Senior member of staff retiring

[ArabellaStrange]

One of our senior members of staff is about to retire and we are meant to add to the collection for a retirement gift.
Two years ago this member of staff put me through a lot of stress due to the actions they took and I raised a formal grievance as a consequence.
AIBU not to contribute towards the collection for his retirement gift?

YANBU. Any collection like this should always be entirely voluntary.

I wouldn't contribute

No way would I contribute!

Don't bother

I would contribute a nominal amount or nothing at all. It's not compulsory and they've made your life difficult so you have no obligation.

Oh for goodness sake. You know you are not being unreasonable.

Don't contribute if you don't want to.

I would contribute a token amount to most acquaintance leaving. More for a friend and absolute nothing for someone I didn't like. Yanbu.

Fabulous, consensus seems to be on my side, thank you everyone. I shall use the contribution I would have a made to buy myself a treat.

I agree with not contributing. How about a donation to charity though?

YANBU! We have so many random collections going round my work I don't bother with half of them now. I'd prefer to contribute more to those I work with directly and actually like, rather than chucking a quid or two in for the director I see once a year's big birthday, or the EA in another team's wedding, etc. etc.

How can you be 'meant' to add to his collection, it should always be voluntary!

I stopped contributing towards leaving collections after about ten years in my last job, except when the person leaving was a particularly close colleague. People were averaging two years in post and I just felt I'd paid out enough without contributing to gifts for people I'd spoken to about three times.