Group retirement gift
Someone still uses the advice they gave on a first day. Someone else remembers how they handled a difficult week. Collect those stories from across a career in a Starcard, where each voice is part of one gift the retiree can open and hear at home.
The long evening begins
Former colleagues and people they mentored may have moved on years ago. Inviting them brings earlier chapters of the retiree's working life into the farewell.
The calm phone call, the patient explanation, the joke before a long shift. Those details show the effect they had on people, alongside the achievements everyone knows.
Present the gift at the party without playing personal messages to the room. The retiree can take their time with each voice later, away from the speeches.
How it works
Add their name and the occasion, and record your own message if you want.
Share one link. Everyone can review their full recording and re-record before sending. You can approve messages without listening. Organizer previews play the first 4 seconds of every saved voice; the finished gift plays every message in full.
You can send them a link, or sit down with them and show them in person. They open one gift, and the recipient gets an interactive reveal.
Make a list with one current teammate, then ask a former colleague who else would like to join. Include mentees and family where appropriate. Invite clients only when the relationship and workplace rules allow it.
Try: 'What did they teach you that you still use?' or 'Tell them about a moment when they made work better.' Ask people to leave confidential details out and speak to the retiree directly, rather than deliver a formal tribute.
Start two or three weeks before the last working day when possible, since former coworkers can take longer to reach. Set the recording deadline before the farewell event and offer the finished gift for a private listen afterward.
Choose one colleague or family member to gather the names and share the recording link. Ask someone from an earlier team to help reach former coworkers. Keep participation optional, especially when organizing for a manager.
Each contributor records in their browser. There is no app to download. They can review the full take before sending, and you can approve messages without listening. Organizer previews play the first 4 seconds of every saved voice. The finished gift plays every message in full.
It costs less than a Starbucks coffee. One gift holds up to 25 contributors, and each message can run up to 3 minutes.
Send them off hearing exactly what they meant to everyone.
Start their retirement gift