Empuls gives every employee full control over recognition visibility — each post can be shared publicly on the company-wide social feed or kept private so only the recipient sees it.
Recognition Visibility in Empuls
Empuls supports two distinct visibility modes for recognition posts: public and private. When an employee sends recognition publicly, the post appears on the company-wide social feed, where colleagues can react, comment, and amplify the moment. When sent privately, the recognition is delivered directly to the recipient with no broader audience. Both options are available at the point of sending, giving the recogniser full discretion over how the moment is shared. This flexibility matters because different situations call for different audiences. A shout-out for closing a major deal benefits from public visibility — it reinforces company values, signals which behaviours are celebrated, and motivates peers. A personal thank-you for discreet support during a difficult quarter can feel more meaningful when it stays between the giver and receiver.Milestone Events Follow the Same Rules
Empuls extends the same visibility controls to automated milestone events, including birthdays and work anniversaries. Some employees enjoy a public celebration; others prefer a quieter acknowledgement. By letting individuals choose — or letting administrators set sensible defaults — Empuls ensures milestone recognitions feel personal rather than performative. For example, a distributed team using Microsoft Teams as their primary collaboration hub can receive Empuls birthday notifications as a public post in a shared Teams channel, while private milestone messages arrive as a direct message to the employee. Empuls also connects with Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, and Darwinbox so that milestone triggers are always drawn from accurate, up-to-date HR data — no anniversary or birthday gets missed regardless of the visibility mode in effect.Administrator Controls and Defaults
People teams and HR administrators can configure organisation-wide defaults for recognition visibility while still allowing employees to override the setting at the point of sending. This balances cultural consistency — where the company wants recognition to be part of shared culture — with individual autonomy. Administrators can also restrict certain recognition types, such as peer-to-peer awards tied to formal programmes, to public-only visibility to ensure transparency and programme integrity. Empuls is ISO 27001 certified and SOC 2 Type II compliant, which means privacy settings are enforced at the data layer, not only at the UI level. Private posts are genuinely private — neither managers nor administrators can view the content of a private recognition without explicit configuration rights, preserving employee trust in the system.Analytics Without Compromising Privacy
Empuls provides administrators with recognition analytics covering frequency, participation rates, and sentiment trends across the organisation. These insights are available at an aggregate level and do not expose the content of private recognitions. People teams can measure the health of their R&R programme and identify recognition gaps without undermining the confidentiality that employees rely on. Learn more: Empuls Help Centre — R&R ProgramHow does the Empuls social recognition feed work?
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