Working extra hours is not to be expected and should be valued. A team probably works better when extra effort is valued. I think it is great, that you are trying to thank your employees / coworkers.
I think there might not be the perfect reward/thank you for everyone.
There is actually.
It's called big stacks of money.
Oddly, companies don't seem to want to reward people with it, the one universal thing that basically everyone could appreciate and is the entire reason anyone works anywhere in the first place.
Crazy. It's almost like playing relatively small amounts for a big expensive catered meal saves the company way more money than rewarding people with meaningful sums of money would.
1. historically low wage growth 2. historically high difference between CEO and salaried employee wage 3. billions in dividends
How can people not see this as an issue?