To just get her flowers?

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A colleague who I line manage is leaving work in 3 weeks. I'm off on holiday for two weeks on Tuesday so asked for contributions for her leaving gift by Friday (yesterday) so I can get leaving gifts sorted over this weekend.

The collection has been available for over a week and I checked it .... there's a fiver in change in the tub....a fiver!

Said colleague has been a royal pain in the arse since day one, constantly moaning and full of BS and lies, never meets deadlines, poor quality of work (lots of support put in place but it made no difference). Various red tape meant we couldn't get rid of her so I was delighted when she said she was leaving. I know that sounds awful but most people I work with, including my seniors, think the same about her.

Anyway...WIBU to just put another couple of quid and get her a bog standard bunch of flowers and card as a leaving gift? Standard sort of leaving gift at our place might be a decent bottle of something, flowers and a gift card (nothing too creative but still more than a tenners worth).

I think the fact that a just £5 has been given says it all about her really (there's about 50 people in our building and it's social environment, not stuck away in offices or anything) but I'm not so heartless that I would want her to get nothing but a 'shut the door on your way out' on her last day.

I’d probably do the same, but perhaps a bog standard bottle of wine and supermarket flowers plus card - you could just get that under £12

But really she’s made her bed, if she’s not integrated in the team and is unlikely to bring in team snacks for leaving - I might only get her a card... doesn’t sound like you’d miss her.

Get her nothing at all and when you get back from holidays spend the £5 on buns/a cake for the office

Not at all, a garage forecourt bunch of daffs sounds like all she’s worth.

She’s not leaving for 3 weeks which might be why the collection is so low. I’m pretty bad at collections at my work and usually don’t get around to putting anything in until the last minute or until a reminder goes around.

I’d wait until nearer the time she’s leaving and see if any more’s been added then. But if not YANBU to only buy flowers if that’s all the collection can afford.