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Work place gift giving protocol.

Posted by Dano (aka dano) Mar 16 '14, 19:32

So I got some token gifts for my two immediate supervisors from the position I am leaving to say thank you. While neither of them is responsible for me getting my new position, one of them in particular has definitely gone to bat for me more than once as part of my professional development.

Is a token thank you gift at all inappropriate? Would it be seen as weird? What are the chances that it could backfire? I was really only thinking of getting something for the first guy because he was the one who I felt did more towards my professional development, but then I felt like I needed to get the other guy something because I wondered if he would feel resentful. Then I started thinking about whether other people might feel left out that I didn't get something for them and then I started thinking that I was probably thinking too much.

Corporate culture politics is new to me.

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I suspect that anyone who carries a grudge about a gift would have found something else to carry a grudge about in lieu of that. - David Mar 16, 19:47
it's so relational. like, what would you give? I feel like you need to *know* the people to have it be meaningful. - peggy ann mcamanda Mar 16, 19:44 5
- I do have relationships with both of them so that's not my issue. -- nm - Dano Mar 16, 20:01 1
  - Small. Go small. Slightly funny? -- nm - Pippy Mar 16, 20:06
- I agree. I gave my old office manager a little package of white powdered doughnuts as a token gift. - Pippy Mar 16, 19:52 2
  - It's okay. Do it. -- nm - Pippy Mar 16, 20:18
  - Yes. It's that sort of thing. -- nm - Dano Mar 16, 20:07
That sounds really nice. And I doubt it could backfire -- nm - amoxy Mar 16, 19:39

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