FEATURE — PERFORMANCE BONUSES & GAMIFICATION

Turn every shift into a reason to show up and perform.

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Checklist bonuses worked out from the score when a manager approves the work, a points-and-streaks leaderboard, milestone badges, kudos, and a payout queue where you record many bonus payments at once. Real incentives and real recognition, built into the same platform your team already uses every day.

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Streaks
Daily streaks, badges and levels
Kudos
Recognition from managers and peers
3 layers
Points + Badges + Cash Bonuses
On approval
Bonus worked out from the score — no spreadsheet

What's inside Bonuses & Gamification

The full incentive stack — recognition, competition, and cash bonuses — built into one platform.

Live leaderboard

An up-to-date employee ranking by points earned, with a podium highlighting the top three. Filter by store, position, and time period. Display it on a break-room screen or let employees check their ranking in the mobile app. Friendly competition that gives people a reason to finish their tasks.

Day streak rewards

Employees build day streaks by clocking in on time, day after day. Streaks show on the leaderboard next to each employee's name, where the whole team can see them. A 22-day streak is recognition that costs nothing extra.

Milestone badges

Champion, Perfect Week, First Steps, Rising Star — DohOps awards a badge when an employee reaches its milestone. Badges show in Achievements and in the badge count on the leaderboard. No setup required, and managers can add their own.

Manager-defined cash bonuses

Attach a bonus amount to an assignment, such as up to $5.00 for the closing checklist. When a manager approves the hand-in, DohOps works the bonus out from the score (full points earn the full amount) and records it once, together with the points. Bonuses tie directly to task completion — performance you can actually see and score.

Bonus payout queue

Unpaid bonuses wait in the payout queue by person, with the date, reason and amount of each. Record a payment for one person or many at once (DohOps keeps the record; you pay the way you always do). Bonuses also show in the payroll report as bonus pay, separate from regular and overtime wages. No reconciliation needed.

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Record bonuses with payroll

When you mark wages paid in the payroll report, DohOps offers to record the person's unpaid bonuses with the same payment, so wages and bonuses are settled in one step. DohOps keeps the record; it never moves money, and you pay the way you always do.

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“Bonuses to record” reminders

Approved bonuses don't sit forgotten. When some are still waiting to be recorded as paid, DohOps sends a reminder at 9 AM by bell and push notification, and the Morning Summary email shows a “Bonuses to record” line. A company can turn the reminders off.

Assignments & bonuses report

A cross-location performance report showing completed tasks, average scores, total points earned, and bonus value per employee. Filter by time period, location, position and department. Use it to identify top performers to promote and underperformers to coach — before the next payroll cycle, not after.

Built for multi-unit reality

Turnover is one of the biggest costs in multi-unit operations. DohOps gives you a system for recognizing and rewarding good work — not a guess.

Retention is math, not morale

Every hourly employee you replace costs recruiting, training and lost productivity. Keep even a few more people a year and the subscription can pay for itself.

Performance you can see

Without the gamification layer, managers often go on instinct about who their best performers are. With it, the leaderboard and the Assignments & Bonuses report show you — by completed tasks, scores and points earned over any time window. Promotion decisions can be backed by data rather than instinct alone.

No separate tool needed

Gamification in DohOps is built in, not a separate app: points come from approved checklists, on-time clock-ins and kudos. The data is already there because it's the same platform tracking time and tasks.

Kudos & peer recognition

Beyond points and badges, the platform includes a Kudos board where managers and coworkers post recognition for specific behaviors, with an optional manager approval step. The Recognition Center puts rankings, badges and points history in one place — the employee's personal performance record.

DohOps phone Tasks page for a clerk: checklists due today, each worth 50 points DohOps phone Home for a clerk: clocked in, with My performance showing points earned

BONUSES & GAMIFICATION — Employees see live assignments and earn points for approved work

What you can do in week one

Day 1. Points, leaderboards and badges are on from the start. Add a bonus to a checklist, for example up to $5 for the morning checklist, earned in proportion to its score. Both are live before the next morning shift.

Day 3. The leaderboard shows the first standings by store and position. Put it on the break-room screen or let people check it on their phones.

Day 7. Approve the week's hand-ins in the Review Inbox; each approval records the bonus once. Unpaid bonuses wait in the payout queue until you record the payment, or you record them with the wages when you mark payroll paid; they show as bonus pay in the payroll report, and a 9 AM reminder flags any still waiting.

Day 30. Compare checklist completion and scores with your first week, store by store, and see who has the longest streaks: real data for your next conversation with each employee.

Bonuses & Gamification — FAQ

How do manager-defined bonuses work?+
Managers attach a bonus to an assignment — for example, up to $5.00 for the AM shift checklist. When a manager approves a hand-in, DohOps works the bonus out from the score (full points earn the full $5.00, half the points earn $2.50) and records it once for that person, together with any points. Unpaid bonuses wait in the Bonus Payout Queue until you record that you paid them, for one person or many at once, or you can record them with the wages when you mark payroll paid. No spreadsheet, no separate calculation, no chasing down who earned what. DohOps keeps the records; it never moves money.
Can bonuses be recorded with payroll?+
Yes. When you mark wages paid in the payroll report, DohOps offers to record that person's unpaid bonuses with the same payment. If approved bonuses are still waiting, DohOps sends a “Bonuses to record” reminder at 9 AM by bell and push notification, and the Morning Summary email shows a “Bonuses to record” line. A company can turn this off. DohOps keeps the records; it never moves money, so you still pay through your own payroll or bank.
What does the leaderboard show and who can see it?+
The leaderboard ranks every employee by points earned during a configurable time window — today, this week, this month, all time, or a custom range. It shows each employee's total points, badge count, assignment completions, and current day streak. Managers can display it on a break-room screen or let employees check their own standing in the app. Rankings are filterable by store and position so the convenience store crew sees their own board, not the hotel's.
What are the badge types and how are they earned?+
DohOps comes with milestone badges including Champion, Perfect Week, First Steps, and Rising Star — each earned at a set threshold like completing a number of tasks, keeping a streak, or reaching a points total. Badges show in Achievements and in each person's badge count on the leaderboard. They cost nothing extra and need no setup: DohOps awards a badge when an employee reaches the milestone, and managers can add their own badges.
Does gamification actually reduce turnover or is that just a marketing claim?+
We don't publish a retention number we can't prove. The idea is simple: people who see their work counted, get public recognition and earn bonuses for good work have more reasons to stay. Track your own turnover before and after you turn it on. At the founder's two 7-Eleven stores, managers paid $2,275.79 in checklist bonuses to 11 employees from March to October 2026 (case study).
Can I use bonuses without gamification, or run gamification without bonuses?+
Yes. The two modules are switched on and off separately in Platform Features. You can run points and leaderboards without any cash bonus, or skip gamification and use bonuses as a straightforward performance-pay tool. Or combine them: points and badges for daily motivation, cash bonuses for the checklists that matter most.

Give your team a reason to compete — starting this week.

30-day free trial, no credit card. Bonuses and gamification are part of Standard, and the trial includes them. Add your first checklist bonus in your first session — or book a walkthrough and see a leaderboard with sample data.

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