Someone is retiring, a collection is going round, and nobody wants to be the one who gets it wrong. There's no fixed rule, and we have no survey of British offices to quote at you, so these pages do the part we can actually stand behind: what our own things cost, what they divide to across a team, how long they take to make, and where the customs are said to have come from. None of it obliges you to buy anything.
The reading, in order
- How much to spend
- Retirement gift etiquette
- UK retirement traditions explained
- Organising a group gift
- When the career is the milestone
And after that
The stage that follows this one is who is retiring: A colleague, a boss, a parent, a nurse of thirty years. Who it is changes what lands.