50+ Employee Incentive Ideas for Slack
62 ways real teams reward the work they want more of. Each comes with a suggested taco reward, settings, and copy you can paste into HeyTaco.
With Quests, admins turn goals and good habits into challenges right in Slack. Your team completes them or nominates someone who did, and tacos land in their balance, ready to trade for rewards and gift cards.
Suggested rewards follow a simple scale: 1–3 tacos for quick wins, 5 for small contributions, 10 for meaningful work, and 15+ for big wins.
Hit Your Goals
Quests that tie tacos to the numbers your team is already chasing: quotas, targets, hires, and happy customers. Reward the steps that get you there, not just the final result.
Hit Your Number
🌮 15 tacos
✋ Self-submit
Hit your monthly quota, target, or goal.
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Hit Your Number
Hit your monthly quota, target, or goal.
Why it works
Goals feel more real when hitting one gets noticed. Rewarding it in a public channel lets the whole team celebrate the win, not just your manager.
Suggested settings
Reward: 15 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required
Quest description
You hit your number this month! Whether it's a sales quota, a ticket target, or a personal goal you set with your manager, claim your tacos.
Proof prompt
What was the goal, and where did you land?
Tip
Set a limit of 1 per person and give the Quest opening and closing dates for the month. Relaunch it each month so it stays tied to the current goal.
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Team Goal Unlocked
🌮 10 tacos
🙌 Nominate
The whole team hit a shared target or OKR.
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Team Goal Unlocked
The whole team hit a shared target or OKR.
Why it works
Shared goals depend on everyone pulling together. Rewarding every person on the team keeps the focus on the group win instead of individual stats.
Suggested settings
Reward: 10 tacos · Nominate a teammate · Approval required
Quest description
Our team hit a shared goal! Nominate each teammate who helped get us there.
Proof prompt
Which goal did the team hit?
Tip
When the goal is hit, have the team lead nominate each person who helped get there.
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Beat Your Personal Best
🌮 10 tacos
✋ Self-submit
Top your own record for a week, month, or quarter.
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Beat Your Personal Best
Top your own record for a week, month, or quarter.
Why it works
Not everyone can be at the top of the leaderboard, but everyone can improve. This Quest rewards growth, wherever someone is starting from.
Suggested settings
Reward: 10 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required
Quest description
You beat your own record! Best week, best month, fastest turnaround: whatever you measure, you topped it.
Proof prompt
What was your old best, and what's the new one?
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Closed a Deal
🌮 10 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
Get a new customer across the line.
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Closed a Deal
Get a new customer across the line.
Why it works
Every closed deal is a team effort. Letting teammates nominate the rep (or the SE, or the CSM who helped) spreads the credit around.
Suggested settings
Reward: 10 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
A new customer signed on! Claim your tacos, or nominate the teammate who closed it.
Proof prompt
Which customer, and who helped?
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Book 5 Demos This Week
🌮 10 tacos
✋ Self-submit
Book five demos in a single week.
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Book 5 Demos This Week
Book five demos in a single week.
Why it works
Deals take time to close, but the work that leads to them happens every day. Rewarding the activity keeps reps motivated through long sales cycles.
Suggested settings
Reward: 10 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required · Limit: 1 per person
Quest description
You booked 5 demos this week! Swap in whatever activity your team tracks: calls, meetings, or proposals.
Proof prompt
Which demos did you book?
Tip
Give it opening and closing dates for the week, then relaunch it each week.
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First Meeting with a New Logo
🌮 5 tacos
✋ Self-submit
Land a first meeting with a company that isn't a customer yet.
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First Meeting with a New Logo
Land a first meeting with a company that isn't a customer yet.
Why it works
Getting a new company to take the first call is often the hardest part of the cycle. Rewarding it encourages reps to keep prospecting, not just work the deals they already have.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required
Quest description
You got a first meeting on the books with a brand-new company. Claim your tacos!
Proof prompt
Which company, and when is the meeting?
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Revive a Stalled Deal
🌮 10 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
Get a deal that went quiet moving again.
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Revive a Stalled Deal
Get a deal that went quiet moving again.
Why it works
Stalled deals are easy to write off. This Quest rewards the follow-up, the new angle, or the teammate who helped get the conversation going again.
