Funny Employee of the Month Ideas

Looking for creative and humorous employee awards ideas?

Looking for more creative and funways to recognizeyour employees than handing out the "Employee of the month" certificate?

You've come to the rightplace. 🙂

In this blog post, you'll find some great, innovative and humorous ideas for employee awards your employees will actually lovereceiving!

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Employee Awards: The best way to recognize your employees AND have some fun at the office

Employee recognition is the key to employee satisfaction.

Recognizingyour employees boosts office moraleand keeps employees motivatedand engaged.

Employee awards are a common part of employee recognition programs.

Unfortunately, mostemployee awards ceremonies are...well, just plain boring.

How about turning them into fun, enjoyable eventeveryone at the office will love? 😍

All you need are practical planning tipsand a list of funny employee award ideas. 💡

So let's get started! 🙂

Tips for making your employee awards awesome

Funny employee awards are a simple, yet effectiveway to make employees laughand feel appreciated. If done right, that is.

Here are the 5 key tips that will help you planand give your funny employee awards in the right way:

Tip #1: Start from your company culture

Start with your company culture when creating funny employee awards.

Each company has a uniquecompany culture and values. Make sure that your awards reflectthem!

What do your valuein your employees? Do you have specific office norms? Jokes? Start there.

You can also create a funny award theme that relatesto your lineof business.

For example, if you're in healthcare, "Diagnosis: Awesome" or "Diagnosis: Farsightedness" could make great awards.

Tip #2: Be attentive and thoughtful

Be attentiveand thoughtfulwith your funny employee awards. ⚠️

You need to be sure that your funny awards will entertainyour employees, not embarrassthem.Nevermake fun of your employee's race, religion, sex, national origin or something similar.

Instead, focuson their quirky traits they are awareof and take lightheartedly.  Still, be careful. Always consider an individual employee's temperamentand sense of humor.

Employees who often make jokes at their own expense might be more open to jokes than others.

Tip #3: Involve your employees

Involveyour employees in the brainstormingof your funny employee awards. 🧠

Once you create a list of funny employee awards, sendit around your office. Ask your employees to nominatetheir colleagues and votefor them.

You can also ask your employees to suggestadditional funny employee award categories. Turn it into a fun, inclusiveoffice tradition!

Tip #4: Host an award ceremony

Make an eventaround your funny employee awards. Your awards ceremony can be as grandor as modestas you like.

For example, you can throw your own Oscarparty. Set up a red carpet outside the meeting space and have one of your employees posing as a paparazzi photographer as the guests arrive. Dress code? Glamourous of course! 💃 🤵

Your company culture is laid back and casual? Then host your funny award ceremony at the office, with a couple of snacks and drinks, one Friday afternoon.

Tip #5: Hand out prizes or trophies

Hand out prizesand/or trophiesto your funny employee award winners. 🏆

The prizes don'thave to be expensive. The point is to have a good time and laugh, not to give out valuable awards.

Go to a dollar store and pick out a variety of low-cost items related to the award itself.

For example, a keychain flashlight can be a great award for your employee whose positive attitude shines even in the darkest of times.

Real-life examples of funny employee awards

We have rallied a few best real-life example s of companies doing the funny employee awards right. Check them out:

Example #1: "Most likely…" awards

Before the end of each year, everyone at Enplug nominatesand votes for one another for the Enplug Awards.

This award game was established the firstyear that the company was started and it's been a fun tradition ever since.

The Enplug awards range from "Most likely to have 10 kids" to "Most likely to give you a ride home from jail ".

 So simple, yet so funny - I love it! 😍

Take a look at a few more examplesof their funny employee awards:

Example #2: Golden toilet brush

A gold spray painted toilet brush might sound a bit weirdas an employee award - especially if given to a retiring CEO.

But when you put in the contextit actually makes a hilariousemployee award! Namely, there was a purposein the gift sense this individual trulyappreciated a clean restroom.

Kudosto the whole team and their CEO for a great sense of humor! 😄

Example #3: "Most embarrassing moments at work"

OfficeTeamcompany has created a funny employee ward system on the theme of the Most Embarrassing Moments at Work.

Their employees were awardedfor:

• Getting locked in the office,

• Going into the ladies' bathroom by mistake,

• Answering the phone using the wrong company name,

• Sending a job offer to the wrong candidate,

• Wearing bathroom slippers to work while in a rush.

They give out this type of employee awards because they believe that humorcan help their employees recoverfrom uncomfortable situations. And they swearit works! 🙂

Example #4: "You rock" award

An OfficeNinja's author shared her experience of working for a company with a "You Rock" award. The fun thing is that the "trophy" was an actualrock!

Employees would awardit to one another every month in recognition of exemplary support and teamwork.

The author says this tradition was a simpleand niceway to show appreciationfor a colleague's work.

This examplealso illustrates how the trophy(in this case, a rock) can be a fun way to expressyour company's personality(this company was outdoorsy).

List of the top 20 best employee awards ideas

Check out these 20 creative, funny and thoughtful employee award ideas:

1. Duct tape 🛠️
   Award for being able to fix just about anything

2. Mission impossible 🎯
   Award for achieving the impossible

3. The office prankster  😂
   Award for causing uproarious laughter at your office

4. Always in a meeting 📅
   Award for an employee who is always in a meeting

5. Office DJ 🎵
   Award for a person in your office who always plays the (loudest) music

6. The Bermuda Triangle 📐
   Award for owning the mysterious desk where things go in and never return

7. Punny🤓
   Award for that very special employee who always makes clever puns and wordplay

8. Pen stealer ✏️
   Award for the employee who is always walking off with other people's pens

9. The Picasso 🎨
   Award for an employee who is always doodling something

10. Super snacker 😋
    Award for the employee who's snacking, snacking, snacking all the time

11. The caffeine addict ☕
    Award for the employee who is inseparable from their cups of coffee

12. Busy bee 🐝
    Award for the employee who doesn't even have time for this award

13. Space-time continuum ⏲️
    Award for the employee who is always late for meetings - even those they organize

14. Always hungry 🍽️
    Award for an employee who is always looking for something to eat

15. Human Wikipedia 🧠
    Award for an employee who has all the answers and facts in their sleeve

16. The angry bird 🤬
    Award for an employee who gets easily upset and is always scowling

17. The early bird 🐦
    An award for an employee who thinks that being on time is too late

18. Supply chain 📎
    Award for an employee who always seems to need a stapler, tape, a hole punch or yet another batch of paper clips

19. Neatest nook 🗃️
    Award for the employee who keeps the cleanest desk or cubicle in the office

20. Ping pong master 🏓
    Award for the employee who is a table tennis champion of your office

Create your own employee award certificates

If you want to create custom certificatesfor your funny employee awards, I suggest a free designing tool Canva.

Canva offers many different types of certificate templates you can customizein just a few clicks! You can change colorsto match your company's branding style, add your logo, etc.

Here is an example:

Are you ready to bring some fun to your office?

And that's a wrap. 🙂

We covered everythingyou need to know to introduce a new, fun traditionin your company.

You learned:

➡️ Practical tips for planning your funny employee awards ceremony

You discovered:

➡️ Real-life examples of companies making the most out of funny company awards

And I hope you got inspired by:

➡️ 20 funny employee award ideas!

Now go on and start having fun with your employee awards. 😁

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