To not top up the leaving collection?!

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Long story short- woman leaving my team in two weeks through voluntary redundancy. She's worked with us for about 18 months.

I manage her line manager who also manages the other four people in the team.

The VR comes after on-off informal capability process and numerous spats with one colleague in particular over her laziness and lack of initiative. The whole team know she doesn't pull her weight and are privately counting down the days until she leaves please don't think senior managers don't know what's being whispered about!

Whilst they are pleasant enough to their colleague day-to-day they have all chosen not to put in the voluntary fiver for a leaving gift- normally vouchers.

WIBU to give the departing colleague a £10 voucher (mine and line managers contribution)- the alternative is I chip in £25!

(Before anyone says speak to HR, we are the HR department and this isn't an HR issue!)

I wouldn't bother with a voucher. Box of chocs or borrow of wine.

OH, and certainly no topping up!

This is has nothing to do with HR and no YANBU - if anything, it would be odd if you did make it up because that could be construed as favouritism if you only ever £5 (max) per person and this time you give £25!

Absolutely not unreasonable. Don't top it up. It's a voluntary 'nice to have', not mandatory.

No top up
I think chocolate and or wine is best.

Of course you don’t top it up!

If she was good at her job and would be missed, people would have put in. They haven’t, and it says a lot. Worst that’ll happen is she’ll feel a bit sad- well, you won’t have to see her again so won’t see her being sad for long 🤷🏻‍♀️

I'd just get a card to be honest. I wouldn't top it up.

Can you get something in a sale, so it at least appears more than it is?

Or, given that she's only been there for eighteen months the £10 voucher isn't bad. What about the card?

Agreed - £10 covers an inexpensive bunch of flowers and box of chocs. Does the job and is less offensive than a £10 voucher somehow!

Drip feed to end all drip feeds (although it wasn't relevant to my OP...)

She's a tee-total vegan- I suspect chocolates and wine as a leaving gift might become an HR issue

Well if it's voluntary and nobody felt inclined to put in their voluntary fiver I'd take it that the collective wishes of the team is not to spend money on a leaving gift.

Leave it at that, don't top it up and buy something with whatever money their is in the kitty.

I wouldn't give a £10 voucher. As others have suggested, wine or chocolates. And I wouldn't make it up out of my own pocket.

*there is, not their is.

People put in what they put it, it goes up and down based on how likeable they are. It is what it is!
Get some nice smellies if she doesn’t eat choc or drink wine, or some stationery from paperchase.

You can buy vegan chocolate

I would do flowers rather than voucher so it’s not completely obvious how much people didn’t chip in. Or nice plant like an orchid?

A bunch of flowers or even a plant then?

Sorry, posted before reading that she is a tee total vegan! You can get vegan chocolate, but you wouldn't get much for £10. SO I would go with flowers.

How long 'til the

AIBU to be upset that I only got chocolates and wine when everyone else has always had £35 worth of vouchers

Followed by pages of "Aww, what a bunch of bitches OP" and "Manager was unprofessional not to top it up"

😂

Has she contributed in the past?

A plant is a good idea mentioned up thread. How about personalised vegan chocolates? £9.40

I wouldn't give a voucher for £10 or top it up further.

@MilkTwoSugarsThanks exactly that!!!

2-1 favourite, I reckon! Within the month!

Flowers I think, tarted up with ribbons and stuff.
(When one of my husband’s colleagues left - years ago - there were foreign coins and buttons in the collection. I don’t know what the organiser did)

Everyone is not the same, they are not children

I would top up if it were me but I don’t think you are obliged to. I do think though that rather than a voucher you should give an actual gift with a £10 value - otherwise it looks too pointed.