Suggested settings
Reward: 10 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
A deal that had gone quiet is moving again. Claim your tacos, or nominate the teammate who brought it back to life.
Proof prompt
Which deal, and what got it moving?
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Upsell an Existing Customer
🌮 10 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
Help a current customer expand their plan, seats, or contract.
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Upsell an Existing Customer
Help a current customer expand their plan, seats, or contract.
Why it works
Growing an account takes a different kind of work than closing a new one, and it often involves account managers and CSMs as much as sales. This Quest gives that work its own spotlight.
Suggested settings
Reward: 10 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
A customer expanded! Whether it's more seats, a bigger plan, or a new product, claim your tacos or nominate the teammate who made it happen.
Proof prompt
Which customer, and what did they add?
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Refer a Great Hire
🌮 20 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
Refer someone who gets hired.
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Refer a Great Hire
Refer someone who gets hired.
Why it works
Your team knows great people. Rewarding referrals in public makes recruiting everyone's job and reminds people to keep an eye out.
Suggested settings
Reward: 20 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
Someone you referred just joined the team! Claim your tacos, or nominate the teammate who made the referral.
Proof prompt
Who did you refer, and for which role?
Tip
Some teams run two Quests: a few tacos when a referral gets an interview, and more when they're hired.
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Five-Star Feedback
🌮 5 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
A customer called you out by name in a review, survey, or thank-you note.
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Five-Star Feedback
A customer called you out by name in a review, survey, or thank-you note.
Why it works
Customer happiness is a goal too, but praise often lands in a support inbox nobody else reads. This Quest brings it into the open.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
A customer went out of their way to say you did a great job. Share it with the team and collect your tacos.
Proof prompt
Paste the feedback or a link to it.
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Recognize Each Other
Nomination Quests for the moments peer tacos sometimes miss — the save, the mentoring, the extra effort. A teammate nominates, an admin approves, and the tacos land with the person who earned them.
Great Mentor
🌮 5 tacos
🙌 Nominate
⭐ HeyTaco template
Recognize a teammate who took the time to teach something or help someone grow.
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Great Mentor
Recognize a teammate who took the time to teach something or help someone grow.
Why it works
Mentoring rarely shows up in anyone's goals or metrics. This Quest gives teams a way to reward the people who take the time to teach.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Nominate a teammate · Approval required
Quest description
Recognize a teammate who took the time to teach something or help someone grow.
Proof prompt
What did they help you with?
Tip
Some teams set a per-team limit (e.g. 10 completions) and run it as a month-long campaign.
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Saved the Day
🌮 10 tacos
🙌 Nominate
⭐ HeyTaco template
Someone stepped up and fixed a problem the rest of the team was stuck on.
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Saved the Day
Someone stepped up and fixed a problem the rest of the team was stuck on.
Why it works
Big saves often happen in DMs and late-night threads that nobody else sees. A nomination Quest gives teammates a simple way to put those moments on the record and reward them properly.
Suggested settings
Reward: 10 tacos · Nominate a teammate · Approval required
Quest description
Someone stepped up and fixed a problem the rest of us were stuck on. Give them their tacos.
Proof prompt
What problem did they solve?
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Brought the Team Together
🌮 15 tacos
🙌 Nominate
⭐ HeyTaco template
For the teammate who organized a meal, a meetup, or a moment that made the team feel like a crew.
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Brought the Team Together
For the teammate who organized a meal, a meetup, or a moment that made the team feel like a crew.
Why it works
Culture builders do a lot of invisible organizing. This one rewards the people who plan the lunch, start the game, or set up the meetup.
Suggested settings
Reward: 15 tacos · Nominate a teammate · Approval required
Quest description
For the teammate who organized a meal, a meetup, or a moment that made us feel like a crew.
Proof prompt
What moment did they create?
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Made Onboarding Feel Like Home
🌮 15 tacos
🙌 Nominate
⭐ HeyTaco template
For the teammate who brought a new hire up to speed and made them feel welcome.
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Made Onboarding Feel Like Home
For the teammate who brought a new hire up to speed and made them feel welcome.
Why it works
A new hire's first few weeks shape how long they stay. This Quest rewards the people who make that experience great, and new hires are usually happy to nominate them.
