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Most farewell gift guides are written for the team staying behind. This one covers gifts to give colleagues when you are the one leaving.
When you hand in your notice, showing up on your last day with something for the people who made the job worth doing is a genuinely good move. A leaving gift for a colleague from you does not need to be elaborate or expensive. It just needs to feel like you thought about it rather than stopped at a shop on the way in.
These 15 goodbye gifts for coworkers when leaving a job cover small tokens for the wider team, more considered options for closer colleagues, and group gift ideas for teams heading out together. Whether you are resigning, transferring, or moving on to a new job, there is something here for every budget and relationship. If you are on the receiving end and looking for what to give someone else, see our guide to farewell gifts for colleagues.
Small Gifts for Coworkers When Leaving: Under 20 Euros
The most practical format for goodbye gifts from a leaving colleague is one small item per person. Low cost per head, easy to source in multiples, and the gesture lands without anyone feeling like they owe you something back. These are the gifts to give colleagues when leaving a large team or a workplace where you know everyone but some better than others.
1. Full Colour Wrap Tony's Chocolonely (Small)
Full Colour Wrap Tony's Chocolonely (Small)
A small Tony's bar with a custom wrapper is the goodbye gift that works for every single person on a team, regardless of how well you know them. The custom wrap lets you add a short personal message, a shared team reference, or simply your name and a thank-you. Fairtrade chocolate, good brand recognition, and an instant reaction on the day. Order multiples easily with different wrapper messages if you want to personalise each one.
2. Classic Socks
73% GOTS-certified organic cotton with full-surface custom design. A pair of branded or custom-designed socks per person is one of those gifts that earns a genuine reaction rather than a polite thank-you. Light, easy to hand out individually, and memorable enough that people will actually wear them. Works particularly well if you lean into the design: a team logo, an inside reference, or a simple pattern that means something to the group.
3. Classic Mug
A simple, well-made mug with a personal message printed on it. Every morning someone uses it, you are briefly back in the room. For a colleague you have worked closely with, a mug with a shared joke, a project name, or a line that means something to the two of you turns a functional item into something worth keeping on the desk long after you have gone.
4. Sticky Notes
Custom sticky notes are among the best gift ideas for colleagues when leaving on a tight budget. Every time someone uses one in a meeting or leaves a note for a coworker, there is a small reminder of you on it. Good for large teams: inexpensive enough to give to everyone, useful enough that they will not end up in a drawer.
5. Plant-based Popsocket
Made from plant-based materials with a full branding surface. A custom popsocket is a small, lightweight gift that lives on someone's phone and gets seen dozens of times a day. For a tech-forward team or a younger workplace, it reads as a considered choice rather than a generic leaving gift. Easy to order in multiples, easy to personalise, and the sustainable materials are a nice touch for environmentally conscious colleagues.
Colleague Leaving Gift Ideas in the 20 to 50 Euro Range
For people you have worked with daily, sat next to for years, or who have been proper colleagues in the full sense of the word, a more considered leaving gift for a colleague is appropriate. These ideas sit in the range where the gift communicates genuine appreciation without being excessive. For more options at this level, see our guide to gifts for female colleagues.
6. Rituals Small Gift Set
As a goodbye gift for a coworker you have worked closely with, a Rituals set lands as genuinely thoughtful rather than hastily assembled. Six variants across bath, body, and home fragrance. Premium packaging, good product quality, and immediately appreciated. Works for colleagues of any seniority and communicates that you put some thought into what they would enjoy, not just what was available.
7. Ceramic Glazed Mug
A 360ml artisan-finish ceramic mug delivered in a gift box. For a colleague who is a serious coffee or tea drinker, a quality mug in a proper gift box reads as a deliberate choice rather than a last-minute pick. The glazed finish makes it something they would keep on the desk rather than bury in the kitchen cupboard. A step up from the classic mug when the relationship warrants it.
8. Dopper Original 450ml
Cradle to Cradle Gold certified, made from recycled and plant-based materials. The Dopper has become a design object in its own right, which means giving one communicates considered taste rather than generic gifting instinct. For a colleague who commutes, travels, or spends time outdoors, it earns immediate daily use. The distinctive three-part design makes it recognisable enough that they will think of you every time they take it out of their bag.
