Left job after 25 years, all I got was flowers 🫣

[BruceLeTerror]

i did get a few gifts (chocolate, alcohol) from colleagues, but after 25 years all I got from the company was a box of flowers?!

Previously when people have left, there’s always been a collection of sorts. I know I shouldn’t expect anything- but I realise now how under appreciated I was - it has left a sour taste (and not filled me with confidence to start my new job tomorrow)

Depends on a lot of factors. I left during a huge restructure and got nothing.

When I retired from the NHS as a nurse after nearly 40 years I had a lovely bracelet and some flowers from my immediate colleagues however I had diddly squat from management, not even a farewell e-mail and on my last day as I was about to leave my line manager's parting words were ' I need your ID badge' ( never did like the bitch!)

I love flowers and would be happy to receive them but I'll probably get some rubbish tat I don't want. I'm not expecting anything and will be glad to see the back of them after 23 years 🤣😂 Don't take it personally and just move on without a backward glance. ❤️

I worked at a supermarket from the age of 15 to 25. I did a lot of different roles and managed to work my way up a decent amount. When I got a new job my boss tried to convince me to stay and said he needed me, but I was leaving for a better work life balance. Turned out he was quite resentful about this. I got a card shoved in my hand off a college who mumbled that shed been told not to get me anything. No one else got me a thing and I walked out of there on my last day without so much as a goodbye. Needless to say it was the right decision! 😅

Am sure this will be a comforting message.

I retired from civil service job after 43 years, helped train multiple colleagues, took on difficult cases others couldn't do, thought I was supportive colleague.... I didn't even get a card, let alone a gift! It was just around end of covid and last manager was new to the job and a lazy so and so... he didn't even arrange the civil service official gift we are due... I can't just blame him though colleagues didn't even organise anything eventhough we were in office one day a week. He also should have sorted civil service medal re long service but didn't 🙄.
I got a job in completely different type of private co after, stayed couple of years and had wonderful leaving card, cakes and gift from colleagues on site and further afield. This made up for it a bit 😊

Why do people expect gifts when abandoning their workplace lol

We’ve done collections when colleagues retire or go on maternity leave… I think if you’re leaving a company to pursue a career with a different company though, then a bouquet of flowers and box of chocolates is reasonable…
Companies thank us for our work by paying us, giving us extra A/L days etc for long service.. companies don’t in my experience give a gift when leave to work elsewhere.

Tell that to the Heads who order in expensive deli lunches for meetings with external people from their pet projects. Or take them out to lunch. And loads of other non-child related perks.

Why? It seems a bizarre rule to enforce so strictly.

Because people get paid for the job they do.
Why would I give my money to buy them a present when they leave?
It's ridiculous that I'm expected to use my money from the job that I get paid to do to buy a present for some who is leaving that same job.
Utterly bizarre.