Farewell gift for a colleague: a song from the whole team
When a colleague leaves the team, a personalised song is the gift everyone gives together. It gathers your anecdotes into one piece the person keeps, for a job change or parental leave just as much as for retirement.
Herzlied €49 · Lieblingslied €79 · Meisterstück €149 · ready in 24 to 72 hours
Why a song, and not the card that goes around
A farewell song is a gift the whole team gives together. Instead of a card where ‘all the best’ appears twenty times, or a voucher that ends up in a drawer, the song folds the shared time into one piece the person keeps and can play again.
The value lies in the personal. Everyone signs a shared card; a song tells of the one project, the running gag, the line only this team knows. That is exactly what separates a polite goodbye from one the person still remembers years later.
Two farewells, two tones
A job change does not sound like a retirement. The questionnaire sets the tone accordingly.
When someone leaves the team
For a move to another role, what counts is the shared chapter, not the goodbye itself. The song holds on to what grew over that time: the projects that went sideways and ended well anyway, the running gag, the line the person always said. The tone can stay light here, with a wink.
When a working life comes to an end
Retirement is more than a move: a whole chapter of a life closes. Here the song carries a tone that honours the years without slipping into pathos. For the private side of retirement, given by family and friends rather than colleagues, there is a dedicated page: Song for retirement.
What colleagues can contribute
The more concrete the contributions, the more personal the song. A precise detail carries further than three polite phrases.
The farewell song in three steps
Four to six weeks of lead time is ideal so the team can gather calmly. The production time itself is 24 to 72 hours, so even if you hear late, you still make it.
The team gathers
One person takes on the collecting and asks the team for anecdotes, projects and the one line. Ten minutes per colleague is enough.
Fill in the questionnaire
The gathered notes go into the questionnaire, along with the occasion, the tone and the style you want. The more concrete, the more personal the song.
Receive it and hand it over
The finished song arrives digitally, within 24 to 72 hours depending on the package. You hear it first, then play it at the send-off.
Which package fits a farewell
For most send-offs the Herzlied (€49) is enough. It delivers a complete, personal song that does its work at the leaving drinks. Split as a team gift, it comes to only a few euros per person.
The Meisterstück (€149) is worth it when the song should be longer, when a long working life deserves more verses, or when the gift should come out as a video. It includes the commercial rights and a Spotify release, so the person can find their song again at any time. The packages compared are on the pricing page. If it is a long work anniversary rather than a farewell, see the Song for a work anniversary.
Questions about the farewell song
The Herzlied is €49, the Lieblingslied €79, the Meisterstück €149. As a shared team gift the share per person stays small: across ten colleagues, even the Meisterstück comes to under €15 each. For most send-offs the Herzlied is enough; the Meisterstück is worth it when the song should run longer or be released as a video with a Spotify publication.
Gather the stories, we make the song
One person gathers the team’s anecdotes, the questionnaire is quickly filled in, the song arrives within 24 to 72 hours depending on the package. You hear it yourselves before the send-off.
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