FOR THE HR GENERALIST
Anniversary Buddy
Automatic work-anniversary recognition so none gets missed.
Work anniversaries get recognized on time without the HR Generalist keeping a separate tracker. The notification arrives before the day starts, the tenure is already calculated, and the announcement handles itself.
- Time back
- 5 min
- per calendar event
- Cost
- 15¢
- 30 Rivets per calendar event
How it works.
3 steps, and your team only touches the ones that need a person.
- 1.
The daily scan checks for anniversaries
Every morning, the platform scans the employee records for a work anniversary matching the current date. This daily scan runs whether or not anyone has an anniversary. No manual tracking or spreadsheet required.
- 2.
A recognition is surfaced and notified
When an anniversary is reached, the employee's tenure is calculated and the recognition is surfaced: the employee's manager and the HR Generalist receive a notification with the employee's name and years of service through the configured channel, early enough to recognize the milestone before the day moves on.
- 3.
A company announcement goes out if configured
If the company has enabled anniversary announcements, a personalized email goes out to the configured recipient list automatically, with the employee's name, tenure, and any configured milestone messaging.
Try it.
A small working model of Anniversary Buddy. Nothing here touches a real customer.
Pick a weekday morning and see which work anniversaries get flagged, who hears about it, and who gets skipped.
A day for the HR Generalist.
- 8:00 AM
The HR Generalist opens the spreadsheet to check for anniversaries this week. Two employees hit milestones today. Tenure is calculated by hand.
- 9:30 AM
They draft an anniversary email to the team, double-check the hire-date math, and send it mid-morning.
- 11:00 AM
The manager finds out about the five-year anniversary from another employee. The recognition conversation happens too late in the day to feel intentional.
- 4:00 PM
One anniversary was missed because the hire date was entered inconsistently in the system. The employee noticed.
- 7:30 AM
The notification arrives before the office opens. The HR Generalist and the employee's manager both know the tenure and the milestone before the employee walks in.
- 8:00 AM
The anniversary announcement goes out to the team automatically. Tenure already calculated, message already personalized.
- 8:15 AM
The manager acknowledges the milestone when the employee arrives. Five years recognized the right way, at the right moment.
- 4:00 PM
Every anniversary on the calendar was recognized on time. No spreadsheet, no mental overhead, nothing missed.
What it won't do.
So nobody's surprised later.
- Does not manage anniversary gifts, bonuses, or compensation reviews triggered by tenure milestones.
- Does not send announcements to employees who have opted out of company-wide recognition.
- Does not track anniversaries for contractors or non-employee records.
- Does not notify external contacts or customers.
More for the HR Generalist.
- About 220,000 calls a month analyzed across 31 shops
- 139 shops use Graphite Lab tools
- 108 ServiceTitan data types synced, including for multi-location operators
- 66 to 93 mobile PageSpeed, from a contractor's old site to the preview we built in under 10 days
Let’s talk about your shop.
No slide deck. Tell us how your team runs today and we'll show you what we'd build first. If it's a fit, we send you a quote.
