Work Leaving Gifts

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I post about it almost daily

The SMB is dominated by 2
3 types of people

1. The incredibly wealthy who use it as a place to boast

2. Liars and fantasists who pretend to be incredibly wealthy and use it as a place to boast

3. Angry middle aged men who mebbe should get out a bit more and see the world they're so frightened of

Well knock me down with a feather, who would have thought a football forum would be mostly frequented by middle aged men.

 

[Hair Flick]

I really don't get the leaving present thing. Someone who does your job is leaving to get paid more money and so the people who are on less money should put their hands in their pockets and give the person who is going to be better off a present?

I normally jiggle the envelope, rummage in my pocket, jiggle again, write my name on the front and pass it on. I'm not a complete bastard, don't mind retirements, redundancies or even babies as long as I know the person, but coughing up for "Terry from HR" that you have never met who is going to be a HR manager for big company is a bit of a mickey take for me.

One bloke at my current place was quite unpopular, he was, in fact, a complete arsehole who'd kissed arse and became a departmental manager and had made the whole places lives a misery to feather his own nest by introducing silly targets and instigating random sackings to keep people on their toes.
When he left for bigger and better things one of the middle managers quite fancied sitting on his coat tails, so sent round the envelope to 300 people. To get the ball started they'd chucked in a tenner and a handful of loose change.

When it came back it had 43p in it, washers, foreign coins and an assortment of paper clips, the middle managers had to have a whip round and we all had to stand there while they presented him with about £100 worth of whisky and cards and listen to his self promoting, gloating speech.

I think the legacy is when Norman from the warehouse left after putting in a 40 year stint. It doesn’t really carry through to the modern office environment where folks are jumping jobs every 2-3 years.

Luckily I’ve rarely been office based throughout my working life, it would eat my soul away if I had been. I enjoy jumping in and out of the office environment but to turn up and do the same job from the same desk surrounded by the same people day after day, week after week, year after year isn’t for me. I can see why it might appeal to others who prefer routine in their lives.

 

[The Krankie Returns]

I post about it almost daily

The SMB is dominated by 2
3 types of people

1. The incredibly wealthy who use it as a place to boast

2. Liars and fantasists who pretend to be incredibly wealthy and use it as a place to boast

3. Angry middle aged men who mebbe should get out a bit more and see the world they're so frightened of

You forgot the fourth one. The alter-ego profiles created by a significant minority who then use it as a platform for number two.
I’m not certain but there was one lad who claimed to be a Millwall supporter who decided that he didn’t like me and @CatRyan.

He was very rich, a solicitor, in his words lived in a mansion and had business interests all over. As I live in Australia he decided that I was no longer British as I avoided paying tax.
He was, in my opinion anyway, a fantasist and probably an alter-ego of someone on here.

 

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I recently got a Lego Tie fighter from the primary staff. And Amazon vouchers worth €195 from both the secondaria and infantil staff. They didn't know I was leaving as I got offered another job from a different school after we had left for the holidays. When word got around the had a whip round, sent me lots of messages of support and good luck.
I worked there 7 years.

My first question is, "How much and how many times did your man contribute to teachers leaving?"

My second question is "how many years studying at uni did your man do and what qualifications did he get?"

Lastly "How often did your man have to take work home and have to work at the weekends?"

@Emma Chisset
On a side note though, everyone is regarded as equal in our school in regards to our colloborative workplace. Apart from 1 or 2 odd balls, everyone shows each other mutual respect.

 

[THELORDRODWELL]

Never leave a school job in the middle of the summer holidays iirc

 

[Charmless Man]

Got a load of beer from my last job when I left. It was at a brewery so it’s exactly the leaving gift I would have expected and was gratefully received