Collections at work
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Do you just do them for big events like retirements or people leaving or do you have collections for significant birthdays, people transferring to a different part of the organisation, new babies and so on?
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We don't do them at all, since a lady was leaving because she was going to die then turned up at another company months later it was decided we had all put enough into collections and would stop as some people were getting several special occasions a year and others nothing at all.
That is unbelievable.
However in one Company it became a weekly event with one woman. Most of it was for her kids schools. What annoyed me even more was the fact that she was very wealthy whilst the people she chugged off (including me) weren't that well off.
She was the bitchiest, nastiest person I've ever met, yet gave off the air of Mother Teresa since she did a lot of 'charity work'
People should only be allowed to pin charity sponsor sheets to the office pin board and not go around every individual making them feel pressured into giving as some don't have it to ive and makes them look bad.
Collections for people leaving are ok. Most just send an envelope around.
Only one place used to do birthdays.
This reminds me of a collection we did once. This lady had worked at the same JOB for 35 years and was due to retire. There were about 400 people working at the company at the time and most people contributed. Over £300 was raised which was quite nice and we decided to get some flowers and give her the money as we didn't know what to get her and she was going to go to India to see her family so thought she could put the money towards that.
The week she was due to retire, she changed her mind and asked to stay on! Management agreed, which really wasn't a problem. Only we had all this money and didn't know what to do with it as we had no record of who had put in. We asked around as to what we should do. It was agreed we'd still give her the money on the condition that when she DID finally retire we wouldn't be doing anything.
Sounds like Geordie Georgie!
I agree. Like those bag packers in supermarkets who are right in your face and put the onus on you to say 'no'. That always irritates me. Why not leave a few check outs 'packer free'.
In all my shopping trips I have never seen these fabled packers - perhaps they don't work at the time I shop so to avoid them try 4am shopping !
Same here. I have worked in other offices where people put a set amount in the kitty and sign they have done so which I thought was unfair because if you couldn't afford said amount you looked mean. I don't like people wandering around the office collecting with their tins as I've always thought they should announce it and then leave it in one place (say reception) and let people choose to put in money if they want.
Where I used to work there seemed to be collections every day of the week for someone's 30th birthday or someone moving from one Dept to another etc etc. It did get a bit annoying sometimes.
BIB I bet expensive as well! Maybe now with money being tight for most, people will reconsider all of these collections for just about everything and just collect for leaving dos or new babies. The more staff, the more collections.
Talking of leaving dos. Has anyone ever given towards a collection only for that person to quit their new job and come back only a few months later? The least they could do is offer to buy a round of drinks but no, nothing! :rolleyes:
Yep. I remember a guy left and we bought him a present and brought him out for lunch and spent ages compiling a funny scrapbook about him. He was back within six months.