Thankful for HR Awards
Nominate the HR pro who had your back in 2026. Three winners get a $1,000 shopping spree, on us.
How it works
Nominate
Tell us who they are and share one specific moment or result from this year. It takes about 3 minutes.
We judge
A panel reads every nomination and scores it on impact, going above and beyond, care for people, and the story itself.
We celebrate
Three winners are notified Dec 7, and each gets a $1,000 shopping spree.
- Running open enrollment
- Keeping up with new state laws
- Hiring sprints
- Handling layoffs
- Approving leave requests
- A payroll fire at 4:55 on a Friday
- Rolling out AI tools
- Leading culture changes
- Answering benefits questions
- Onboarding new hires
- Running performance reviews
- Sending year-end tax forms
The thanks rarely arrives, and the toll shows. Searches for HR burnout are up about 3,500% this last year. New responsibilities keep landing on HR, from AI rollouts to culture change, while the old work stays on the plate.
At Warp, we spend our days trying to take work off HR's plate, so this Thanksgiving season we wanted to do something simpler and say thank you out loud. Tell us about the HR person you're grateful for, and we'll help celebrate them.
Nominate an HR proWho you can nominate
Any HR, people-ops, talent, or benefits professional at a US company.
Your HR manager
The person keeping the people side of your company running.
The one-person people team
Who is also the payroll admin, the benefits expert, and the person who answers every leave question.
A benefits pro
The one who made open enrollment make sense.
A recruiter
Someone who changed your career.
A peer you admire
Someone doing great work at another company.
Yourself
Self-nominations are welcome too.
Frequently asked questions
Any HR, people-ops, talent or benefits professional working for a US employer who is 18+ and lives in the US.
Yes. Self-nominations are judged the same way as every other nomination.
Yes. You can nominate as many different people as you like, once each.
No. No purchase, demo, or account is needed to nominate or win.
No. Judges score the strength of the story, not the number of nominations.
A judging panel scores each eligible nomination on impact (40%), going above and beyond (30%), care for people (20%) and the story itself (10%).
We may let nominees know they were nominated and by whom. If you'd rather stay anonymous, say so in the "anything else" field.
A $1,000 digital multi-brand gift card for each of three winners.
Prizes may count as taxable income for the winner. We recommend winners check with a tax advisor.
We'll email winners around Monday, Dec 7, 2026, and announce them publicly around Thursday, Dec 10, 2026.