Role

Employee Recognition for Managers and Team Leads

Manager-to-report recognition is 12.9% of the activity on Matter, and report-to-manager is 6.1%. Programs built on manager approval touch about a fifth of what actually happens. The rest is peers, and your job is to unleash it, not gatekeep it.

Managers & Team Leads

Peer recognition covers what manager-led programs miss: 80.9% of it.

You cannot see all the great work, and you do not have to

Managers are told to recognize more, but a manager sees a fraction of the team's real wins. The teammates in the work see the rest.

The manager's leverage is not sending every kudos, it is making peer recognition normal: joining the ritual, celebrating publicly, and watching the analytics for who is going unrecognized.

How Matter helps you lead

Less sending, more enabling.

Peer kudos, no approval queue

Your team recognizes each other directly, with a weekly-resetting allowance keeping it genuine. Kudos post in the channel as designed cards with coins attached.

Feedback Friday

A weekly ritual that does the reminding so you do not have to. Feedback Friday posts a kickoff, a reminder, and a recap every week, automatically.

Team analytics

Spot who is going unrecognized before it becomes a retention problem. Analytics show participation and recognition flow by team in real time.

Nothing for your team to install

Your whole team is already in the workspace, so recognition starts the day you add Matter to the channel.

No separate logins

Recognition happens inside Slack or Microsoft Teams. No new accounts to create, no passwords to reset, ever.

User management syncs itself

Membership follows your Slack or Teams directory automatically. No HRIS required to start, and 250+ supported when you want them.

About 2 minutes to set up

Install Matter, add it to a channel, and your team can start recognizing each other the same day.

People can get so busy with their work, that they become unaware of all the good things happening across the company. Matter allows us to see what others are accomplishing and gives us a platform to congratulate each other for wins big and small. I've seen a great shift, especially in our HR department, where we're now being recognized for the support we give every day rather than only being called upon when we're needed for something. I believe this is true for many other teams at Hunty as well.

Gabriela Ruiz, Head of People at Hunty

Customer Story

What the data says about who recognizes whom

Manager-led programs reach a fraction of what actually happens.

Aggregate, anonymized data across thousands of teams on Matter, trailing 12 months. Full methodology in The Recognition Habit: 2026 Benchmark Report. See the research →

12.9%

of recognition flows manager to report

6.1%

flows report to manager; the rest moves peer to peer

2.5x

more recognition per member on teams that build a recognition ritual

Frequently asked questions

Do I control a recognition budget for my team?

Allowances are weekly and reset automatically, so recognition stays frequent without anyone managing a budget spreadsheet.

How do I spot recognition gaps on my team?

Analytics show who gives and receives recognition over time, so quiet contributors surface before review season.

What does Matter cost?

Every workspace starts with a free 14-day trial of everything, no credit card required, then lands on the Free Forever plan. Paid plans start at $1 per user per month. Full details on the pricing page.

How long does setup take?

About 2 minutes to install and 5 to 10 to customize. Users sync from Slack or Microsoft Teams automatically, so there is no HRIS project between you and launch. 250+ HRIS integrations are supported when you want them.

Already using another recognition tool?

Switching is a smaller project than it sounds. Your balances come with you, the migration is free on paid plans, and most teams are live within days. Historical kudos do not carry over, so you start with a clean feed and full balances.

Compare Matter with the tool you use now →

Existing balances convert

Point balances from your current platform convert to Matter coins, so nobody loses what they have already earned.

Migration is free on paid plans

Matter handles the migration at no cost on any paid plan. You share the data, we do the work.

Live in days, not quarters

Teams under 100 people typically switch in 1 to 2 days. Teams under 1,000 are usually done in under a week.

Employee Recognition for Managers and Team Leads

You cannot see all the great work, and you do not have to