Award anniversary.\u202fThe email will include instructions and a link to order their gift from the University Book Store.<\/p>\n

Step 2 – Gift Selection:<\/strong> The employee is responsible for ordering their preferred gift using the provided link. At checkout, the gift is shipped to the managers campus mail box. Managers: Make sure your campus mailbox is updated in Workday.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Step 3 – Gift Delivery:<\/strong> Managers receive the gift through campus mail and are responsible for presenting it to the employees.<\/p>\n

Note for UW Medicine departments: If your department has a UW Service Awards coordinator, the coordinator will receive the manager communications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Additional meaningful recognition<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Manager Recognition Toolkit<\/a> provides tools and guidance for recognizing service anniversaries and creating a culture of recognition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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