Peer-to-peer recognition your team will actually use
Give kudos, celebrate wins, and build an employee recognition program where everyone participates — not just managers. Karma works inside Slack and MS Teams, so recognition happens in the flow of work, every day.
Instant kudos in Slack & Teams
Linked to your company values
Real rewards, not just points
Recognition without a tool doesn't scale. Recognition without peers doesn't stick.
Most employee recognition programs fail because they rely on managers to initiate praise and employees to log into a separate platform. Karma flips both: peer-to-peer recognition happens in Slack or MS Teams through a simple @name++ command — no new app, no manager bottleneck, no friction. The result is positive feedback that's frequent, authentic, and tied to the work your team is actually doing.
One command. Public shoutout. Real points. Instant culture.
A single
@name++in any Slack channel does four things at once: sends a public recognition message, awards karma points, links to a company value, and notifies the recipient in real time. No form to fill, no separate login — just peer recognition in the flow of work.- Works in any public or private Slack channel — recognition is visible to the whole team
- Add a reason to make recognition specific and meaningful — "for the 3am deploy fix" hits harder than a blank point
- Emoji reactions can trigger automatic recognition — turn a 🙌 into karma points without typing a word
- Smart automation — set trigger words that automatically award points and reinforce your company values
Great recognition is specific, public, and tied to what actually matters
Generic "good job" recognition fades. Recognition that names the exact contribution and links it to a company value builds culture. Karma makes this natural — every kudos includes a reason and a value tag, so your team understands what is being celebrated and why it matters.
- Custom badges for specific achievements — "shipped under pressure", "onboarding hero", "client champion"
- Peer feedback examples surface automatically in monthly culture reports — visibility for managers without pestering
- Group recognition lets whole teams give kudos together — perfect for project completions and product launches
Every kudos builds a picture of your team's culture — in real time
Peer recognition isn't just good for morale — it's data. Every
@name++in Karma feeds your culture analytics dashboard, showing which values your team lives by, who's giving and receiving recognition, and where connections are strong or missing. It's the employee appreciation layer that turns feelings into facts.- Values adoption chart — see which company values are actually driving recognition this month
- Connectivity map — identify who's isolated and who's thriving before it shows up in attrition
- Export recognition logs to CSV/Excel for custom HR analytics or quarterly people reviews
- AI-powered executive summary — C-level culture report generated automatically, no manual compilation
Resources
View all- How to Replace “Watercooler Praise” in Remote Teams
“Watercooler praise” — those spontaneous, informal moments of recognition in an office — tends to disappear in remote teams. No quick “nice job” in the hallway, no overheard compliments, no shared energy after a meeting. The result isn’t just quieter communication — it can lead to lower morale, reduced engagement, and people feeling invisible.
May 05, 2026 · 4 mins read
- Teaching New Managers the Language of Appreciation
New managers often step into their roles equipped with technical expertise, operational knowledge, and a drive to perform. But one of the most overlooked — and most impactful — skills they need to develop is the ability to express meaningful appreciation.
Apr 13, 2026 · 4 mins read
- Why Middle Managers Are Your Recognition Superpower
Middle managers get a terrible reputation. They’re the butt of corporate jokes, the “unnecessary layer” that flat-organization evangelists want to eliminate, the people stuck between executive vision and ground-level reality.
Mar 13, 2026 · 6 mins read
Frequently asked questions
What is peer-to-peer recognition?
Peer-to-peer recognition is when employees acknowledge and appreciate each other's contributions directly — rather than waiting for a manager to do it. It's more frequent, more authentic, and more motivating than top-down recognition because it comes from the people who work alongside you every day. Karma makes peer recognition instant by embedding it into Slack and MS Teams: a simple @name++ with a note sends a public shoutout and awards karma points in seconds.
What does kudos mean in the workplace?
In the workplace, kudos means praise or recognition given to someone for their contribution, effort, or achievement. The word comes from the Greek "kydos" meaning glory or fame. Giving kudos to a colleague is a simple, meaningful way to show appreciation publicly — and when backed by a points system like Karma, that kudos translates into real rewards the recipient can choose themselves.
How do you build an employee recognition program?
An effective employee recognition program needs three things: frequency (recognition happening daily, not quarterly), peer participation (everyone can recognise anyone, not just managers), and real rewards (points that convert to something meaningful). Karma provides all three out of the box — it works inside Slack or MS Teams so recognition becomes part of daily communication, and it includes a fully customisable reward catalog from gift cards to team experiences.
What are some good employee recognition examples?
