A working person spends most of their day in the office. Many people say that I spend more time with my friends or with my family. But actually, if we see, people spend a big part of their whole day in the office.
It is not possible that where a person is spending so much of their time, they do not make friends there. And when friends are made, then their birthday comes and celebration is not done, this is also difficult.
In this article, you will get ideas for the best birthday gifts for office colleague. We will see gift ideas according to different types of relationships and friendships, because in the office everyone’s bond varies from person to person.
Let’s start and see which birthday gift will be best according to your relationship with your office colleague.
How to Choose the Best Birthday Gift for an Office Colleague?
We have watched many South movies where movies are made on different types of friendship. Friendship can be of any kind. So first of all you have to find what your friendship is like and how old your relationship is with the colleague to whom you are going to give the gift.
If you are a female and you have to give a birthday gift to your male colleague, then the gift should be such that it shows your friendship and also maintains professional boundaries.
If you have a 1–2 year old friendship bond with him, then some best gift ideas for him can be.
Jade Plant (Crassula ovata)
Best for: Male colleague, close friend or casual office friendship.
Plant is one such option that works in almost every type of friendship. Plant is often near your colleague’s desk and always remains in sight in the office.
If you have observed, some people are not able to take much time for the care of plants. For them Jade Plant (Crassula ovata) is a best option, because it does not need much water and it is a relatively easy to maintain plant.
Secondly, mostly offices have 5 days working. Keeping this also in mind, this plant is a practical option. Jade plant likes bright indirect sunlight or light morning sunlight.
So as soon as you come to the office and you and your colleague sit together, this green plant kept on the desk can give you a fresh feeling.
It can become a simple, thoughtful and professional birthday gift for an office colleague.
Cool Senior Personalized Caricature
Many times when we join office, initially we do not get along with our seniors, because in the beginning we feel that they are giving us work to trouble us or repeatedly making us feel that “I am your senior.”
But later, a good bonding is made with the same senior.
For such a colleague or senior, personalized caricature can be an interesting birthday gift.
Caricature depends on which person you are giving it to and for which personal quality they are famous in the office. For example, someone is famous for multitasking, someone always remains serious, or someone is known in the office for some funny habit.
You can get that personality included in the caricature.
You can give this gift to anyone, whether male or female. For a birthday gift and especially for an office colleague, this can be a fun and personalized option.
Personalized Coffee Mug
One of my friends is an AI trainer. I had gone to his house and I had to give him some grocery. When I reached his house, he was doing some work. I had been waiting for quite some time that he would be free and I would have some gap-shap with him.
But a lot of time passed and he did not come. So I got up and went to him and saw that maybe his meeting was going on.
I looked at his desk. There was a very beautiful and personalized coffee mug kept there. I remembered that he is a tea lover, because whenever I met him, he would drink tea at least 2–3 times.
So I asked him, “Where did you purchase this tea mug from?”
He said, “Shelja gave it.”
Shelja is his office colleague, with whom he has a lot of fights in the office. But both of them stay with each other and also have good bonding.
He told me that Shelja had given him this personalized tea mug as a birthday gift.
This can also be a best birthday gift for an office colleague according to your situation. If your colleague likes tea or coffee, then a personalized mug can be customized with their name, favourite quote or some inside joke.
Calendar with Wife’s Picture
I had seen in a movie that a boy missed his wife a lot. He kept talking about her all the time. He kept looking at her photo and waited for lunch so that it would be lunch and he could talk to her.
In the movie, his colleague is a female. She thinks that his birthday is coming and I want to give him a gift, but she is confused that he loves his wife a lot.
She thinks that I should not give any gift because of which there is some misunderstanding.
She wanted to give him such a gift which would also remind him that she had given this gift. She asks at many places and then decides that I will give him a calendar with his wife’s picture.
In this way he can keep the calendar on his desk every day, can also see his wife and will also remember that this gift was given by his colleague.
But choose this gift only when you share a comfortable and friendly relationship with your colleague and their spouse/family. If your friendship is not so close, then some neutral professional gift can be a better option.
Premium Notebook and Pen
This gift is best for those people who are very fond of writing. But this has become a common thing that if someone likes writing, give them a notebook and pen.
But let me tell you a situation.
There was a girl who had come to work in another city by renting a room away from her home. She did not like making new friends. She would come to the office daily, work and go home. She followed only this routine.
A boy starts talking to her, but she also does not talk much.
So what does the boy do? He gifts her a notebook and pen on her birthday and says:
“If you are not comfortable saying what you want to say, then write it and give it to me. Maybe I can help you.”
So after quite a long time, that girl gives him that notebook.
The boy reads the notebook and helps her solve her problem.
In this way, that notebook did not remain just a birthday gift, but also gave that girl a comfortable way to express what she wanted to say.
Therefore, if your colleague is a little reserved or is not comfortable talking face-to-face, then a premium notebook and pen can be a thoughtful birthday gift.
Conclusion
A gift can represent your emotions. It also tells about your friendship and your bond. That is why choosing birthday gifts for colleagues sometimes becomes difficult.
The same gift is not suitable for every colleague. For someone, a personalized coffee mug can be perfect, for some senior a caricature, for a reserved colleague a notebook and pen, and for a close colleague a thoughtful personalized gift.
In this article, I have tried to tell ideas for the best birthday gifts for office colleagues according to different situations, so that you can choose a gift by keeping not only the price of the gift, but also your relationship and friendship in mind.
For such unique gift ideas, you can also read the articles of Unique Gifts Ideas.