When an employee is about to leave, the feelings are twofold. On the one hand, you are of course happy for the person and about the new phase of your life, which is the reason for the farewell, but on the other hand, you are of course a little sad. And especially if you had a good relationship with her. If this is the case, the reason for the farewell should of course be duly celebrated and the colleague honored, regardless of whether it is a temporary or permanent separation. And what you often can't really put into words when you're face to face with the person, despite planning, can be wonderfully expressed in the form of sayings to say goodbye to a colleague. Whether funny and humorous or sentimental and emotional - find the right words to say goodbye using the following ideas.
Sayings to say goodbye to a colleague with the right choice of words
Depending on how close you were to the colleague, the wording must of course be chosen correctly. If the relationship was more of a professional nature than a friendly one, the farewell message should sound correspondingly more impersonal to you. A very important point is also whether the colleague is leaving her job voluntarily or has been fired, as this of course also influences the mood during the farewell party. If the reason is termination, jokes and humorous sayings are less appropriate.
Otherwise, you can also use funny ready-made sayings to put together your own sayings, which can also come from interesting or funny memories from working together. This is a good idea for creative people and it creates a unique saying that is guaranteed to move your colleague to tears. If you particularly liked your colleague and would like to maintain contact with her in the future, mention this in your farewell message. This shows your appreciation! However, if you don't have a closer relationship, a simple “thank you” for the years of good cooperation is sufficient, as well as of course some nice wishes for the future.
Have you found the perfect saying? Then you now have many options to make the employee happy with it. This also depends on how close you were. The easiest and quickest option is to write it on a greeting card. If you like, get a small farewell gift to go with it and add the card to it. However, if you want to particularly honor her because you like her very much, come up with something interesting. Other colleagues are welcome to help.
For example, how about you buy a box of “Merci” and all the chocolates with different oneswishes and sayingswrap? A small gift box that also contains chocolates, tea bags,homemade bath bombsor any other things and of course lots of pieces of paper filled with farewell sayings and wishes.
A very popular farewell gift is also the so-calledDIY explosion box, which you can also add any congratulations, wishes for the future or farewell sayings to a colleague. Other suitable ideas include:
- Gift basket with practical things (e.g. useful things for your new job or your favorite hobby for retirement and of course a card with a saying)
- Gift basket with various soap; each wrapped in paper, with a different saying saying goodbye to a colleague on the paper
- personalized cup with farewell saying or wishes
- a plant pot labeled with a saying
- a printed T-shirt
- a friendship book like from childhood, which is filled out by each colleague (a field to fill in that is intended for a saying should not be missing)
- If the colleague goes on maternity leave, gifts for the baby are very appropriate (e.g. onehomemade pacifier chain, a diaper cake or clothes for the child)
Ideas for sayings
Regardless of whether your colleague is retiring, changing jobs, going on maternity leave or even changing her place of residence, a personal saying combined with a small gesture is guaranteed to make her happy. We have therefore put together suitable sayings that you can simply print out or change as you wish to suit your needs and use them as inspiration. There are both humorous variants and more neutral ideas.
Neutral sayings
Neutral saying ideas are more suitable if you weren't very close to her but still respect her and want to wish her well with a few kind words. They are the better choice even if the reason for saying goodbye is not positive and is related to a termination or another unpleasant event. Here is a selection of ideas for neutral sayings to say goodbye to a colleague:
Humorous words for saying goodbye to a colleague
On the other hand, should the farewell party be funny and cheerful and maybe you will even give a celebratory speech in which you would like to include a suitable saying? Or would you like to make people laugh with a greeting card? Then it's best to choose funny and humorous sayings for the farewell. You can see what such words can look like in our selection of wishes and farewell sayings.
