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Lifer
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Ok, so there's this new guy here and he's been having a lot of trouble getting everything down and I've helped him a lot. He kept saying that he would get me a gift for helping him. Every time he told me this I would tell him he shouldn't do that.

Well, today he says he couldn't figure out what to get me and he hands me a $50 bill. I told him I couldn't accept that but he wouldn't take no for an answer. I feel a bit uncomfortable taking the money but he won't take it back.

Do I just take it and be happy?
 
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seepy83

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I wouldn't feel comfortable accepting a cash gift from a coworker. I get paid to do my job for a reason...my employer is the one who pays me, not my coworkers. If part of your job is to help him with whatever you've been helping him with, then you should just tell him that you're already paid for the work you have performed. If he wanted to buy you a couple drinks at happy hour, or something like that, it would be much more appropriate.
 
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seepy83 said:
I wouldn't feel comfortable accepting a cash gift from a coworker. I get paid to do my job for a reason...my employer is the one who pays me, not my coworkers. If part of your job is to help him with whatever you've been helping him with, then you should just tell him that you're already paid for the work you have performed. If he wanted to buy you a couple drinks at happy hour, or something like that, it would be much more appropriate.
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Pretty much this.
 
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Lifer
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JS80 said:
What did you exactly "help" him with?
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Just helping him do his job. Our training sucks ass, so this is like showing him what he needs to do with the case tracking software or helping him troubleshoot the cases he has.
 
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Pardus

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some offices have a gift dollar amount limitation, you may wanna check that out before you decide if you can accept or deny it.
 
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thepd7

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seepy83 said:
I wouldn't feel comfortable accepting a cash gift from a coworker. I get paid to do my job for a reason...my employer is the one who pays me, not my coworkers. If part of your job is to help him with whatever you've been helping him with, then you should just tell him that you're already paid for the work you have performed. If he wanted to buy you a couple drinks at happy hour, or something like that, it would be much more appropriate.
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lurk3r said:
Lunch and beer are the universal 'thanks for helpin my dumb ass' currency, cash is a little weird.
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This. Take him out "on him".
 
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lurk3r said:
Lunch and beer are the universal 'thanks for helpin my dumb ass' currency, cash is a little weird.
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My proposal.. Is to flip it on him.. Take him out to lunch or dinner + beer, spend the $50 and save the receipt *just in case*


At MOST someone would give a gift card or maybe an amex gift check, but cash is bizarre.
 
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no, i would really not take cash
i'd let him buy me lunch/steaks worth $50+ , but i would not accept cash in that scenario
tell him to buy you a $50 gift card to a steakhouse and then take him to lunch with it
 
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