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Can I give recognition privately?

Yes, if two things are true:

  • Your Company is on the Organization plan

  • Recognition visibility settings are enabled by your administrator


How to enable (Admins)

To enable recognition visibility controls for your company:

1. Go to Admin > Account Settings and open Feature access (or navigate directly to https://app.bonus.ly/admin/company/settings/feature-access

2. In the Posts section, turn on Post visibility controls

3. Confirm the description reads: "Allow users to set posts as public, private, or team-only."

Once this setting is enabled, all users will see visibility options when giving recognition.


How it works for users

  • You'll see a visibility setting button in the top left corner of the recognition box. By default, posts will always be set to public; however, users will be able to select this button to choose to display this post only to their team or privately.

  • Admins and managers will always maintain visibility into recognition posts, regardless of the visibility setting.

  • The visibility setting is also enabled for Awards (Awards are only available on the Organization plan) in addition to recognition posts.


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