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Emma Chisset

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My partner left his work yesterday after more than 3 years as a school cleaner. They now finished deep cleaning the school ready for the new year.

Whenever teachers or other staff have left in the past, they have always come round collecting. "Oh Jemima's leaving and we're all putting in £5". Even though of course cleaners are on much less wages than teachers and £5 can be a lot of money for us. When the teachers have left, they give them champagne and flowers and vouchers for the shops. When my partner left yesterday, you can imagine what he got - nothing. The same as always. We joke about it and say "I just picked up my carrier bag and left..." because that is all that you can do.

He has been a good cleaner and reliable. Friendly to everyone as far as I know. I think he didn't get a gift because we are underclass.

Well anyway, the gifts here are usually only from duty anyway and not with any sentiment. When I left my job in Cuba to come here, my workmates gave me the gift of a written tribute. They read it out to me at a meeting we had to say goodbye. It was very emotional and with sentiment that they were sad I was going. Although it didn't cost anything, it was worth much more than the gifts they give here anyway.

What have you had as a gift When leaving your work?
 

Emma Chisset said:
My partner left his work yesterday after more than 3 years as a school cleaner. They now finished deep cleaning the school ready for the new year.

Whenever teachers or other staff have left in the past, they have always come round collecting. "Oh Jemima's leaving and we're all putting in £5". Even though of course cleaners are on much less wages than teachers and £5 can be a lot of money for us. When the teachers have left, they give them champagne and flowers and vouchers for the shops. When my partner left yesterday, you can imagine what he got - nothing. The same as always. We joke about it and say "I just picked up my carrier bag and left..." because that is all that you can do.

He has been a good cleaner and reliable. Friendly to everyone as far as I know. I think he didn't get a gift because we are underclass.

Well anyway, the gifts here are usually only from duty anyway and not with any sentiment. When I left my job in Cuba to come here, my workmates gave me the gift of a written tribute. They read it out to me at a meeting we had to say goodbye. It was very emotional and with sentiment that they were sad I was going. Although it didn't cost anything, it was worth much more than the gifts they give here anyway.

What have you had as a gift When leaving your work?
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Wonder what he gets off the greasy spoon when buggers off to another job ?
 
Emma Chisset said:
My partner left his work yesterday after more than 3 years as a school cleaner. They now finished deep cleaning the school ready for the new year.

Whenever teachers or other staff have left in the past, they have always come round collecting. "Oh Jemima's leaving and we're all putting in £5". Even though of course cleaners are on much less wages than teachers and £5 can be a lot of money for us. When the teachers have left, they give them champagne and flowers and vouchers for the shops. When my partner left yesterday, you can imagine what he got - nothing. The same as always. We joke about it and say "I just picked up my carrier bag and left..." because that is all that you can do.

He has been a good cleaner and reliable. Friendly to everyone as far as I know. I think he didn't get a gift because we are underclass.

Well anyway, the gifts here are usually only from duty anyway and not with any sentiment. When I left my job in Cuba to come here, my workmates gave me the gift of a written tribute. They read it out to me at a meeting we had to say goodbye. It was very emotional and with sentiment that they were sad I was going. Although it didn't cost anything, it was worth much more than the gifts they give here anyway.

What have you had as a gift When leaving your work?
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We bought our cleaner a lovely present when she left. Mind we probably wouldn’t have if we were all slap bang in the middle of our holidays when she bailed out.
 
It’s funny how when someone leaves to go to another usually more highly paid job they are showered with gifts
If you are made redundant due to your dept or area being shut down etc yet rest of company is still operating you are booted out without a second thought
 
Emma Chisset said:
My partner left his work yesterday after more than 3 years as a school cleaner. They now finished deep cleaning the school ready for the new year.

Whenever teachers or other staff have left in the past, they have always come round collecting. "Oh Jemima's leaving and we're all putting in £5". Even though of course cleaners are on much less wages than teachers and £5 can be a lot of money for us. When the teachers have left, they give them champagne and flowers and vouchers for the shops. When my partner left yesterday, you can imagine what he got - nothing. The same as always. We joke about it and say "I just picked up my carrier bag and left..." because that is all that you can do.

He has been a good cleaner and reliable. Friendly to everyone as far as I know. I think he didn't get a gift because we are underclass.

Well anyway, the gifts here are usually only from duty anyway and not with any sentiment. When I left my job in Cuba to come here, my workmates gave me the gift of a written tribute. They read it out to me at a meeting we had to say goodbye. It was very emotional and with sentiment that they were sad I was going. Although it didn't cost anything, it was worth much more than the gifts they give here anyway.

What have you had as a gift When leaving your work?
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Yep they all said I’m not chipping in for the underclass ffs.
Never had a present when I’ve left or chipped in for one.
 
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