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Money for colleague as wedding present?

  • 27-03-2012 09:47PM
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,012 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey, not the usual post for a personal forum but I want to post anonymously.

    I work in a large office and one of my colleagues is getting married soon. I'm friendly with her and see her a few times a week but wouldn't consider her a friend as much as a colleague. I'm not invited to the wedding, and not many from the office are. Another colleague has suggested we do a 'whip-around' for her and get a large card for everyone to sign etc... This doesn't really bother me, but then I got thinking how much is a reasonable amount to give, considering I'm not invited to the wedding. I don't think we're expected to give anything, ie. no pressure. Is this a normal thing in offices? I've never heard of it before. Obviously if I was going to the wedding I'd have no problem giving a gift etc...


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  • #2
    petethebrick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭petethebrick


    I would have thought 5-10 euro maybe. An office whip round is a token gesture more than anything and I'm sure will be appreciated whatever the amount


  • #3
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    A whip-around is typical in our place. €5-€20 each is what's generally put in, but usually €10. That said, nobody cares if you just sign the card and put nothing in if you can't afford anything or otherwise disagree with doing it.


  • #4
    stargazer 68
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,180 ✭✭✭stargazer 68


    We have a social fund in here and everyone pays 5 into it each month. Collections are taken out of that - amount given depends who it is. If its from another department then about 50 but if its from our own then around 100


  • #5
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    5-10 sounds right, I mean even in a smallish office with 10 people that's 50 minimum, bigger say 20-30 people at a 5er a head that's a nice sum, and with the cost of a wedding I'm sure it would be appreciated.

    Never got the whole whip round for someone leaving for another job thing though, I mean if they are that loved buy them something other wise it's not like they got laid off and are heading to the dole office but that's another thread isn't it :o


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