To not want to give to this collection?

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A guy who started working in our organisation just after Christmas is leaving in a couple of weeks to take up a new job offer.

I assumed his immediate team would take him out for lunch or buy him a bottle of nice wine or something.

Instead they're doing a collection around the entire place (about 30 people) and are planning to buy him something they know he wants that will necessitate about a £5 contribution from everyone.

Most of us barely know him and while we'd have been happy to have some tea and cake on his last day, a lot of us are a bit miffed at being asked to stump up the same amount for his collection as we would for someone who'd been working with us for several years.

AWBU?

I don't agree with these 'forced' collections. You should be able to give what you like to whomever you choose - or not.

Yanbu!! £150 for someone who has worked there a couple of months?

Those of you that are miffed should present a united front and say you’d be happy to have a bit of tea and cake for him. But that’s it.

Just don't. They are trying to do something that will make them look amazing from your pocket.

Put whatever you normally would, whether that's £0 or £1 or whatever.

I wouldn't be contributing to a collection. I would simply say no. You are not obliged to contribute and no-one can force you too. Why on earth are they going to so much trouble for someone who has been there a matter of months? Bizarre.. and why such a large collection for someone who obviously hasn't enjoyed working there if they are buggering off after 5 mins..

I wouldn't be contributing. We regularly have collections (marriage, births, leaving do etc) that gets passed round and there is no obligation to even sign a card, much less pay in.

I don't give to those I don't know because I wouldn't expect anyone to give to me if they didn't know me. I've no problem with them being sent round, but I'd hate for some kind of collection police to be stipulating a contribution.

Your collecting for who?
Steve
Who’s that
Such and such
Still haven’t a clue who it is.
And walk away/resume working
Or whatever

Just politely decline. Or pop a token pound in.