Good employee recognition is specific, timely, and linked to a real contribution. Examples include: "@Alex++ for staying late to fix the production bug before our client launch — true Ownership"; "@Sarah++ for the detailed onboarding doc that saved the whole team hours — this is exactly our Quality value"; "@Team++ for shipping the new feature a week ahead of schedule". Karma lets you tag each recognition to a company value so these moments reinforce culture, not just individual praise.
What is the difference between peer recognition and employee appreciation?
Employee appreciation is broader — it includes gestures from the company like appreciation days, bonuses, or events. Peer recognition is specifically colleagues acknowledging each other in the moment. Both matter, but peer recognition has a stronger day-to-day impact on morale because it's continuous and personal. Karma focuses on peer-to-peer recognition as the foundation, with milestone automation (birthdays, work anniversaries) layered on top to cover company-wide appreciation moments too.
Ready to get started?
If you're ready to get started with Karma, sign up now and explore the benefits of the recognition for your team. You can also reach out for a free demo.
Karma bot privacy policy
Effective date: 18 August 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Sliday LTD ("Sliday", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, shares, and protects personal data. It covers both the Karma application (for Microsoft Teams, Slack, Telegram, and the web) and the https://karmabot.chat website.
Who we are and how to contact us
The data controller is Sliday LTD, a private limited company registered in Cyprus under company number HE450506, with its principal place of business at Pavlou Valdaseridi 2A, 1st floor, Larnaka, Cyprus, 6018.
For any privacy-related enquiry, or to exercise your data protection rights, contact us at hi@karmabot.chat.
Privacy matters are overseen by our Legal Advisor / Operational Security Manager, Stas Kulesh. A dedicated Data Protection Officer has not been appointed, as Sliday LTD is not required to appoint one under Article 37 of the GDPR; privacy responsibilities are held by the Legal Advisor.
Personal data we handle and where it comes from
From the Karma application
When your organisation installs and uses Karma, we process the following personal data, obtained from Microsoft Teams / Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and from your use of the application:
- Display name — from Microsoft Teams / Microsoft Graph
- Email address — from Microsoft Teams / Microsoft Graph
- User Principal Name (UPN) — from Microsoft Graph (
/me) - Microsoft Entra (Azure AD) object ID and tenant ID — from Microsoft authentication
- Profile photo — from Microsoft Graph (
/me/photo) - Team and channel names — from Microsoft Teams
- Karma activity (karma given and received, associated messages) — from your use of the app
Where Karma is used with Slack or Telegram, the equivalent identity and workspace data is obtained from that platform instead.
From this website
- Contact details you give us — such as your email address and name when you subscribe to updates, request a demo, or contact support
- Usage and device data — IP address, browser type and version, pages visited, date, time and duration of visit, referring page, and similar diagnostic data
- Cookies and similar technologies — see "Cookies and website analytics" below
Why we process personal data
We process personal data to:
- Identify you and link you to your organisation's Karma workspace
- Operate the core recognition ("karma") features, leaderboards, and adaptive cards
- Display your name and profile photo within the app
- Deliver notifications and service communications
- Administer subscriptions and billing
- Provide customer support and respond to your enquiries
- Monitor, secure, maintain, and improve the service, and detect and address technical issues
- Send newsletters, marketing, or promotional material where you have chosen to receive it — you can opt out at any time via the unsubscribe link in any email, or by contacting us
Lawful basis for processing
We process personal data on the following lawful bases under the GDPR:
- Performance of a contract — to provide the Karma service to your organisation
- Legitimate interests — to operate, secure, and improve the service, where not overridden by your rights
- Consent — for marketing communications and for non-essential cookies and analytics, where consent is required
- Legal obligation — where we are required by law to retain or disclose data, including for tax and accounting purposes
Where your organisation is the controller and we act as processor, processing is carried out on your organisation's documented instructions.
Who we share personal data with
We share personal data only with the sub-processors listed below, each of which is necessary to deliver the service and is engaged under an appropriate data processing agreement. This is the complete list of sub-processors with access to personal data. We do not sell personal data.
Service sub-processors
- DigitalOcean — application hosting and managed database
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) — profile photo storage (S3)
- Cloudflare — edge delivery and web application firewall
- Microsoft — authentication, the Teams platform, and Microsoft Graph
- Stripe — subscription billing and payment processing
- Sentry — error monitoring
- MailerLite — notification and marketing email delivery
We do not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to Stripe, our payment processor, whose use of your personal information is governed by its own privacy policy (https://stripe.com/privacy). Stripe adheres to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council.
