You could just send an email.
So why doesn't it feel the same?

Michelle thinks: "Stephanie crushed it. I should send her something."

Then a meeting runs long, Slack blows up, and the moment quietly passes. The intention was real. The follow-through just never came.

WorkTrophy makes recognition a fast, repeatable ritual — not a project you'll get around to eventually.

Sending a gift from scratch means picking a site, searching for something appropriate, settling on an amount, then second-guessing whether the whole thing will come across as awkward.

That's a lot of friction for something that should feel spontaneous. WorkTrophy gives you a curated menu — thoughtful options, ready to go. No overthinking required.

A random gift card email says "here's a thing." It lands in the inbox between newsletters and Jira pings. It's forgotten by Friday.

A WorkTrophy says "you earned this." It has ceremony. It has a message written specifically about what that person did. It has framing.

That's what builds culture. Not transactions — moments.

When Michelle sends a gift directly, she has no idea if Stephanie got it, if it hit spam, or if the moment ever landed. It just disappears.

WorkTrophy closes the loop. Instant notification, delivery confirmation, and a "she got it!" moment — so the person who sent it actually gets to feel the thing land. That closure matters more than people expect.

A gift from michelle@company.com feels institutional — something HR might track, a manager might notice, that carries the weight of org charts and performance cycles.

WorkTrophy is personal, external, and neutral. It comes from Michelle — not from the company. That separation is psychologically meaningful. Recognition lands differently when it feels human rather than corporate.