What are tacos in slack?

Slack is a messaging program designed by Slack Technologies and owned by Salesforce. Although Slack was developed for professional and organizational communications, it has also been adopted as a community platform. My job uses tacos as a way to say "Good Job" and thank someone for their work. When using them in Slack, we mention the person we want to give the taco to, and the reason along with it. This is done in our main slack channel that we have for the company so everyone can see their kudos.

A way to reward employees in an organization

Tacos are a token used by simply including the taco emoji along with a Slack contact in a post while HeyTaco is enabled. An example would be "Thank you for your help, @Bob, here is a :taco:" The token can be used toward a reward that is set up and provided by someone in your group. The system is just a tracker and does not provide a reward from outside your organization.

Tacos are a fun way to acknowledge your peers! They can be used to celebrate them, thank them, or show appreciation for going the extra mile. Tacos can also be used as a form of currency - you can redeem them for perks (that your company chooses).

Tacos are essentially a points/rewards system. Tacos are given by employees to other employees and tacos accumulated can be redeemed for rewards, gifts and/or prizes.

Tacos in Slack are a deliciously fun way of showing appreciation to your coworkers - and no calories!!