Colleague getting ANOTHER leaving present.

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Around 4 months ago my colleague left our workplace to work within the same company but not in our office.

We had a whip around and gave a fiver each for her leaving present.

Anyway, she was gone for two weeks before coming back because she ''didn't like the new place'' so had been moved back.

She is now leaving again to a new job in a completely new place/role. Today one of the managers came around collecting money for a leaving present for her! AIBU to have refused to give the money considering I'd already handed the money over for her leaving 4 months ago?

I have stopped contributing to presents. I have just had enough. If I really liked a colleague I would prefer to buy her a small gift. For all the other randoms I feel no shame now in saying no.

Should have added that if I leave I do not want a card or a gift. I am deeply unsentimental. I am genuinely not interested.

YANBU! I'm surprised the others coughed up quite frankly!

Very bad form. Years ago I left a job, hated the new one and went back to the old one 8 weeks later. After 4 months I got a promotion and went to work in a different department. My team gave me a card but no leaving present because I'd already had one - and that was exactly right as I wouldn't have expected another gift or collection!

Sorry I've not had the chance to reply.

I am the youngest in my office in my early twenties, eveyone else is around mid 30s - 40s. They're all lovely and they don't seem to see any issue with it really.

The woman who is leaving does like to be the centre of attention. If we get flowers from higher up for our work she puts them on her desk! Managers tend to move them to the windowsill though so that's not too bad.

I know its not her fault she came back, I'm not blaming her for that, more the cheekiness of the manager.

By the way, I think a fiver is way too much too but its what everyone else was doing so I felt pressured to give the same.