Suggested settings
Reward: 15 tacos · Nominate a teammate · Approval required
Quest description
For the teammate who took time to bring a new hire up to speed and made them feel welcome.
Proof prompt
How did they help?
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Above and Beyond
🌮 10 tacos
🙌 Nominate
Reward someone who went beyond what was expected.
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Above and Beyond
Reward someone who went beyond what was expected.
Why it works
It's a catch-all for exceptional effort. Limiting it to one completion per person keeps it special.
Suggested settings
Reward: 10 tacos · Nominate a teammate · Approval required · Limit: 1 per person
Quest description
Reward someone who went beyond what was expected.
Proof prompt
Tell us what the above and beyond was!
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Unsung Hero
🌮 5 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
Recognize work that usually goes unnoticed.
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Unsung Hero
Recognize work that usually goes unnoticed.
Why it works
Some of the most important work, like maintenance, admin, and follow-ups, never makes it into a demo. This Quest gives it a spotlight.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
Recognize someone whose work might otherwise go unnoticed.
Proof prompt
What did they do, and why does it matter?
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You Stepped In
🌮 5 tacos
🙌 Nominate
For the teammate who covered when life happened to someone else.
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You Stepped In
For the teammate who covered when life happened to someone else.
Why it works
Covering for a teammate during a family emergency or sick day is real teamwork. This Quest makes sure it gets thanked.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Nominate a teammate · Approval not required
Quest description
Oh no! Car broke down! Little human is sick! Dog ran out of the yard! Sometimes something happens when we least expect it and we need someone else to step in. This Quest is complete when you step in for one of your teammates.
Proof prompt
Tell us what happened.
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Good Energy
🌮 5 tacos
🙌 Nominate
Do something that genuinely lifts the team's mood.
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Good Energy
Do something that genuinely lifts the team's mood.
Why it works
Positivity spreads. Rewarding the people who bring it encourages more of it.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Nominate a teammate · Approval required
Quest description
Do something that genuinely lifts the team's mood.
Proof prompt
What did they do?
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Pass the Mic
🌮 5 tacos
🙌 Nominate
Give someone else the spotlight.
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Pass the Mic
Give someone else the spotlight.
Why it works
It rewards generous leadership, like the person who lets a junior teammate present or credits the whole team for a win.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Nominate a teammate · Approval required
Quest description
Give someone else the spotlight.
Proof prompt
Who did they pass the mic to?
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Connection & Belonging
Quests that get people talking to teammates they don't usually work with. They're especially useful for remote and hybrid teams. Want these chats to happen on their own? Taco Chats pairs teammates for you automatically.
Meet Someone Outside Your Team
🌮 5 tacos
✋ Self-submit
⭐ HeyTaco template
Grab 20 minutes with someone you don't normally work with to learn about what they do.
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Meet Someone Outside Your Team
Grab 20 minutes with someone you don't normally work with to learn about what they do.
Why it works
Cross-team relationships make collaboration easier and help break down silos. Teams have also run this as a "Virtual Coffee" Quest where work topics are off-limits.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required
Quest description
Grab 20 minutes with someone you don't normally work with to learn about what they do.
Proof prompt
Who did you meet, and what did you learn about their work?
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Attend a Team Event
🌮 5 tacos
✋ Self-submit
⭐ HeyTaco template
Lunch and learn, book club, volunteer day, offsite, happy hour. Show up, earn tacos.
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Attend a Team Event
Lunch and learn, book club, volunteer day, offsite, happy hour. Show up, earn tacos.
Why it works
Attendance at optional events tends to drop over time. A small taco reward is an easy nudge, and teams also use it for specific recurring events like monthly happy hours or Friday socials.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required
Quest description
Lunch and learn, book club, volunteer day, offsite, happy hour — show up for some tacos in return!
Proof prompt
What did you go to and when?
Tip
For a recurring event series, set opening and closing dates and a per-person limit (e.g. 3 per quarter).
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Welcome the New Hire
🌮 10 tacos
✋ Self-submit
Schedule a 30-minute intro chat with your newest teammate.
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Welcome the New Hire
Schedule a 30-minute intro chat with your newest teammate.
Why it works
It turns "we should grab time sometime" into a plan. New hires get to meet everyone in their first weeks instead of their first year.
