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Work anniversary or service award

A service-milestone post built around a photo and a comment prompt — the two things these posts most often lack.

Every employee gets a seat — priced per employee in Communications & Intranet, quoted with this template ready.

Rolled out to every employee at AutoZone (125,000), PetSmart (50,000+), A.S. Watson and Raley's (20,000) — and at larger retailers we are not permitted to name.

Built for: Retail · Healthcare · Manufacturing · Hospitality · Non-Profit

Common use cases

Work anniversary
Years-of-service award
Career milestone

Frequently asked questions

Should these be automated?

Yes. Anniversaries are the clearest case for automation in internal comms — the date is already in your HR data. Use this template as what the lifecycle trigger renders, then let people personalise it before it posts.

Why a comment prompt at the end?

Because the value of an anniversary post is the thread underneath it, not the post. Nearly a third of real posts of this shape were flagged for giving colleagues no reason to add anything.

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Rolled out to every employee at AutoZone (125,000), PetSmart (50,000+), A.S. Watson and Raley's (20,000) — and at larger retailers we are not permitted to name.