Planning your employee gifting strategy early sets the tone for the entire year. Whether you’re trying to elevate company culture, improve retention, or streamline onboarding, a well-structured employee gifting plan helps your HR and People teams stay organized, proactive, and supported. At Bundled, we make it easy by managing product sourcing, customization, warehousing, packing, and fast shipping so you can focus on your people instead of logistics.
1. Begin With Your Annual Employee Gifting Calendar
Start by mapping out the key moments where gifting has the biggest impact:
- New hire welcome kits
- Work anniversary gifts
- Employee birthdays
- Onboarding day-one kits
- Employee appreciation week gifts
- Quarterly incentives or recognition milestones
- Holiday employee gifts
Bundled helps companies build a full 12-month gifting plan, so you know exactly what’s coming and your team no longer has to scramble last minute.
2. Create Standardized Employee Gift Programs
Standardizing your gifting means your team saves time, stays consistent, and strengthens your employer brand.
Examples of Employee Gifting Programs:
- New Hire Kits:
Welcome new team members with branded apparel, notebooks, mugs, snacks, or tech accessories. Bundled can warehouse your items and ship them to each new hire on their start date automatically. - Work Anniversary Gifts:
Meaningful gifts like engraved drinkware, branded backpacks, or curated specialty boxes show employees you’re invested in their long-term experience. - Employee Appreciation + Culture Gifts:
Quarterly “thank you” boxes, event-day kits, or seasonal care packages keep morale high and reinforce company values.
You can see more curated options in Bundled’s Year-Round Corporate Gifting Guide.
3. Build Personalization Into Your Employee Gifting
Employees feel recognized when gifts feel thoughtful. Bundled offers:
- Personalized notes
- Branded packaging
- Name customization
- Team-specific variations
These details create emotional connection—not just a transaction.
4. Let a Gifting Partner Handle Execution
Coordinating addresses, custom printing, kitting, shipping, and tracking takes hours of internal time. Bundled handles:
- Warehousing
- Pick and pack
- Custom branding
- Shopping portals
- Bulk ordering
- Impact reporting
- Nationwide shipping
This ensures reliability and scalability as your team grows.
5. Review and Refresh Quarterly
Your employee gifting plan should evolve as your workforce evolves. We recommend quarterly reviews to adjust:
- Headcount changes
- New onboarding needs
- Seasonal programs
- Employee feedback
Bundled can adjust your gifting program anytime and help maintain structure throughout the year.
Meet the authors Courtney Taylor & Chelsea Gheesling
https://bundledgifting.com/about-us/meet-the-founders/
