HR mobile app company feed: Shout outs

Overview

As an employee, your co-workers may step in and assist you with an urgent customer phone call, or even stay back at work for a few hours to help you finish your current project. In these scenarios shouting out to your co-workers is a good way to give recognition for the extra work they have put it to help you in your role and in meeting your deliverables.

The shout outs feature on the mobile company feed allows you to do just this, post a public message to either your team or the whole organisation thanking a co-worker for their help. You can also use this feature to comment on a shout post made by yourself or another employee.

HR Best Practice

You should use this feature to show your appreciation to your colleagues and teammates for any hard work they have put in. However, there is no approval step before the HR platform shares the shout-out to the company feed; therefore please review all content before posting.

Creating a culture that promotes shout-outs boosts morale and ensures employees feel appreciated for the work they do. Should you wish to send a more formal recognition that links to the Company Values within your organisation, you can use the Recognition feature.  

Availability

HR Plan:	Free	Standard	Premium	Platinum
Payroll Plan:	Standard		Premium

Getting started

Creating a shout out

1. Log into the mobile application.
2. Tap the Plus button.
   
3. Tap the Give a Shout Out button.
   
4. Tap on the Share With drop-down
   field and select either:
   
   • Everyone: Every employee in
     your organisation will see the
     shout out.
   • Mentioned only: Only the
     nominated users and their
     managers will see the
     shout out.
5. Type in the required message.
   

   Helpful Hint

   Typing @ into the text field, followed by
   an employee's name, will tag that employee
   in the shout out. Shout outs do not have
   a limit on the number of employee tags,
   so there is no limit to how many
   employees you can include.

6. Click the Document or Camera icon
   to add an attachment to the shout out.
   

   Helpful Hint

   The platform only allows you to attach
   a .jpg, .png and .gif (IOS and Android)
   and .pdf (Android) to a shout out.

   The option to attach images and
   documents to a shout out is
   only available on our Premium and
   Platinum plans.

7. Tap the Send button.
   

Adding a reaction

1. Log into the mobile application.
2. Tap the Company Feed button.
3. Tap the Emoji button.
4. Tap on the desired emoji.
   

Adding a comment

Important

Adding a comment is only available to users on
our Premium and Platinum pricing tier.

1. Log into the mobile application.
2. Tap the Company Feed button.
3. Tap the Add a Comment button. 
   
4. Tap the Add a Comment button. 
   
5. Enter your comment in the
   Add a Comment field.
   

   Helpful Hint

   Typing @ into the comment field,
   followed by an employee's name,
   will tag that employee in the comment.
   Comments do not have a limit on the
   number of employee tags, so there is
   no limit to how many employees it
   can include.

6. Tap the Save button.
   

Maintain

Editing a comment

Important

Editing a comment is only available to users on
our Premium and Platinum pricing tier.

1. Log into the mobile application.
2. Tap the Company Feed button.
3. Tap the Comment button.
   
4. Tap the Three Dots button.
5. Tap the Edit Comment button.
   
6. Make the required changes and
   tap the Save button.
   

Deleting a comment

Important

Deleting a comment is only available to users on
our Premium and Platinum pricing tier.

1. Log into the mobile application.
2. Tap the Company Feed button.
3. Tap the Comment button. 
   
4. Tap the Three Dots button.
5. Tap the Delete Comment button.
   
6. Tap the Delete button.
   

Author Recommended

So you have now created a shout out and posted it for your organisation or team-mates to read and comment on, however you may wonder what next can I do on the Mobile HR app. There are two recommendations I would make on this front and they are:

1. The Notifications Settings feature is where you can set the time you will receive push notifications if, for example, someone mentions you in a comment on a shout out post.
2. The Recognition feature allows you to nominate an employee for showcasing your organisation's values and you would use this where an employee has gone above and beyond in helping you out.