Employee Incentive Program (Peaybay)
The Employee Incentive program, also known as "Peaybay,"
was developed in 2004 as a way to reward more members of
the APSU staff for hard work and excellence in their
respective field. It replaced the Employee of the
Quarter and Year program.
How the Program Works
Only APSU Staff members who have worked as permanent
employees for at least six months are eligible to
receive points. Each APSU Faculty and Staff member
will be allotted five points per month to award
to deserving staff members. A single "Peay Point" commendation may consist
of a maximum of three
points to any one employee. A specific Faculty and
Staff member may not commend the same person two
months in a row. All points awarded will accumulate
in the respective employee's point bank.
During July and December of each year, employees will be
able to use their earned points to bid on gift items.
These items will be displayed on the Employee
Incentive Web Site (PeayBay). Some items will be "Buy
Now" items and some will have minimum bid points
allotted to them. The highest bidder will be awarded
their prizes at an event To Be Announced. Any points
left over after the bidding process will remain in the
respective employee's point bank. A Grand Prize will
also be awarded through a drawing among the top 10
employees who earned the most points during the
Incentive year.
All
points awarded and earned will be tracked on the Employee
Incentive Program Web Site. This
Web site will be accessible only by on-campus computers.
Each employee eligible to receive and award points
will have access. If you do not currently have an AP
e-mail account you can contact the Information
Technology Help Desk at 221-4357 for assistance in
applying. Points should be awarded based on specific
categories of commendations (ie., good job
performance), and employees must explain why they are
awarding a coworker with "Peay Points."
Employees are forbidden from giving, selling or
trading their allotted points with any other
employee. Employees are not allowed to solicit points
either for themselves or for any other employee.
No funds allocated
to the university by the State of Tennessee are used
to provide incentives or gifts for employees in the
operation of this program.
Instructions for Logging In and Awarding Points
- Browse to http://peaybay.apsu.edu
(only accessible
from on-campus)
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- At the login prompt, type your
logon/exchange email username in the
following
format:
username@apsu.edu (your full e-mail address).
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- At the login prompt, type your
logon/exchange email password and
click the "OK"
button.
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- Use the online form to select the
employee you would like to award
points to, how many
points to award to the employee, the
category of the
award. Type in any comments you would
like the
employee to see and select whether
the you would
like to "Notify the Recipient" of the
points you are
awarding.
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- If you choose "No" to "Notify
Recipient",
the selected employee will receive an
email that
reads: "An Anonymous Person has awarded
you X
points".
- Choosing "Yes" to "Notify
Recipient"
will display your name in place of the
"An Anonymous
Person" text above.
- Submit the form.
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Instructions for Bidding
- After
Logging into
http://peaybay.apsu.edu, you can either click "Buy Now!" or "Bid
Now!" link associated with the item
you are
interested in.
- If
you click
"Buy Now!" the points will be
automatically
deducted from your total. These points are not recoverable!
- If
you click
"Bid Now!", a new screen will appear.
If you have
enough points you can select your new
bid amount
and submit.
On the
left hand side of the screen, you will see the status
of any bids you have placed. If any has "You
have been outbid!" under the name, click the "Review"
link to add more points or recover points that you
have spent on the item.
Recovering Points on a failed bid
You may decided you no longer wish to
bid on an item and want to recover your points.
You can only do this if someone has
outbid you on an item. To recover points on a
failed bid:
- Click the "Bid Now!" link for the
item you want to recover points for.
- Click the "Recover Points" link to
remove the item from the ones you are
bidding on.
You can then spend the points on some other item!
No funds allocated
to the university by the State of Tennessee are used
to provide incentives or gifts for employees in the
operation of this program.
