Coworkers can become friends, especially after you endure a series of hard projects – or a number of years – together. Whether you need a gift for the Yankee swap/white elephant, Secret Santa, or just a good office gift, we’ve got you covered. Use our price slider to set the budget for your workplace present swap and peruse our list of the best gifts for coworkers.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon This electronic hand warmer can save those of your coworkers who find the space you work in way too cold. Even if your office isn’t necessarily on the chilly side, there will certainly be coworkers who are too cold to work effectively.
This is especially true if your workplace is based around computer work; it can be difficult to type when your hands are freezing. Taking the form of a mobile power bank, these simple devices offer a gentle warming surface with three heat settings to hold back any hand numbness during the day. When it isn’t being used to warm the hands, it can double as a phone charger, as well.
Zippo also makes a rechargeable hand warmer with five heat settings.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Admittedly, most modern offices don’t have a regular need for a stapler, but if yours does, you can gift someone the iconic stapler. Did you know that at the time Office Space came out, Swingline didn’t actually make a red stapler? The set designer had them spraypainted for the movie, but once it became a cult classic, Swingline decided to release one to satisfy the ongoing demand.
There’s a variant available from Swingline, as well.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon About ten times a day, I think of something I want to say on a call or to a coworker that I really shouldn’t. If you have a coworker suffering the same fate, get them this journal into which they can inscribe the thoughts that would get them fired the fastest. There are a bunch of different versions of this notebook, including the painfully appropriate I Survived Another Meeting That Was About a Meeting.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Anyone who loves dogs and coffee equally will enjoy reciving this gift pack starter kit from Grounds & Hounds. In addition to roasting 100 percent Fair Trade, organic coffee, they also donate 20 percent of proifts to various animal rescue organizations nationwide.
This starter kit includes three 12 ounce bags of the following blends:
- Morning Walk Breakfast Blend: Full bodied, with hints of toffee and toasted nuts
- Paper & Slippers Medium Roast: brownies followed by a rich fruit blackberry note
- Alpha Blend Dark Roast: Bold with cocoa and vanilla
If you prefer, there’s also a starter kit with six ounce bags. You could also consider coffee gift baskets to give, as well.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Looking for a work-safe party game to gift? Few things are more wholesome than a good pun, and this game revolves around finding whom in your office can come up with the best ones.
It’s simple: you draw two prompts and get 90 seconds to come up with a pun that combines them. The main game comes with 220 cards, which can be increased with the Wild Things and Food Fight expansion packs.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Do you have standing desks in your office? Do you work at a counter all day? Perhaps your coworker could benefit from one of these. It’s a platform meant to encourage subtle movement and activity throughout the workday by keeping you in motion at all times. You burn more calories, increase range of motion, and have greater focus when using one of these decks.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Based on the related book, this button will offer five phrases of encouragement to anyone in listening distance. Perfect for the holiday crush in retail or for the major client wins.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Paper planners are popular right now, in part as a response to everything being so digital. Writing things down also helps you remember. Help your coworkers remember and track everything they need to stay on top of with this handy planner, which includes several different useful layouts. If you’re looking for more notebook ideas, check out our best paper notebook post here.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Taking confrence calls using a laptop camera can be a little bit tricky. The angle is awkward when in the normal position and any typing creates thunderous noise on the other end. Solve both using this super compact laptop stand that can be taken anywhere. It’s also useful for changing the angle you look at your computer screen, which can alleviate back pain in some cases.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Do you have a perpetually-sleepy coworker who hates coffee? Perk them up with these chocolate treats that contain as much caffeine as a cup of coffee. These are the caramel ones, but they make milk chocolate and dark chocolate, too.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Keto diets are really big right now, so if you’ve got a coworker trying to stick to their new eating plan, this gift will give them a hand. There are 20 pieces in here including, but not limited to Raw Rev Glo Peanut Butter & Sea Salt Protein Bar, Utz Pork Rinds, Parmesan and Cheddar Cheese Cello Whisps, Royal Hawaiian Orchards Macadamia Nuts, Mission Meats Grass Fed Graze Bar and more.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Everyone needs a hobby outside of work, so rather than giving your coworker a candle (which still isn’t a bad idea, perhaps a Christmas candle?), you can gift them a candle making kit. This will give them a great activity for unwinding from work stress that will result in candles that can be burned for further relaxation.
