Farewell Gift Ideas for the Workplace
Ever wondered what farewell gift to get for a co worker, or going away gift ideas for employees, that would be work-appropriate?
The following going away gift ideas are the most common for a workplace (in order of formality):
- Something to remember the company by
- Something to remember the workplace by
- Something they can use in their next job
- Something to mark their contribution
If you work in a mine-site, some examples of the goodbye gift are:
Something to remember the company by.
- a large framed aerial photograph of site
- polished rock book-ends or paperweight with an engraved plaque (with the persons name, company name and year)
- mounted mini truck (or something) again with an engraved plaque on the base.
Note that these goodbye gifts are quite conservative, are dignified display items and represent the nature of the industry the company is in.
Something to remember the workplace by.
This going away gift can be a little more 'organic', as every workplace has its own culture.
Supervisors have received beautiful, polished, mounted jarrah clubs with engraved plaques that include the words "The Enforcer".
Other farewell gifts have literally been items in the workplace that means a lot to the person to keep - a trusty geopick, cleaned up and engraved.
The engraved plaque can include a
farewell phrase
, or a phrase that the leaver used the most at work, or a fond nickname that was conferred to them.
Something they can use in their next job.
This could be leatherman tool, executive toy or a watch etc., engraved of course.
Something to mark their contribution.
Such as a framed certificate, or a framed group photo. One work-place gave a signed touch football to the coach of the company touch team.
Another work-place also had a t-shirt made with "Coffee Czar" on it for the team coffee procurer and all signed it.
Final advice? Remember the signatures, engravings and other touches that make any gift personal.
And every work-place should have a bunch of cards on hand for people to sign at the last minute, so that if there is no good-bye gift, at least there is a card to show appreciation.
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