Suggested settings
Reward: 10 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required
Quest description
Schedule and complete a 30-minute intro chat with our newest team member! Introduce yourself, share a bit about your role, and give them a warm welcome to the team.
Proof prompt
Who did you meet, and when?
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Taco a Stranger
🌮 2 tacos
✋ Self-submit
Give a taco to someone you've never taco'd before.
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Taco a Stranger
Give a taco to someone you've never taco'd before.
Why it works
It spreads recognition across the whole company, not just within teams that already work closely together.
Suggested settings
Reward: 2 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required · Limit: 1 per person
Quest description
Give a taco to someone you've never taco'd before.
Proof prompt
Who did you taco?
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Theme Day
🌮 5 tacos
✋ Self-submit
Show up to calls in the theme of the day and post a pic.
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Theme Day
Show up to calls in the theme of the day and post a pic.
Why it works
It gives a long-running inside joke a place to live. One team has run Hawaiian Shirt Fridays for years, and making it a Quest helped remote teammates join in.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required
Quest description
It's [Theme] Friday! Wear your [Hawaiian shirt / team colors / favorite hat] to calls today and submit a pic to earn tacos.
Proof prompt
Share your pic!
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Learning & Growth
Reward people for building skills and sharing what they know.
Learn Something New
🌮 10 tacos
✋ Self-submit
⭐ HeyTaco template
Take a course, watch a workshop, or read up on a topic outside your usual domain.
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Learn Something New
Take a course, watch a workshop, or read up on a topic outside your usual domain.
Why it works
It signals that learning is part of the job. Asking people to share what they learned also helps the rest of the team.
Suggested settings
Reward: 10 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required
Quest description
Take a course, watch a workshop, or read up on a topic outside your usual domain.
Proof prompt
What did you learn?
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Finish a Book
🌮 8 tacos
✋ Self-submit
⭐ HeyTaco template
Read a book cover to cover? Earn tacos for it.
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Finish a Book
Read a book cover to cover? Earn tacos for it.
Why it works
It's simple and inclusive, and the book list people submit makes good reading recommendations. Teams with a book club or audiobook session use this to reward attendance too.
Suggested settings
Reward: 8 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required
Quest description
Read a book cover to cover? Earn tacos for it.
Proof prompt
What book did you read?
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Host a Lunch & Learn
🌮 20 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
Teach the team something in 15–45 minutes.
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Host a Lunch & Learn
Teach the team something in 15–45 minutes.
Why it works
Teaching takes prep time, and the reward should reflect that. Teams use it for everything from general skills to AI show-and-tells.
Suggested settings
Reward: 20 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
Host a 15–45 minute session to show the team something you know or something you've built — and how you did it.
Proof prompt
What did you present, and when?
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Demo at All-Hands
🌮 5 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
Sign up to give a demo or update at all-hands.
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Demo at All-Hands
Sign up to give a demo or update at all-hands.
Why it works
It keeps all-hands meetings full of real work from across the company and helps people get comfortable presenting. Teams have also used it for hackathon presentations.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
Have something to share at All-Hands? Add your name to the sign-up sheet on the calendar invite! Demos and updates should relate to this week's theme, but if you're not sure yours fits, sign up anyway.
Proof prompt
What did you demo?
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Earn a Certification
🌮 25 tacos
✋ Self-submit
Complete an industry course or certification.
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Earn a Certification
Complete an industry course or certification.
Why it works
Certifications take weeks of effort outside day-to-day work. A large taco reward acknowledges that, and you can create a separate Quest for each level.
Suggested settings
Reward: 25 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required
Quest description
Complete the [course or certification name] and earn tacos for leveling up.
Proof prompt
Share your certificate or completion confirmation.
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Pass It On
🌮 5 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
Share a useful tip, shortcut, template, or resource.
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Pass It On
Share a useful tip, shortcut, template, or resource.
Why it works
Small tips add up when they're shared with the whole team.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
Share a useful tip, shortcut, template, or resource.
Proof prompt
Share the tip!
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Work Smarter
A set of Quests one team built to reward small, everyday process improvements. They work well together, so consider launching several at once.
The Documentation Goblin
🌮 10 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
Document something that currently only exists in someone's head.
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The Documentation Goblin
Document something that currently only exists in someone's head.
