Giving Recognition & Emojis
Giving recognition in Mellowe is fast, fun, and integrated directly into your team’s everyday Slack workflow.
Default & Custom Emojis
Section titled “Default & Custom Emojis”- Default Emoji: Mellowe defaults to the Mango (🥭) emoji for peer recognition.
- Customizable Primary Emoji: Workspace Admins can easily change the primary recognition emoji in Settings > General to match your company branding or culture (e.g. 🥭 Mangos, 🌮 Tacos, 🌟 Stars, 🪙 Coins, 🍕 Pizza, or 🏆 Trophies).
How to Give Recognition in Slack
Section titled “How to Give Recognition in Slack”Peer-to-peer recognition in Mellowe is done exclusively in public Slack channels so your whole team can celebrate wins together.
Simply post a message in any public channel mentioning your teammate(s), your workspace recognition emoji (default 🥭), and a note explaining why you’re thanking them.
Single Recipient Example:
Section titled “Single Recipient Example:”@taylor Thanks for stepping in to handle the customer issue this morning! 🥭 #customer-delightMultiple Recipients Example:
Section titled “Multiple Recipients Example:”You can recognize multiple teammates in a single message by tagging them together:
@taylor @john @jeremy Amazing teamwork getting the production release shipped smoothly! 🥭 #teamworkRules & Best Practices
Section titled “Rules & Best Practices”- Public & Private Appreciation:
- Public Channels: Post in any public Slack channel where the bot is present to pin the story to your team’s Wall of Impact.
- Private Notes (
/mellowe private): Want to send quiet, sincere encouragement? Use/mellowe privateor click the 🔒 Private Note button in Slack. The message delivers directly to your colleague’s Slack DM and is saved to their personal Gratitude Vault without public broadcast.
- Positive-Sum Culture: Recognition in Mellowe is non-competitive. Giving praise advances communal team milestones and builds mutual respect without zero-sum scoreboards or status contests.
- Self-Recognition Disabled: You cannot give mangos or points to yourself.
- Daily Limits (Set by Admin): Your daily giving limit (e.g., 7 points/day) is set by your workspace admin under Settings > General. Each teammate recognized in a message consumes points from your daily allowance. Once you hit your limit, Mellowe will notify you.