A connected challenge to bring teams together and re-energize on-site life

In a context shaped by remote work and growing distance between teams, Worldline wanted to rebuild human connection and restore energy across its multiple sites.

The company partnered with Teamupp and launched a collective challenge combining physical activity, wellbeing and shared experiences designed to reconnect employees, foster interaction, and reignite a positive dynamic across all locations.

Worldline: A global leader in payment technologies

Worldline is a French company and one of the world’s leading players in payment technologies and transactional services. Founded in Paris in 1972 and now operating internationally, the company designs and delivers secure payment solutions covering the entire payment value chain.

With operations in more than 40 countries and over one million clients, Worldline supports transactions worldwide and plays a strategic role in accelerating digital growth for worldwide organizations of all sizes.

Reconnecting teams and bringing energy back to on-site life

Before launching the initiative, Worldline was facing several internal challenges:

• A weakened internal climate
• Extensive remote work that reduced employees’ connection to the company
• Fewer day-to-day interactions, both within individual sites and across locations
  

With the help of Teamupp, Worldline set out to address multiple objectives at once:

• Rebuild strong connections between teams
• Encourage interaction both within and across sites
• Promote physical activity in an accessible, inclusive way
• Raise awareness around health and wellbeing best practices
• Create shared momentum across the organization
• Bring energy back to sites and encourage employees to return on-site

A digital Teamupp challenge brought to life through on-site HR activations

To engage employees across all sites, Worldline chose an alternative approach, combining a Teamupp online challenge with on-site HR activations.

The Teamupp challenge acted as a digital backbone, allowing all employees—regardless of location—to participate, follow the collective momentum, and engage around shared goals related to physical activity, wellbeing, and teambuilding. 

Through the platform, teams could come together around a common challenge despite the distance, making participation and engagement clearly visible.

In parallel, HR events were organized on sites to anchor the initiative in real-life experiences. These on-site moments included:

• Stretching sessions
• Group walks
• Running sessions, depending on participants’ preferences
  

This hybrid format successfully connected digital engagement with on-site experiences, making the collective dynamic inclusive and accessible to everyone.

For this first edition, Worldline chose to have free teams. Employees were allowed to team up with whoever they wished, creating a welcoming and pressure-free environment that encouraged early buy-in and participation.

Positive engagement and renewed collective momentum

Feedback following the challenge was unanimously positive.
Employees and managers alike praised the initiative as fun, engaging, and a great way to bring people together.

• Stronger cohesion between sites
• Improved internal communication
• Greater mobilization around shared causes such as health, wellbeing and the environment
• Increased visibility of the company’s solidarity and CSR commitments

Beyond the challenge itself, a long-lasting dynamic emerged: enthusiasm for organizing collective sports sessions on-site, and a strong desire among employees to take on new challenges—individually or as teams—with the support of the company.

Encouraged by this first success, Worldline is now considering making these types of challenges a regular initiative, with plans to:

• Involve more sites
• Diversify formats
• Introduce new packs and additional engagement moments