Why it works
Undocumented knowledge is a risk for any team. Another team launched a similar "Document or overhaul a process" Quest for 20 tacos.
Suggested settings
Reward: 10 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
Document something that currently only exists in someone's head.
Proof prompt
Tell us what you documented, why, and where it is stored.
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Rescue Mission
🌮 8 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
Help someone get unstuck, even if it's outside your usual lane.
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Rescue Mission
Help someone get unstuck, even if it's outside your usual lane.
Why it works
It rewards helping a teammate with a problem that isn't technically your job.
Suggested settings
Reward: 8 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
Help someone get unstuck, especially on a problem you wouldn't normally work on.
Proof prompt
What problem did you solve, and with whom?
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Automate the Boring Stuff
🌮 5 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
Find one repetitive task that could be automated.
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Automate the Boring Stuff
Find one repetitive task that could be automated.
Why it works
People doing the work know where the time goes. This Quest rewards finding the opportunity, even if someone else builds the automation.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
Find one repetitive task that could be automated.
Proof prompt
Tell us what can be automated and how.
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Kill a Tiny Pain
🌮 3 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
Fix one small thing that annoys you or your team.
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Kill a Tiny Pain
Fix one small thing that annoys you or your team.
Why it works
Small annoyances add up. Fixing them is a quick win that helps the whole team.
Suggested settings
Reward: 3 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
Fix one small thing that annoys you or your team.
Proof prompt
What did you fix?
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Delete Something
🌮 5 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
Remove an unnecessary step, meeting, report, or piece of admin.
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Delete Something
Remove an unnecessary step, meeting, report, or piece of admin.
Why it works
Most teams only reward adding things. This Quest rewards removing a meeting, report, or step nobody needs.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
Remove an unnecessary step, meeting, report, or piece of admin.
Proof prompt
Tell us what you deleted!
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Build Once, Use Many
🌮 10 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
Create something reusable for the team.
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Build Once, Use Many
Create something reusable for the team.
Why it works
Templates, checklists, and shared tools save time for everyone who uses them later.
Suggested settings
Reward: 10 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
Create something reusable for the team.
Proof prompt
Tell us what you built!
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Clear a Retro Blocker
🌮 10 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
Remove an impediment your team surfaced in retro.
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Clear a Retro Blocker
Remove an impediment your team surfaced in retro.
Why it works
Teams often list the same blockers in every retro. Rewarding fixes gets them resolved.
Suggested settings
Reward: 10 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
Remove an impediment your team found in retro. An impediment is any obstacle, blocker, or friction point that slows the team down — a manual weekly email, a slow build, a flaky tool.
Proof prompt
Which impediment did you remove?
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Ship It
🌮 15 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
Get something meaningful across the finish line.
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Ship It
Get something meaningful across the finish line.
Why it works
Finishing a project deserves recognition too.
Suggested settings
Reward: 15 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
Get something meaningful across the finish line.
Proof prompt
Tell us what you shipped!
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Make It Yours
🌮 10 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
Take ownership of an area, process, or problem and make it better.
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Make It Yours
Take ownership of an area, process, or problem and make it better.
Why it works
It encourages people to take ownership of problems instead of waiting for someone to assign them.
Suggested settings
Reward: 10 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required · Limit: 8 per team
Quest description
Take ownership of an area, process, or problem and make it better.
Proof prompt
What did you take ownership of?
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Call for Backup
🌮 5 tacos
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
On call? Pull in the right experts early instead of going it alone.
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Call for Backup
On call? Pull in the right experts early instead of going it alone.
Why it works
It rewards escalating early instead of struggling alone. One engineering team calls this "Be the Chihuahua."
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit or nominate · Approval required
Quest description
When you're on call, it's not your job to solve every incident by yourself. Sound the alarm early and call in other experts whenever it would help.
Proof prompt
Which incident, and who did you bring in?
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Wellness
Reward the habits that keep people healthy and avoid burnout. These work well as company-wide challenges with start and end dates.
Take a Walk During the Workday
🌮 3 tacos
✋ Self-submit
⭐ HeyTaco template
Step away from the screen for a 15-minute walk.
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Take a Walk During the Workday
Step away from the screen for a 15-minute walk.
