Each person in his own way relates to access to a well-deserved rest. Someone is looking forward to it, anticipating positive changes in life. After all, with the advent of free time, it will finally be possible to fully engage in leisure activities, and to devote much more attention to our relatives and friends. Traditionally, the team, seeing off one of the colleagues on a pension, makes him a memorable present. The article will discuss what gift can be given to a colleague upon retirement.
What is worth considering?
When choosing a souvenir or present for a person going on a well-deserved rest, it is important to first observe tact. Even if your colleague was expecting this moment with optimism, do not forget that this event is nevertheless associated with reaching old age. Therefore, if the team decided to make a comic gift, do not touch on the theme of advanced years.
It is also advisable not to choose a wrist or a wall clock as a gift. This item is directly associated with the passage of time, and can be perceived by a future pensioner as a hint of old age and the transience of life.
Slippers, plaid or pillow, on the one hand, are necessary in everyday life. But on the other hand, these things can have a negative interpretation. They can be associated with a lonely and monotonous life in the four walls of the house.
Great help in choosing a presentation for someone who is retiring can be of great help. general awareness of his character, hobby and interests. So, a person who did not have a special sense of humor and used to understand everything literally and bluntly, should not make comic surprises. They can be interpreted and regarded quite differently from what was originally intended.
If your colleague, on the contrary, has always been the soul of the company and often often poked fun at his colleagues, then a cool and funny souvenir will be able to cheer him up and leave positive emotions in his soul.
An important detail is the general well-being of a pensioner, his state of health. For example, giving the ski kit to someone who has problems with the joints of the legs will offend him.
Present for a woman
Ladies going on a well-deserved rest should be treated especially delicately. After all, it is precisely the representatives of the beautiful half of humanity that in most cases react quite sharply to their age. Therefore, with the help of a gift, it is worth hinting that a lot of interesting and pleasant things awaits the woman ahead.
- Many most of their lives are almost completely immersed in work. Because of this, there is practically no opportunity to travel, relax emotionally and see the world. So that a retiring lady does not yearn for work and does not miss her home, it will be appropriate to give her from the team a ticket to a resort or to a sanatorium on the seashore.
Best of all, if it is a trip for two, so that a woman can travel with her spouse or one of the adult children.
- A summer cottage, which, perhaps, did not have enough time and energy due to work, can now become an outlet for a newly made pensioner. If your colleague is an enthusiastic gardener or gardener, then a gift dedicated to going on a well-deserved rest may be connected with a garden farm. Of course, giving a hoe, a shovel or a rake is still not worth it. But looking at options such as decorative lanterns, comfortable and compact garden furniture, beautiful pots and other accessories to decorate the site makes sense.
And you can also present an encyclopedia on growing flowers, a book on conducting gardening.
- Many retirees are eager to learn new skills. An appropriate, interesting, and, most importantly, useful gift may be a certificate for passing any courses. You can choose the direction of training based on the interests of your colleague. But it’s best to leave this choice to her.
- Modern pensioners are actively mastering computers and gadgets. Usually they are willingly helped by children and grandchildren in this. Therefore, as a gift to a woman retiring, you can present a tablet, a comfortable keyboard or a computer chair. In addition, you will make it clear that you are ready to keep in touch with her on social networks. Most likely, those who leave the usual and loved by many years of work team, such attention will be very nice.
What to give a man?
The general principles when choosing a presentation for a retired man are generally the same as for women. Often, picking up a memorable and useful gift is even a little easier. After all, men are more actively sharing their hobbies, and among colleagues they even often coincide.
Therefore, you should not opt for a banal postcard and a fake medal "for long and hard work." Men in some cases perceive retirement no less painfully than women. And with a collective gift chosen with a sincere attention to a colleague, you can smooth out this difficult moment in his life and even cheer him up.
- Mature men in most cases are connoisseurs of good alcohol.. And after leaving for a well-deserved rest, it is quite possible to treat yourself to an elite cognac, whiskey or brandy. As a gift, a home minibar filled with bottles with various alcoholic beverages can serve.
- A collection of coffee or tea of various varieties can be a good present. It can be supplemented with an original Turk, a coffee machine or a set for Japanese tea drinking.
- It is quite appropriate for car owners to present a navigator or a video recorder as a memorable gift. With the retirement, the motorist will probably not limit the trip to just a feature of the city. After all, now he is not connected by a work schedule, and can go to nature or visit sights in his or even neighboring region with his spouse. On such trips, both gifts will be very useful to every driver.
- Those who lead an active lifestyle and care about their health, it will be nice to get a certificate to the gym, coupons for a visit to the wellness sauna or massage room.
- If your colleague is keen on reading, you can fill up his home library with a collection of gift-bound books. Only find out in advance what kind of literature he is interested in. Another gift option for a lover of privacy while reading can be an e-book.
- Men are also often fond of working on a personal plot. But their activity is more associated with repair or construction work in the country, the ennoblement of the country house. Present an encyclopedia on the construction and repair of a private house to your employee who leaves your team, complementing it with a good modern set of tools. This will help him tune in to a more active realization of himself after the end of his career.
- Gifts related to hobbies, hobbies and outdoor activities are always appropriate and enjoyable. Fishing accessories, sports equipment, a tent for outdoor trips - this and much more can be presented as a memorable and useful gift to a retiring person.
On how to note the farewell to retirement, see below.
