Buying corporate birthday gifts for your staff presents unique challenges. In the interest of corporate culture and adding a personal touch, corporate birthday gifts are an important purchase. It is a delicate job to choose an appropriate corporate birthday gift that is not overly personal for the office.
There are a number of companies which provide corporate gift ideas. Browsing through some of the top online corporate gifts, I have discovered a handful of gifts that bridge the gap between the need for a gift and birthday gifts that cross the line, becoming too personal.
Many business experts recommend giving to charity in honor of employees and bosses.
Such a gift can be nondescript, yet highly personal at the same time. Certain charity gift card suppliers, such as CharityChoice Gift Cards, enable you to purchase a gift card for your staff, but allow the recipient to designate the charity. This adds a personal touch to a corporate gift.
Charity gift cards can be purchased in bulk and in different denominations. They offer flexibility and are an ideal gift idea for staff birthdays.
If you would like to give a gift card, but want your staff and employees to be able to spend it on themselves consider a gift card to a local restaurant. A thoughtful birthday gift idea, which reflects your office culture, is to give your staff a gift card for a special meal or lunch.
Restaurant gift cards can be purchased individually or in bulk from a restaurant’s corporate office. If you are unsure of a restaurant preference, give a certificate from a server like Restaruants.com. Restaurants.com allows the recipient flexibility in selecting a gift certificate to the restaurant of their choice.
Another recommendation for a corporate birthday gift is a gift card from a local retail store. Most employees and staff would enjoy a little shopping for their birthday. Retail gift cards are available in a variety of denominations. They are generic, but allow the gift recipient to purchase something personal.
When giving retail gift cards select and give gift cards from the same location for all staff birthdays.
Gift baskets are a traditional, but nonetheless, appropriate corporate gift idea for staff birthdays. There are a number of gift basket providers available online, such as Gourmet Gift Baskets. From fruit, to tea and cookies, to cheese and wine baskets, the variety makes corporate gift baskets a fantastic choice for staff birthday gifts.
The variety of corporate gift basket choices allows you to determine the amount you want to spend. Gift baskets can be ordered in bulk as holiday gifts, but the drawback of using gift baskets for staff birthday gifts is that they must be ordered as needed. This isn’t bad if you have an administrative person in charge of all birthday giving.
Often corporate officers buy season packages of athletic tickets to professional baseball, football, hockey, and basketball games. Tickets to major sporting events can be used both as corporate gifts for staff birthdays and gifts to major clients and executives. Season packages usually offer exceptional seating, which employees will enjoy. A birthday gift of four to six tickets allows your staff to enjoy the game with their friends and/or family.
Staff birthday gifts should generally be of equal value and quality to maintain a sense of fairness. This will also help avoid any controversy of favoritism based on your choice of office birthday gifts.
