Coworkers are those who can be very close to us, they can always be there when we need help with our work. And on certain celebratory days such as birthdays or Christmas, we certainly want to give something like a gift to reward our closeness with them. Especially when the day of goodbye with coworkers arrives, they can leave the workplace for whatever reason, whether they move cities or stop working. We definitely want to give them the best gifts, especially gifts that are useful, meaningful, and memorable. This article will share tips and examples of inexpensive gifts for coworkers that remain useful, meaningful, and memorable for them.
The first tip, choose a unique gift that will leave a distinct impression. The more unique the more memorable the gift is given to the recipient, this gift shows how much we intend to sacrifice time in preparing unique office gifts for coworkers who are very important in our hearts. This unique gift can convey the meaning of our friendship with colleagues or be tailored to their wishes.
The second tip is to make your own gift that is useful, meaningful, and pleases the recipient of your gift. Homemade gifts can take some time to make, but the recipient of your gift will find it very unique and feel special. Homemade gifts are also a solution for those of you who are confused about choosing gifts for coworkers in the office and a solution for those of you who are minimal on a budget. Some people who like craftsmanship will feel the excitement when making this gift and you can make a gift according to your budget. Examples of some gifts that can be made yourself are homemade chocolates, knitted scarves, books/albums containing photos and travel notes of you and your coworkers from the start of the meeting, office trips together to the present moment (or maybe the moment of separation).
The last tip is to pack your gifts as attractive as possible. It seems trivial to package a gift, many people pack gifts carelessly because they only care about the contents, they can just use newspaper or makeshift wrapping paper with any packaging style they can. Actually, gift packaging also affects the good impression for the recipient. With attractive packaging for birthday gifts, you will make your coworkers remember their birthday moments, bright and cute packaging will give a beautiful impression on Christmas moments together at the office and useful packaging such as beautiful bags will give a good impression to your co-workers who will part with you.
After knowing the tips for choosing the right gift for coworkers in your office, maybe you are still confused about what to choose according to the tips (oh my, I’m very busy so it’s impossible to make a gift myself). Here are some useful, meaningful, memorable, and inexpensive gift recommendations for coworkers that you can adopt as gift ideas:
The first recommendation for your coworker’s gifts is a pen. Yes, of course not just any pen, as a gift that is definitely useful to give to your coworkers, pens are also the easiest gifts to find and of course must be memorable. A memorable pen can be a pen with the name of your coworkers engraved and go for the one that looks luxurious (because looks can fool the price). You can try giving a pen-like the example link below, this pen looks quite luxurious and can be refilled at an affordable price.
Next is the character doll. Giving character dolls is not only for young children, along with the development of product innovation, but there are also many types of dolls that are offered with various functions for playmates, used while sleeping, or decorations on office desks such as LINE characters in the example link below. Usually, this gift will be very impressive for female coworkers, for male coworkers usually their interest refers to certain film franchises such as star wars or Marvel which will force you to spend more.
Example for female coworkers:
Example for male coworkers:
If you are familiar with the personality of your coworkers, maybe they have a hobby of reading or listening to their favorite songs. You can give them books from their favorite authors they’ve never read, or a compilation CD of your coworkers’ favorite singers. For books, you can give the first book by his favorite author or a complete collection of books that he has read. For example, for male coworkers who like books or films from the Marvel franchise, you can give him the Marvel Encyclopedia, New Edition like the link below.
For songs compilation CD example:
Does your Coworker like ornamental plants? Maybe you find a lot of ornamental plants on his desk and you know that he really likes to collect ornamental plant models. Or maybe your coworker has an empty work desk and only has a computer or stationery, you could give your coworkers both male and female an ornamental plant. Apart from adding to their collection or being an office decoration, ornamental plants can also increase the morale of their owners. The ornamental plants placed on their desks will certainly remind your coworkers of you. The prices of ornamental plants on Amazon vary widely, choose the one that suits your wishes and budget as the example link below.
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Have your coworkers ever complained that their laptops are full? One of the useful gifts for coworkers is an external hard drive. Yes, of course, compared to some of the prizes above, an external hard drive is a gift with a fairly high budget. Of course, you can save money by choosing an external hard disk with a smaller size or choosing a good looking flash drive. But back again to your willingness and financial planning every month. An external hard drive can be a very meaningful farewell gift for your coworkers, on the other hand being the most expensive gift as a birthday gift or a Christmas present. You can just glance at the external hard drive at the link below or a cheaper alternative, like a beautiful Christmas gift flash drive on the other link.
For a beautiful Christmas gift flash drive check this out:
Maybe your female coworkers like handcrafted items and use them in the office. One of the recommendations for unique office gifts for coworkers is knitted goods. There are various kinds of interesting knitted items for gifts, such as scarves, cardigans, bags, and sweaters. If you have the knitting skills, you may take the time to make your own crochet items, but if you don’t have enough time, you can buy them at online stores like Amazon. Even though it’s practical, the quality of a gift in the form of knitted items will still leave a good impression on the recipient’s heart. There are examples of beautiful knitted items that you can give to your male or female coworkers like the links below:
For female coworkers:
For male coworkers:
Have you ever paid attention when you went to visit a cafe or a place to eat? You will see many decorations on the walls in the form of quite interesting quotes. This model wall decoration is currently in trend, so you can give gifts to your coworkers in the form of wall decorations containing quotes as gifts for coworkers’ birthdays, Christmas gifts, or farewell gifts. Yes, you can make it yourself by choosing attractive quotes and then printing them, besides that if you don’t want to be bothered, you can buy wall hangings with attractive quotes like the link below:
You may find that your coworkers are very busy, with lots of activities and equipment that they have to carry around every day. You can give your coworkers a multi-functional binder, with slots for storing cards, keys, pens, smartphones, and even tablets. With this multi-functional binder, surely your coworkers will be helped in arranging and remembering the activities that must be done throughout the day. Apart from supporting productivity, this multi-functional binder will also help simplify your coworker’s work equipment.
This gift is very useful and meaningful for your coworkers. Give a casual multifunctional binder that has a leather cover for male coworkers and a beautiful multifunctional binder with a detachable wrist strap converts to a shoulder strap for female coworkers, as shown in the link below:
For male coworkers:
For female coworkers:
The final recommendation is a unique photo frame for your coworkers. Photos are like a series of important events that cannot be repeated. These events may be special or in the form of daily routine activities between us and our coworkers. Try stealing photos of your coworkers and taking a few selfies, do it a few days before that important day arrives. Providing a unique photo frame along with your everyday photos with your coworkers will be the right choice as one of the inexpensive gifts for coworkers that will impress your coworkers. This gift is perfect for a birthday gift or as gifts for coworkers when leaving a job. For the frame, save your time by searching online stores like Amazon as the link below:
Apart from the tips and gift recommendations that we mentioned above, there is one important thing you should pay attention to when giving gifts to your coworkers. It is sincerity and joy when giving gifts to your coworkers. So, choose a gift that really speaks to your heart’s content for your coworkers. However, don’t force yourself to give something that will burden yourself (especially budget issues), remember that cheap gifts don’t mean bad, you can give gifts that are cheap but useful, unique, meaningful, and memorable. Sometimes a simple gift can actually make a deeper impression than an expensive gift that gives the impression of showing off wealth. Hopefully, this article can help you in determining the right gift choices for your coworkers.