This kit includes enough materials to make four candles, including: four dye blocks, four fragrances (Clean Cotton, Lavender, Coconut Lime, Cinnamon Vanilla), four 8 ozx soy wax bags, melting pot, thermometer, two round candle tins, two square candle tins with covers, four cotton wicks, four glue dots, four warning Labels, four stirring sticks, four clips and instructions.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Admittedly, it’s a little weird to get your coworker socks, but if you have that kind of relationship or you want to go for a gag gift, these are a great choice. Give these to the procrastinator extraordinaire on your team. Everyone has at least one.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Got a coworker obsessed with their Apple watch? Grab this dock, which accommodates both an iPhone and Apple’s inductive charger. This gives their watch some place to be while they work and ensures that it’s charged up for the lunch time run or for when they leave for the day.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon If you and your coworkers can’t escape the endless treadmill of semi-pointless meetings, you might as well read up on how to look good in them. This humorous guide will, if nothing else, generate a few laughs. You never know, though, there could be something actually useful in here depending on your office.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a coffee addict. This mug perfectly expresses my relationship with the office before my first cup. Nevermind the fact that I usually have four or five. If you think about it, this is actually kind of a public service — you’re avoiding interpersonal issues by letting folks know when is best to approach you with that work crisis.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon I always struggle to remember to drink water during a hectic workday. Help your fellow coworkers stay hydrated with this attractive tumbler. Just as good for iced drinks from Starbucks as it is for good, old fashioned water throughout the day. These feel pretty substantial and the covering has a very pleasant texture.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Whether you work at a female-led startup or are just looking to mentor the femmes around you, this book can be another source of inspiration for entrepreneurial coworkers. The stories contained herein can help inspire your coworkers to build their ideal career combining the spirit of perserverance and creative thinking.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Do you work in a perpetually stressful office? Do your coworkers often feel like punching something? Better to give them a safe target, preferably attached to their desk. Even if no one ever uses it, it’s good for a sight gag. Perhaps the person who gets this will put it in a communal area so everyone can benefit from the stress-relieving exercise.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Upgrade your coworker’s home security with this simple device. The August Smart Lock is a smartphone-enabled keyless home entry system, also known as a smart door lock. Unlike other similar solutions, the August Smart Lock is made to fit <em>over</em> your existing deadbolt rather than be installed in place of it.
Included in the box are three different deadbolt adapters to match various brands. Simply remove the back side of your existing deadbolt, determine which adapter works best, and install the August Smart Lock in its place. After pairing your smartphone using the August app, the door will automatically unlock when you arrive so you don’t have to put down anything you might be carrying to fish out your keys.
You also have the ability to create guest keys, which can be revoked at any time. This is handy for dog walkers and house sitters, as well as anyone else you trust. It’s also not much bigger than a deadbolt, which keeps the look of your door clean and tidy and requires no additional hardware. Four AA batteries provide 3-6 months of use.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Keeping up your enthusiasm about work day in and day out can be a struggle, so give these cards to a coworker who could use some encouragement from time to time.
This set features 50 cards with affirmations on them to remind folks to re-frame thoughts and stay focused on their goals, both personally and professionally. The deck is based on the standard Affirmators version, but with more of a focus on workplace concerns. There’s also a Family version and a Love & Relationships version.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Surely you remember Choose Your Own Adventure books from your childhood. You read them with one finger stuck in the page you turned from, just in case you made the wrong decision and had to go back. Okay, well, I read them that way, anyway. This book is a “Choose Your Own Misery” tale. Filled with adult and sometimes gross outcomes, you can use this to choose your miserable fate when things are slow at work. The writers used to contribute to The Onion, so you know this will be worth your while.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon These desktop mood cards serve the dual purpose of being practically useful and amusing. The set comes with 30 pre-made cards including “Out to Lunch”, “Longest Day Ever”, “Save Me” and more. They also include a few blanks and a dry erase marker so the recipient can craft their own clever messages.
I’d use mine to indicate if I was on vacation or perhaps what work cycle I was in, like final deliverables or production or something along those lines. Although, I have to admit, the simplicity of the pre-made “Super Busy” one almost always applies.