9. Spiral Notebook
A well-made notebook with a short personal message or their name on the cover. For a colleague heading to a new role, a quality notebook is a genuinely useful leaving gift that frames the next chapter rather than just marking the end of this one. Practical without being impersonal, and good enough to keep on the desk rather than in a drawer.
10. Urban Bottle 600ml
Made from recycled PET, 600ml, clean design with room for a logo or short message. For a colleague who is health-conscious, sporty, or spends a lot of time commuting, a branded water bottle is a practical leaving gift that gets used immediately. Best when personalised with something specific to your shared history rather than just a company logo.
Gifts for Work Colleagues When Leaving: Group Options
If the team wants to pool together and give one collective gift rather than individual ones, that opens up the premium end of the catalogue. Even a modest contribution per person from a team of eight gives you enough for something genuinely memorable. These are the best gifts for a colleague leaving when the whole group wants to mark the occasion properly. For premium options at this level, see our guide to luxury Business Gifts.
11. Rituals Medium Gift Set
For gifts for leaving colleagues where the team wants the occasion to feel properly marked, the medium Rituals set delivers. More products, bigger format, and the kind of packaging that makes the occasion feel properly acknowledged. For a manager you have worked closely with, a long-serving teammate, or someone you want to send off properly, this is the best gift for a resigning colleague heading somewhere new. A handwritten card from the team completes it.
12. Premium Hoodie
85% organic cotton, 15% recycled polyester, 15+ colourways. A custom hoodie as a leaving gift from the team is the kind of thing people actually wear for years and still associate with a particular chapter of their working life. The quality needs to be there for this to land, and the Monday Merch premium hoodie earns it. If the design carries a team reference, a project name, or a shared joke rather than just a company logo, it becomes something worth keeping rather than wearing to the gym.
13. Eastpak Backpack
Padded straps, recycled materials, AWARE traceability technology. For a colleague who commutes, travels, or is heading somewhere new, a quality backpack from a recognised brand is the group leaving gift that gets used immediately and lasts for years. Eastpak carries brand trust that speaks for itself. Best for colleagues whose last day is also a first day somewhere else.
14. Dopper Special Steel 800ml
The large-format Dopper in stainless steel. For a team that wants to give something with longevity, this version of the Dopper is built to last and carries a stronger material story than the standard bottle. A meaningful gift for a colleague who cares about sustainability, travels frequently, or appreciates objects that are made to endure.
15. Rituals Small Gift Set (Yozakura)
Rituals Small Gift Set (Yozakura)
The Yozakura variant of the Rituals small set is built around cherry blossom and Japanese wellness ritual. For a colleague who appreciates thoughtful product curation over generic gifts, this specific variant communicates that someone chose it rather than just ordered a gift set. A quiet detail that lands well with people who notice that kind of thing.
A Few Things to Know Before Your Last Day
Order early: Monday Merch produces branded items to order. If you are planning last day gifts for colleagues, build in time before your final week, not the night before. Most items take 8 to 15 business days depending on the product.
Personalisation is the difference: A custom wrapper, a name on the cover, a short message tied to a shared memory. The gift is the gesture; the personalisation is what makes a resignation gift for a colleague worth remembering.
You do not have to give everyone the same thing: A small item for the wider team and something more considered for the two or three people you worked most closely with is a perfectly reasonable approach.
A card still matters: Whether it is your last day at a job you loved or one you are glad to leave, a handwritten note alongside any gift does more than an extra product. It is the part people keep.
Think about where they are headed: If a colleague is also starting a new job, a practical item like a notebook, bottle, or bag lands better than something purely sentimental. It frames what is next rather than just marking what is ending.
Minimum order quantities apply: For branded products, Monday Merch orders start at 15 units. If you are buying for a smaller team, focus on non-branded or lightly customised options, or plan a design that works across the whole group.
Order Leaving Gifts Through Monday Merch
Monday Merch handles branded and personalised gift orders from 15 units, with free design proposals within 24 hours and shipping to 65+ countries. Whether you need custom chocolate bars for a team of 20 or a premium hoodie for a close colleague, the platform manages design, production, and delivery end to end. See our full range of employee appreciation gift ideas for more options, or talk to the Monday Merch team to get started.
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