# Bucketlist Rewards and Recognition

> Bucketlist Rewards and Recognition is a Vancouver-based B2B SaaS company that gives employers one system for peer and manager recognition, automated milestones, incentives, analytics, and a global rewards marketplace. Its wager is practical: praise works better when it is timely, visible, tied to company values, and easy enough to give during the workday. The company serves distributed and frontline-heavy organizations, charges a size-based software subscription plus setup, and keeps reward spending separate at face value.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Vancouver, Canada
- **Founders:** Jason Lindstrom (Co-Founder and CEO), Bart Wisniowski (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** 66 employees in the supplied company record; LinkedIn lists the company-size band as 51-200.
- **Products:** Recognition Platform, Global Rewards Marketplace, Awards and Incentives, Milestone Automation, Integrations and Mobile Access
- **Notable:** Named UVic's 2024 Co-op Employer of the Year for employers hiring for five years or less., Great Place to Work Certified since 2021, with 2025/2026 certification announced., Named one of the 2024 Best Workplaces in British Columbia, according to UVic's employer profile.

## Products & services

- **Recognition Platform** — Peer-to-peer and manager recognition with public or private messages, core-value tags, comments, GIFs, points, feeds, leaderboards, and analytics.
- **Global Rewards Marketplace** — A localized catalog of gift cards, merchandise, donations, experiences, swag, and employer-defined rewards funded through a customer rewards float.
- **Awards and Incentives** — Configurable manual and nomination-based awards for performance, safety, training, referrals, and company-specific achievements.
- **Milestone Automation** — Automated birthdays, service anniversaries, onboarding moments, and other HR-data-driven celebrations.
- **Integrations and Mobile Access** — HRIS, payroll, SSO, Slack, Microsoft Teams, email, frontline-tool integrations, and iOS/Android apps that bring recognition into existing workflows.
- **External Recognition** — QR-code and link-based praise from patients, customers, vendors, and people without employee accounts.
- **Program Design and Onboarding** — Guided implementation, branding, policy design, launch communications, training, reward funding, and ongoing customer success support.

## Achievements

- Named UVic's 2024 Co-op Employer of the Year for employers hiring for five years or less.
- Great Place to Work Certified since 2021, with 2025/2026 certification announced.
- Named one of the 2024 Best Workplaces in British Columbia, according to UVic's employer profile.
- Company materials say Bucketlist was voted No. 1 Best Company to Do Business With and Easiest to Use in its G2 category.
- LinkedIn's product listing reports a 97% product satisfaction score based on G2 reviews.
- ClearView Healthcare Management reported a 20% retention increase, 18% overtime-cost reduction, and 50% reduction in agency staffing within a year of its rollout.
- Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital reported engagement moving from the 16th percentile in 2018 to the 96th percentile by 2023 alongside its broader culture program.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Bucketlist's website added a 2026 frontline-culture report promotion and continued positioning the platform around measurable retention and frontline outcomes.
- **2026-08** — The company published guidance on its Rippling integration, describing how HR records trigger recognition, milestones, nominations, and awards.
- **2026-07** — Bucketlist participated in Zipline Summer Camp 2026, continuing its retail and frontline-workforce push.
- **2026-03** — The company homepage expanded its customer proof and said it was trusted by 1,000+ HR leaders across frontline industries.
- **2025-11** — Bucketlist announced Great Place to Work certification for 2025/2026.
- **2025-10** — A ClearView Healthcare Management case study reported higher retention and lower overtime and agency-staffing use after rollout.

## Links

- Website: https://bucketlistrewards.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bucketlistcc/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRPV68v3B9g
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bucketlistrewards/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bucketlist.cc/

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Last updated: 2026-08-23