To ask about leaving gifts

[JaceLancs]

How much would you think is a reasonable donation to a leaving gift for a colleague?
For context small team so only a few people to join in
Length of time known between 2 and 6 years

I don't understand why people give gifts for someone sodding off for a new job. emigrating I'm OK with but new job no.

Would it be different if it was retirement then?

My standard is £5 unless I consider them more of a friend than colleague.

I am notoriously mean and usually donate £5 for someone I think is on less money than me. Would go up to a tenner for a direct report.
Otherwise £3.

Depends how much you like the colleague. I bung a fiver in if I like them, maybe a couple of quid if I don't really know them. Nothing if I don't like them, but then I don't sign the card!

Yes I'd be ok with retirement. £5 max.
Birthdays I tend to put£10 in if I like the person/ friendly with them and £5 if not so much

For a close colleague in a small team who I liked and had known a few years, I'd give £10.

Our team is notoriously mean I always give a fiver but most give £3 (including manager who is on £40,000).

It doesn’t happen all the time either.

Thank you
I think £10 sounds reasonable, but if others only want to put in a fiver that’s ok I’ll just put in bit extra myself

Ha! Funny to think others are the same, £10 if I like them, £5 if not so much, team of 8

I give £5. Our office is huge and there’s always someone retiring or moving on or having a baby so it adds up there’s no way I could give more. For a really small team and someone you’re closer to maybe I’d give a bit more but probably still no more than a tenner.

When I got married I invited 6 colleagues and their partners (clearly 12 people) to the entire do and they gave us a £60 voucher between them

Yes in a small work place I'd probably give more as the collections are less often!

£2 otherwise I'd have been broke from all the collections!

There's only three of us in my team now so we just buy each other something individually. Nothing big though.

Another thing about collections, you might have a director earning £100k plus, then a part timer earning £10k say, so can’t expect them to put in the same amount. It’s really up to the individuals how much they put in. And also it depends if you like the person leaving 😂

I feel really mean reading about people giving £5 or £10. I tend to spend about £20, occasionally closer to £30, on birthday and Christmas presents for very close friends and family. I couldn't afford to give £10, or even £5 every time there is a collection for someone at work. I usually put in £2 or £3. I have very occasionally put in up to £10 for someone I am very close to, or for something like retirement and birthday combined. Many of the collections are for people I don't know very well and don't have much to do with day to day.

We rarely do collections at our work. Mainly just for leaving or baby gifts. There’s a real mix. Managers put in around £20 each and staff put in varying amounts from £10 down to whatever change is in their pockets (honestly had never seen coppers in a collection until I started working here! It’s not done out of spite - I genuinely think the guy’s under his wife’s thumb and this was all that was left of his “pocket money”!)

I normally organise the collections so review what the final tally is. We normally top it up out of petty cash and/or add an employer contribution. Sometimes this contribution is bigger than other times as it’s often blatantly obvious if someone’s popular or not!

I do more for leavin than birthdays. My logic is that it's the last time I'll put into a collection for them. I also base it off how much I like them.