Colleagues from every year they worked there each record a message. The person retiring takes home a printed book of them.
Gathering is free. You won't need a card.
We are enabling over 1 million people to say it. Share the stories, love and gratitude. Your voice is what makes the world's greatest gift.
Put in their name, then send the link to the work group chat and the old staff email list.
Friends and family can capture a memory by voice, video, writing or photos, wherever they are in the world. It's easy on any phone and nobody needs an account!
We write out every voice note and gather it all into a podcast you can play and a beautiful book you can hold.
The people who retired before them can record, and so can the ones who moved jobs years ago. Forward it to anyone who still has their number.
The rep who called in every Tuesday and the customer who'd only deal with them can have a page each.
Dig out the photo from the 1994 Christmas party and add it to your message.
Their husband, wife or children can read what the people at work thought of them.
Talk about one job you did together, the way you'd tell it in the canteen.
"Gerry, it's Bairbre. You bought the coffee nearly every morning for twenty-two years and I hardly ever got a round in. Enjoy the retirement."
"Gerry, Breandán here. My first month I nearly packed it in, and you brought me out to the site and showed me how the whole job fits together. Good luck with the retirement."
"It's Jacinta from the hardware in Athenry. You've sorted out our orders since 1991, including the ones I got wrong myself. Happy retirement, Gerry."
"Gerry, it's Muiris. When the system went down in 2019 you were the only one who knew where the paper files were, and you had us working again by lunch. Thanks for everything."
Printing and posting take about three weeks. If the send-off comes sooner, the podcast link and the book online are ready the day you order.
We gave a book of stories about Mam to her for Christmas and she said it was the best gift she had received. There were some stories she had never heard! She felt really surrounded by love.
Want to write your own questions? Start a blank book
Order an extra printed copy for each of their children. Extra copies are a paid add-on in the app.
Send them the same link. They record from wherever they live, in any time zone, and a video works if they'd like to be seen.
Tell them what you'll do differently at work without them, or wish them well for what comes next.
Yes. Before the speeches is a good spot.
Yes. You can read the printed pages before you order, change the cover and the lettering, and add or swap photos.
Yes, if you turn chip-in on. Everyone who records can put money towards the book and saves their card. Their cards are charged when you go to pay, and it comes off what you pay. If you don’t finish paying, their money goes back within a week.