https://community.toasttab.com/t5/restaurant-operations/internal-employee-appreciation-tokens/m-p/9059#M3806 <P>Hey everyone!<BR />Creating internal employee-only appreciation tokens or gift cards within Toast. A client currently recognizes outstanding performance and guest-mentioned efforts through reviews, unfortunately lacking a trackable and transferable system.</P><P><STRONG>Question:</STRONG><BR />Has anyone implemented a internal appreciation system within Toast?</P><P><STRONG>Scenario:</STRONG></P><UL><LI>We want to implement internal "gift cards" to reward employees for exemplary service, exceeding expectations, or being mentioned in positive reviews.</LI><LI>These tokens should not impact sales revenue, incur tax obligations, be transferable, and be redeemable only for food items.</LI><LI>Currently, they issue paper "cards", then manually discount a tab by the manager, leading to tracking and recording challenges.</LI></UL><P><STRONG>Considerations:</STRONG></P><UL><LI><STRONG>Trackability</STRONG>: Can TOAST be used ensure redeemed tokens are recorded and monitored effectively?</LI><LI><STRONG>Non-transferability</STRONG>: Can TOAST help to insure the intended employee need to be present to use the token?</LI><LI><STRONG>Limited scope</STRONG>: Can we restrict redemption to specific categories (e.g., food only)?</LI><LI><STRONG>Tax implications</STRONG>: "Discounts" do have tax implications, what can be done to mitigate this for internal rewards like these?</LI></UL><P>I look forward to hearing your thoughts and help designing a robust and effective employee recognition system!</P> Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:28:50 GMT adamj 2024-02-19T18:28:50Z https://community.toasttab.com/t5/restaurant-operations/internal-employee-appreciation-tokens/m-p/9059#M3806 <P>Hey everyone!<BR />Creating internal employee-only appreciation tokens or gift cards within Toast. A client currently recognizes outstanding performance and guest-mentioned efforts through reviews, unfortunately lacking a trackable and transferable system.</P><P><STRONG>Question:</STRONG><BR />Has anyone implemented a internal appreciation system within Toast?</P><P><STRONG>Scenario:</STRONG></P><UL><LI>We want to implement internal "gift cards" to reward employees for exemplary service, exceeding expectations, or being mentioned in positive reviews.</LI><LI>These tokens should not impact sales revenue, incur tax obligations, be transferable, and be redeemable only for food items.</LI><LI>Currently, they issue paper "cards", then manually discount a tab by the manager, leading to tracking and recording challenges.</LI></UL><P><STRONG>Considerations:</STRONG></P><UL><LI><STRONG>Trackability</STRONG>: Can TOAST be used ensure redeemed tokens are recorded and monitored effectively?</LI><LI><STRONG>Non-transferability</STRONG>: Can TOAST help to insure the intended employee need to be present to use the token?</LI><LI><STRONG>Limited scope</STRONG>: Can we restrict redemption to specific categories (e.g., food only)?</LI><LI><STRONG>Tax implications</STRONG>: "Discounts" do have tax implications, what can be done to mitigate this for internal rewards like these?</LI></UL><P>I look forward to hearing your thoughts and help designing a robust and effective employee recognition system!</P> Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:28:50 GMT https://community.toasttab.com/t5/restaurant-operations/internal-employee-appreciation-tokens/m-p/9059#M3806 adamj 2024-02-19T18:28:50Z