Years of career an album to take with you.
A retirement farewell gathers those who shared years of offices, coffee breaks and projects. Fotelya turns it into a keepsake album: photos, videos and messages included.
The problem with retirement farewells
On the day itself, colleagues photograph speeches, emotions, the cake, then everyone returns to their tasks and the future retiree leaves empty-handed, with only a hastily signed card as a memento. Decades of professional life deserve better: colleagues' words, their faces and images of that last day together.
How Fotelya solves this
A QR code in the break room
The team creates the album and displays the QR code during the farewell, or shares it in advance to prepare the surprise.
Colleagues contribute
Photos from the day, team archives, written or voice messages: everyone adds their contribution.
A gift that lasts
The complete album is given to the retiree: original quality images and everyone's words.
What you gain
- The written and voice guestbook : colleagues' messages, in their own voices, preserved forever.
- The archives dug up : everyone uploads their old team photos, from seminars or work sites.
- The speeches on video : the emotions of the day, captured by everyone in the room.
- No friction : no app or account needed, the whole team participates, including the least tech-savvy.
- A collective gift that costs almost nothing , yet is worth more than any physical object.
Moments not to miss
A retirement farewell lasts only an hour or two, and no one is in charge of taking photos.
- The speech : what colleagues say on the day, never to be repeated.
- The gift presentation : the most photographed moment, often from uneven angles.
- Photos with each team : Often taken in quick succession, on different phones.
- The goodbyes : The end of the gathering, when the atmosphere loosens up.
Plan the code on the internal invitation: in a professional setting, the poster alone is rarely enough.
How many photos to expect
Over one to two hours, with 20 to 50 colleagues, expect one hundred to three hundred photos. Short but intense: everything happens during the speech and the gift presentation.