group cards · retirements

A retirement card for a coworker the whole workplace signs

A long career means hundreds of people with a story about them. A paper card has room for a few signatures. This one holds up to 300 messages, from every team, branch and decade. Share one link, collect the stories, and the card opens on their last day with a cat in sunglasses who has clearly earned a vacation.

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HAPPY RETIREMENT

Linda!

From Everyone, past and present

AN EXAMPLE · ALREADY OPEN

THREE OF THE MESSAGES INSIDE

You hired me when I still wore a tie to interviews, and you never let me forget it. Thank you for everything.

— Marcus

The hammock is ready. The building is not.

— Jen

Ask Them Anything

You taught me how to argue with a vendor politely. Enjoy every single morning.

— Dana

what to write

What to write in a retirement card for a coworker

Tell them one thing they taught you or one story you still tell. Then wish them slow mornings.

Congratulations on your retirement. You trained three generations of this team, and we all still hear your voice when we double-check a number.

All those years and you never missed a Friday coffee round. Enjoy the mornings that belong only to you now.

Thank you for the quiet way you fixed problems before they reached the rest of us. The garden is lucky to get you next.

I hope retirement is full of long breakfasts and short to-do lists. You have earned every slow day.

Happy retirement. The office will be tidier and far less fun without you.

You were the person every new hire was told to go find. Thank you for always being findable.

Enjoy the fishing, the grandkids and never again hearing the phrase "quick status update."

Congratulations! Please come back for the holiday party. Attendance is not optional.

three tips

Three tips for organizing a retirement card

TIP 1

Start a month ahead

Retirement cards gather messages from people who left years ago, other offices and former managers. Finding and reaching them takes weeks, so start early.

TIP 2

Collect for two or three weeks, with a reminder

Share the link in company-wide channels and ask long-time colleagues to pass it to alumni. Post a reminder a week before the last day, then send.

TIP 3

Open it on the last day, at the party or at home

Schedule the card for their farewell gathering, or for the first morning of retirement when the alarm does not go off. Both work.

how it works

How a retirement card works here

STEP 1

Start the retirement card

Pick Retirement, add their name and last day, and choose when the card should open.

STEP 2

Everyone adds a story

Share one link across teams, offices and alumni. People add a memory, an award or a doodle, with no account.

STEP 3

It opens on the big day

They tap the envelope, a ukulele tune plays, bubbles float up, and the stories arrive one at a time.

questions

Retirement card questions

How many people can sign a retirement card?

Up to 300 messages fit on one card, so a whole company or several branches can sign. Each message can have a sticker, an award and a doodle.

Can retired colleagues and people outside the company sign?

Yes. Anyone with the signing link can add a message, and no account is needed. Email or text the link to alumni and former managers.

Can we collect over several weeks?

Yes. There is no deadline on signing. Keep the link open as long as you like, then send the card when you are ready. Unsent drafts are deleted 90 days after the last activity.

Can they read it again after they retire?

Yes. The recipient link keeps working for 12 months after the card opens, so they can reread the stories from home. Then the card is deleted automatically.

Can we print it?

The card is made for the screen, with an opening envelope and messages that arrive one by one. You can download a picture of the card front, with their name, the cat and the awards, to print or post.

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