Why it works
It gives people permission to take a break and makes it clear the company wants them to.
Suggested settings
Reward: 3 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required
Quest description
Step away from the screen for a 15-minute walk. Get those steps in!
Proof prompt
Where did you go?
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Daily Step Challenge
🌮 5 tacos
✋ Self-submit
Hit 10,000 steps in a day.
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Daily Step Challenge
Hit 10,000 steps in a day.
Why it works
It's a clear goal anyone can track with their phone.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit · Approval not required
Quest description
Hit 10k steps in a day.
Tip
Pair it with a stretch goal — one team runs a "20k Taco Trek" worth 20 tacos (2 per person) with a screenshot of your step tracker as proof.
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Workout Ladder
🌮 2–8 tacos
✋ Self-submit
A set of Quests that pays more tacos for longer workouts.
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Workout Ladder
A set of Quests that pays more tacos for longer workouts.
Why it works
Giving more tacos for longer workouts means everyone can take part, from 15 minutes to an hour.
Suggested settings
Reward: 2–8 tacos · Self-submit · Approval not required
Quest description
15-minute workout: 2 tacos · 30-minute workout: 4 tacos · 45-minute workout: 6 tacos · 1-hour workout: 8 tacos. Walk, run, lift, yoga — it all counts.
Tip
Create each tier as its own Quest.
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Weekly Workout Streak
🌮 5 tacos
✋ Self-submit
Work out at least 30 minutes, 5 times in one week.
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Weekly Workout Streak
Work out at least 30 minutes, 5 times in one week.
Why it works
It rewards working out consistently over the week, not just once.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit · Approval not required
Quest description
Walk, run, lift weights, yoga... doesn't matter. You worked out at least 30 minutes, 5 times this week. You've earned some self-care tacos!
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Digital Detox
🌮 5 tacos
✋ Self-submit
Spend an entire evening offline.
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Digital Detox
Spend an entire evening offline.
Why it works
It encourages people to disconnect from work in the evening.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit · Approval not required
Quest description
Close the laptop, silence Slack, and put the phone in a drawer for an entire evening. Dinner, a walk, a board game, an early night. No notifications, no scrolling. Your brain has earned some tacos.
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Touch Grass
🌮 1 taco
✋ Self-submit
Get outside for a bit.
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Touch Grass
Get outside for a bit.
Why it works
It's a quick reminder to get away from the screen and go outside.
Suggested settings
Reward: 1 taco · Self-submit · Approval required
Quest description
Venture outside for a spell in the great outdoors. Send a pic for proof!
Proof prompt
Share a pic!
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Annual Checkup
🌮 5 tacos
✋ Self-submit
Book and complete your annual physical.
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Annual Checkup
Book and complete your annual physical.
Why it works
Preventive care is easy to put off. Pairing it with time off and a taco reward helps people actually book it.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required · Limit: 1 per person
Quest description
Book and complete your annual physical — use your wellness time off to get it done!
Proof prompt
When did you complete it? (No medical details needed.)
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Try a New Recipe
🌮 5 tacos
✋ Self-submit
⭐ HeyTaco template
Cook something you've never made before.
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Try a New Recipe
Cook something you've never made before.
Why it works
It's easy and social, and people share recipes in the comments.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit · Approval not required
Quest description
Cook something you've never made before. Leftovers optional, bragging encouraged.
Proof prompt
What did you make? Share the recipe in the comments for everyone to enjoy!
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Giving Back & Pitching In
Reward people for volunteering, helping around the office, and representing the company.
Complete an Hour of Community Service
🌮 10 tacos
✋ Self-submit
⭐ HeyTaco template
Food bank, mentoring, park cleanup — anything in your community counts.
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Complete an Hour of Community Service
Food bank, mentoring, park cleanup — anything in your community counts.
Why it works
It shows the company values volunteering. Pair it with a charity reward in your Taco Shop so tacos can go back to the cause.
Suggested settings
Reward: 10 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required
Quest description
Spend some time giving back: food bank, mentoring, park cleanup, anything in your community counts.
Proof prompt
Where did you volunteer?
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Pitch In at the Office
🌮 5 tacos
✋ Self-submit
Unload the dishwasher, put away groceries, set up lunch.
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Pitch In at the Office
Unload the dishwasher, put away groceries, set up lunch.
