Make Gratitude Your Team's Superpower
HeyTaco turns everyday appreciation into something fun, simple, and meaningful. With tacos as a kindness currency, your team can celebrate wins big and small, spark encouragement, and create a habit of gratitude that sticks.
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How HeyTaco Works
🎯 Add HeyTaco to Where You Work
Getting started takes less than a minute. Add HeyTaco to Slack, Microsoft Teams, or Google Chat and you're ready to go. No setup headaches, no long onboarding—just tacos, right where work happens. Because when gratitude lives in the flow of work, appreciation becomes a natural part of every day.
🌮 Build the Habit of Gratitude
Everyone gets five tacos each day to recognize achievements, big or small. Tag a teammate, add a short note, and drop a taco 🌮—a simple ritual that builds a daily rhythm of appreciation that lasts.
🚀 Build Momentum
Recognition spreads fast with leaderboards, Taco TV, and channel shoutouts. As tacos flow, appreciation becomes visible, fun, and impossible to ignore.
🎉 Celebrate With Rewards & Milestones
Tacos can be redeemed in the Taco Shop for rewards you choose—gift cards, swag, extra days off, or charity donations. HeyTaco also makes birthdays and work anniversaries effortless with automated milestone messages teammates can pile tacos onto.
📈 Track Progress in Real Time
Admins get dashboards and exports that reveal recognition trends, giving behaviors, and adoption across the team. See what's working—and where to spark more engagement.
Voila'! Your team now has a Taco Economy!
Recognition is flowing daily, milestones are never missed, and gratitude has become second nature.
Teams that use HeyTaco see:
- Higher engagement and morale
- Stronger connections across departments
- More frequent and authentic appreciation
- A culture where recognition is part of everyday work
Those simple daily tacos turn into something bigger: rituals your team looks forward to, stronger bonds, and a workplace where people feel seen and valued.
Why HeyTaco Works
HeyTaco is built on human psychology to make recognition fun, authentic, and habit-forming. Here's how:
- Workflow Integrations HeyTaco works where people work, no separate tools or passwords needed.
- Daily Taco Limit Scarcity keeps recognition intentional and meaningful.
- Public Recognition Amplifies impact when others see appreciation in action.
- Playfulness Tacos are lighthearted and fun tokens that lower barriers to saying “thank you.”
- Rituals Values, milestones, and leaderboards turn recognition into a daily habit.
- Rewards Custom, instant, team-based rewards bring an extra spark of fun.
The result?
A culture where recognition happens naturally—not because it's mandated, but because people enjoy it. With HeyTaco, culture belongs to everyone.
How Teams Use HeyTaco
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Discover how Deputy built a scalable, company-wide recognition program with HeyTaco. Their journey shows how peer appreciation can grow engagement across thousands of employees.
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See how emagineHealth uses HeyTaco to cultivate connection and generosity across their team. Their story shows how simple, daily recognition can transform company culture.
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Explore how Crossrope built a winning culture with HeyTaco through recognition, rituals, and rewards. Their formula shows how everyday appreciation can strengthen connection across the team.
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Tips for Success
- Lead with tacos yourself. Your team will follow your example.
- Shine a spotlight. Use a dedicated channel or Taco TV to showcase recognition.
- Celebrate givers. Recognition spreads when you thank the people who give tacos, not just those who receive them.
- Tie tacos to values. Use Taco Tags to connect recognition to your company's core values.
- Start simple, add rewards later. Build the habit of giving before layering in gift cards, swag, or team outings.
The Most-Loved Way to Say Thanks at Work
Trusted by 2,500+ teams—from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies—HeyTaco has earned industry recognition and awards for transforming workplace culture.
What customers are saying
It's simple, but meaningful—being able to give a taco with a quick message of thanks or recognition helps build a stronger, more positive culture without feeling forced.
DeAnna R., QA Manager
It's been a fantastic tool for boosting team morale and encouraging recognition across the organization.
Rebecca S., Quality Operations Lead, QA Wolf
It's low-effort, high-impact culture-building — and honestly, our Slack would feel weirdly empty without it.
Abhinav P., Solutions Engineering
It's brought us closer together as a team, and that's priceless. It also brings more awareness to what everyone's doing, which is another big plus!
Steven B., QA Automation Engineer
HeyTaco is a more grassroots way (compared to shout-outs from team leaders) to get everyone's contributions recognized, especially the little things like helping respond to an incident late at night, or giving really insightful replies or a teammate's questions.
Kalinda P., Software Developer
It's a fun, unusual, and memorable way for people at our company to appreciate one another. And providing this has built a culture of gratitude at our company.
Rakesh A., Founder & CEO
I love how HeyTaco encourages peer-to-peer recognition in a lighthearted and engaging way. It has strengthened our team culture and helped everyone feel appreciated.
Daniel Alberto J., Fraud Analyst
It is a quick and easy way to show recognition and celebrate teammates. Initially, I thought it might be cheesy, but when you are able to acknowledge more wins throughout the organization, they quickly become meaningful.
Elaina C., Compliance Manager
It's simple, fast, and creates an instant boost in morale. People love getting acknowledged publicly, and the taco format makes it feel fun rather than forced. It's especially great in remote teams where spontaneous praise is harder to give. It also encourages a culture of gratitude.
Samantha G., Proposal Manager
This has been a great tool at our office to share kudos on a daily basis. It's thoughtful, and with only five a day, it makes you focus on what's best. Very easy to implement in Slack as well.
Tom S., Growth Architect
When our company first started using this, I thought it was a stupid idea. Then I got my first taco for something and was amazed at how happy I was to get it. It's become a fun way to give my coworkers some appreciation, and I really like the stickers.
Casey P., Senior Analyst
I appreciate how easy it is to share appreciation with teammates on Slack. It's as simple as sending an emoji, but it adds a thoughtful, personal touch to recognize someone's effort. This simplicity encourages frequent, genuine expressions of gratitude, which have positively impacted team morale.
Nick Z., Email Marketing Manager
I love HeyTaco because it fosters a sense of community, encouragement, and empathy among workplace teams.
Jen M., Director of Business Development
The idea, the execution, and the way it brings people together! A little bit of appreciation goes a long way, and HeyTaco helps with spreading love!
Ansh P., Customer Support Specialist
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