To not top up the leaving collection?!

[noleavinggift]

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!)

Or are you suggesting that her colleagues are miserable pinch-pennies and she was all sweetness and light and deserved better?

Mnay years ago I worked somewhere where a collection was sent round for a leaving gift for a senior manager, and when it was opened to tally the amount it was discovered that it mostly consisted of bolts, washers and similar. He had been hated with a passion by the chaps on the shop floor.

Personally I'd be less interested in useless colleague's future employers and career development, and more interested in preventing an awkward situation or spurious bullying accusation that would cause me trouble. Buying her a gift that covers up how little has been given is liable to make OPs life easier than the alternative.

Bear in mind vegans are sometimes morally opposed to greenhouse forced cut flowers, maybe try to get British in season flowers, or a plant.

Someone I know worked in a school where this was deducted automatically from salaries - I think about £10 a month or so. When you left you got all your contributions back - the school also made a contribution. That avoided someone who'd been there for a term getting the same gift as someone who'd been there all of their career.

Sounds like bullying, that her colleagues all agreed not to chip in. And you’re seemingly ok with it? Mean.

There's always one! I'm hoping this is a joke post but I think not....

Tesco have vegan wine, and flowers too. I would go for this and not top it up