Why it works
Office chores tend to fall on the same few people. One team created a separate Quest for each chore so everyone takes a turn.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required
Quest description
Help keep the office running smoothly: load or unload the dishwasher, receive and put away a grocery order, set up the team lunch, or send in the weekly supply list.
Proof prompt
What did you pitch in on?
Tip
Create one Quest per chore so you can weight the rewards differently.
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Boost Our Social Posts
🌮 2 tacos
✋ Self-submit
React, comment on, or repost the company's latest LinkedIn post.
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Boost Our Social Posts
React, comment on, or repost the company's latest LinkedIn post.
Why it works
Early engagement helps posts reach more people. Teams share new posts in a dedicated channel and set a time window.
Suggested settings
Reward: 2 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required
Quest description
React to, comment on, or repost our latest LinkedIn post from #social-posts within 90 minutes.
Proof prompt
Which post did you boost, and how?
Tip
Use "Approver chooses" tacos to reward a thoughtful comment more than a quick like.
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Design Contest
🌮 10 tacos
✋ Self-submit
Run a contest for a new video call background, swag design, or team logo.
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Design Contest
Run a contest for a new video call background, swag design, or team logo.
Why it works
It gets the team involved in the company's look. The winning design earns the tacos.
Suggested settings
Reward: 10 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required
Quest description
We need a new [video call background / swag design]! The only requirement is that it uses our logo — resources are in the channel. The winning design earns the tacos.
Proof prompt
Share your design!
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Add to the Company Cookbook
🌮 5 tacos
✋ Self-submit
Contribute a recipe to a shared team cookbook.
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Add to the Company Cookbook
Contribute a recipe to a shared team cookbook.
Why it works
Over time it becomes a shared team cookbook, which is a nice thing to give new hires or turn into holiday swag.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required
Quest description
Add your favorite recipe to the company cookbook on our shared drive.
Proof prompt
Which recipe did you add?
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Just for Fun
Low-stakes, silly Quests that keep things lighthearted. Keep the rewards small and approvals off.
Survive Monday
🌮 1 taco
🙌 Nominate
✋ Self-submit
You made it. That counts.
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Survive Monday
You made it. That counts.
Why it works
A small, silly reward that gets a laugh and helps people discover Quests.
Suggested settings
Reward: 1 taco · Self-submit or nominate · Approval not required
Quest description
You made it. That counts.
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One Less Tab
🌮 1 taco
✋ Self-submit
Close a browser tab. Congratulations, productivity achieved.
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One Less Tab
Close a browser tab. Congratulations, productivity achieved.
Why it works
It's an easy first Quest that shows people how submitting works.
Suggested settings
Reward: 1 taco · Self-submit · Approval not required · Limit: 1 per person
Quest description
Close a browser tab. Congratulations, productivity achieved.
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GIF Intervention
🌮 5 tacos
✋ Self-submit
Send a GIF that actually improves a work conversation.
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GIF Intervention
Send a GIF that actually improves a work conversation.
Why it works
Rewarding the right GIF at the right moment makes Slack more fun.
Suggested settings
Reward: 5 tacos · Self-submit · Approval required · Limit: 1 per person
Quest description
Send a GIF that actually improves a work conversation.
Proof prompt
What GIF, by whom, when? Tell us everything!
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Chaos Coordinator
🌮 3 tacos
🙌 Nominate
Make the team laugh.
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Chaos Coordinator
Make the team laugh.
Why it works
It celebrates the teammate who always makes people laugh.
Suggested settings
Reward: 3 tacos · Nominate a teammate · Approval required · Limit: 2 per person
Quest description
Make the team laugh.
Proof prompt
Tell us who, when, where, and what!
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Use the Secret Word
🌮 2 tacos
🙌 Nominate
Work your team's inside-joke word into a real work conversation.
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Use the Secret Word
Work your team's inside-joke word into a real work conversation.
Why it works
It helps spread a team in-joke. One team pays 2 tacos for using their made-up word, "Boogsh."
Suggested settings
Reward: 2 tacos · Nominate a teammate · Approval not required · Limit: 1 per person
Quest description
Successfully use "[secret word]" in a work conversation. 🌮
Proof prompt
Who, when, what, why, and how?
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