A bonus gets spent. An app notification makes a moment, but not a memory.
A Symbolic award gets displayed on a desk, shared on social media, and talked about for years. Terryberry has been crafting custom physical recognition awards since 1918 — because tangible recognition isn’t a perk. It's proof.
Digital Recognition Drives Frequency. Symbolic Recognition Drives Permanence.
Platform notifications highlight recognition in-the-moment, but your employees won't recall every one. An award they earned? They see it every day.
Terryberry data shows employees are three times more likely to remember positive workplace experiences when symbolic awards are part of the program — and organizations that incorporate tangible recognition see a 12% boost in employee engagement.
For frontline, deskless, and long-tenured workers — the people least likely to open an app or check a digital feed — a physical award may be the only recognition that truly reaches them.
Custom-Crafted Recognition for Every Major Achievement
Most recognition collections feel like catalogs. Employees notice. Terryberry Symbolic Awards is built differently — custom-crafted physical recognition designed to carry your organization’s values, not just your logo.
Custom-designed jewelry, pins, milestone awards, trophies, engraved plaques, and more
Employee service award programs covering milestones from one year to 50+ years
Retirement and career celebration gifts
On-demand branded recognition collections for multi-location and multi-entity organizations
President’s Club, performance, and special achievement awards for sales and operations teams
A Symbolic award is tangible, not digital. It’s earned, not redeemed. That distinction carries real weight.
A Partner, Not a Vendor
“They’re not trying to upsell me. They’re trying to solve a problem. The biggest word is trust.”
HR Talent Manager
at a complex multi-entity organization
That approach — no upselling, no pushing scope, no program that’s bigger than you need — is what Terryberry clients tell us sets us apart. And the results show up in ways no vendor pitch anticipated.
When Intertek switched to Terryberry Symbolic Awards, employees didn’t just receive better awards. They started sharing them. Photos on social media. Trophies visible on desks during video calls. Organic recognition behavior that their previous vendor’s catalog had never produced.
Proof It Works
Amteck, a construction company with 1,000 employees across 13 states, needed recognition that could carry culture across a distributed workforce. Three months after launching custom milestone awards with Terryberry, core value awareness jumped from 10% to nearly 70%.
