Katharina Buczek
This 30-year-old woman currently works at a pretty small company, so her team is quite tight-knit and close.
Her boss’ birthday is also right around the corner, which is why one of her coworkers – a 35-year-old woman – thought it’d be a nice idea for everyone to chip in and buy her boss a gift.
For some context, her boss is a man, and her coworker intends to buy him an expensive present – such as a fancy watch or something similar.
“My coworker is really enthusiastic about it and even started a group chat to plan everything,” she detailed.
But while she truly does like her boss, she still doesn’t feel comfortable dropping a ton of money on a birthday gift for him.
After all, he already earns a significantly higher salary than her and the rest of her coworkers.
“And I don’t think it should be our responsibility to get him something that costs hundreds of dollars,” she admitted.
Instead, she would much rather buy him something smaller and more meaningful. For instance, she believes a nice card would be thoughtful and definitely more affordable.
She tried to express her feelings to her coworker, too and revealed how she didn’t want to be involved in a big group gift. Well, to her surprise, her coworker was annoyed and acted pretty nasty about it.
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