Website analytics and marketing providers
The https://karmabot.chat website additionally uses:
- Google — Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager, for website traffic analytics (https://policies.google.com/privacy)
- Meta (Facebook) — Meta Pixel, for advertising measurement (https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/)
- Ahrefs Web Analytics — privacy-focused website traffic analytics (https://ahrefs.com/legal/privacy-policy)
- ProfitWell (Paddle) — subscription and revenue analytics (https://www.paddle.com/legal/privacy)
- MailerLite — newsletter sign-up forms (https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy)
- Calendly — demo and meeting scheduling (https://calendly.com/legal/privacy-notice)
We may also disclose personal data where required to do so by law or in response to a valid request by a public authority, or where necessary to protect our legal rights, prevent or investigate wrongdoing, or protect the safety of users or the public.
Cookies and website analytics
Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your device. We use cookies and similar technologies (including beacons, tags, and scripts) to operate the website, remember your preferences, keep the service secure, and understand how the site is used.
The cookies we use fall into these categories:
- Essential cookies — required to operate the website and keep it secure
- Preference cookies — to remember your settings and choices
- Analytics and marketing cookies — set by the providers listed above to measure traffic and advertising performance
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to notify you when a cookie is set. If you refuse cookies, some parts of the website may not function correctly.
We do not currently respond to browser "Do Not Track" (DNT) signals.
How long we keep personal data
We retain personal data for the duration of your organisation's active subscription and for six (6) months after subscription cancellation, after which it is deleted. This applies to customer account and identity data, profile photos, and karma transaction records.
- Database backups operate on a rolling 7-day point-in-time recovery window, so any backup containing erased data is automatically superseded within 7 days.
- Upon a verified data deletion request, we action it as promptly as reasonably possible and in any event within one month, as required by the GDPR.
- Billing and accounting records may be retained for longer where required by law.
- Operational data — error telemetry, security logs, and backups — is disposed of automatically as it ages out of the relevant service's retention window.
Full details are set out in our Data Retention and Disposal Policy.
Your data protection rights
Subject to applicable law, you have the right to:
- Be informed about how your personal data is used
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Rectification — to have inaccurate or incomplete data corrected
- Erasure — to have your personal data deleted
- Restriction — to request that we restrict processing of your personal data
- Data portability — to receive your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format
- Object to our processing of your personal data
- Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling — Karma does not carry out automated decision-making producing legal or similarly significant effects
- Withdraw consent at any time, where we rely on your consent
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hi@karmabot.chat. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding.
Making a Subject Access Request (SAR)
To submit a Subject Access Request, contact us at hi@karmabot.chat. We respond to all SARs within one month, as required by the GDPR, unless the request is complex or numerous, in which case we may extend the response time by a further two months and will tell you if we do. We maintain a data mapping process that lets us locate and retrieve all personal data held about a specific data subject across our systems — principally the production database and the profile photo object storage — so that a SAR can be fulfilled thoroughly.
International transfers and safeguards
Karma production data is hosted in the United States (DigitalOcean SFO region). As Sliday LTD is established in the EU (Cyprus), this involves a transfer of personal data to a third country.
Such transfers — and transfers to other sub-processors located outside the EU/EEA, including Microsoft, AWS, Cloudflare, Stripe, Sentry, and the analytics providers listed above — are protected by appropriate safeguards, principally the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) incorporated into each sub-processor's Data Processing Agreement, supplemented by those providers' certification frameworks, including the EU–US Data Privacy Framework where the provider participates.
Sliday LTD takes all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Your right to complain to a supervisory authority
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.
Our lead supervisory authority is the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection of the Republic of Cyprus:
- Commissioner for Personal Data Protection
- 1 Iasonos Street, 1082 Nicosia, Cyprus
- Email: commissioner@dataprotection.gov.cy
- Web: https://www.dataprotection.gov.cy
You may also lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in your own country of residence.
Security of data
The security of your data is important to us. We apply technical and organisational measures appropriate to the risk, including encryption in transit, access controls, vulnerability scanning, and error monitoring. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Children's privacy
Our service is not directed at anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will take steps to remove it.
Links to other sites
Our service may contain links to sites we do not operate. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content or privacy practices of any third-party site. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the updated policy on this page and update the effective date at the top. Where changes are significant, we will notify you by email and/or a prominent notice on our service before the change takes effect. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us:
- By email: hi@karmabot.chat
- By post: Sliday LTD, Pavlou Valdaseridi 2A, 1st floor, Larnaka, Cyprus, 6018