An alternative version is available from Posh & Polly.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Not everyone you work with loves their job. For the coworker who is just there to pay the bills until they can figure out what the want to do with their lives, you can inspire their entrepreneurial spirit by giving them this. Small ideas can become big successes and this book helps to encourage that kind of thinking.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon I don’t know about your coworkers, but the folks in my office drink a lot of tea. Maybe the calming effect of tea helps to cope with the stresses of the workday. Certainly some people drink it in place of coffee which, of course, I can’t understand, but I support their decision nevertheless. This gift box includes 48 bags of the following varieties: English Breakfast, Earl Grey, decaffeinated breakfast, lemon & orange, pure assam, green with Jasmine, organic peppermint, and organic chamomile.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Do you work in a noisy workplace? Plenty of people are stuck in the middle of the room with conversations going on around them, making it difficult to concentrate on the work task at hand. Gift your coworker this pair of noise cancelling headphones so they can mute the noise around them and get down to business. As far as noise cancelling headphones go, this price is very good. You can also opt for the version without noise cancelling for $10 less. Of course, if you really like your fellow employee, you could spring for Bose QuietComfort 35 Wireless Headphones, but you’d have to like them an awful lot.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon You can go one of two ways with this gift. The first is obvious: giving your coworker a place to display pictures of their family for their workspace. This will hold six frames to cover all their family members and maybe even the dog.
Alternatively, you could go the humorous route and gather pictures of all your other coworkers and present this to them with the frames filled. Depending on the workplace, this could be reflective of the family atmosphere your job encourages or it could make a great gag gift.
There are other styles to choose from, as well, including this one in darker finish and one with abstract round leaves.
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This one features 12 watts of power and can play up to 24 hours on a charge. It’s also IPX7 rated waterproof, which means it can safely be used outdoors, as well. Bluetooth 4.2 gives it a range of 66 feet with line of sight. Choose from blue or black.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon At least once a week, I’m in a meeting away from my desk where I need to take notes. Be it a client handoff call or a brainstorming session, I usually have to jot a few things down. This notebook belongs to the next generation of writing things down. By using the companion app, you can use your smartphone to instantly beam your handwritten notes to any cloud-based service like Dropbox, Google, or Evernote. Then, once you’ve stored and shared them, you can pop this notebook in the microwave to erase it and start fresh. That’s only possible if you’re using Pilot FriXion pens, but it’s still a pretty amazing innovation.
In a similar vein, there’s also the Evernote edition Moleskine that will also easily transfer your notes to your devices.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon If the above two items reminded you that we’re still doing a lot of writing even in this digital age, you’re probably thinking about writing implements now. And while you could leave your coworker to rely on whatever they can find in the supply closet, giving them a nice pen is also an option. Parker is the standard-bearer for worthwhile pens and this one comes with an entire kit to make the most of it. The implement itself is a matte black and gold fountain pen with excellent balance. It comes with four ink cartridges, extra ink, a bottled ink converter for easy refills, and a cleaning cloth.
For more pen ideas, check out our best ballpoint pens and best rollerball pens posts.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon It’s happened to all of us at some point: spilling a totally full cup of beverage all over the desk. Depending on what you do for a living, this could be a real disaster, nevermind the normal threat of potentially destroying your computer. This high-end clip-on cup holder will remove the threat of that all together. Good for mugs, cans, cups of various sizes, and travel vessels, this little foldable device will keep your liquids out of your way. It folds down when not in use and can be clipped with one hand, similar to a guitar capo. You can also get much cheaper versions, but they aren’t quite as elegantly designed.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Have you ever noticed that no one in an office can agree on a comfortable temperature? Partly this is down to biology, but there also seems to be no good setting for a large, open office space. People by the windows will always be too warm or too cold, while people in the middle tend to be the opposite. In my office, plenty of people use space heaters to regulate the temperature of their desk area. This one is particularly nice and includes the touch of design, as well as oscillation. There’s a seven hour timer with automatic shut-off, which, wouldn’t you know it, just about covers a workday. If you don’t want to spend quite this much, there are, of course, cheaper options.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon It seems to me that almost everyone uses two monitors these days. It’s much, much quicker than constantly window switching. A monitor riser helps with that by boosting the second monitor and giving a comfortable vertical workspace. This is especially good for setups like mine, where the company’s computer is a laptop. My second monitor sits on a riser like this behind it. This one comes with a bunch of convenient storage to keep the desk neat, too.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Do you have a coworker retiring in the near future? Or perhaps one who recently retired with whom you’re still in touch?
This funny novelty gift will help them manage requests now that they’re on the other side of worklife. This pack includes 50 cards sized to the standard business card dimensions for them to give anyone that might make the mistake of thinking they still work.
If you prefer, Thingamagift has a variant of these in a slightly different design.
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If your coworker frequently travels abroad for work (or even for pleasure), this makes a lovely practical gift that can hold a passport and credit cards and keep them safe. It’s available in over 40 different colors and measures 5.9 inches by 3.9 inches by just over half an inch.
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Just like the Mixology Dice we put on our best gifts for bartenders list, these dice include a protein, a cooking method, a grain, a seasoning, a bonus ingredient, and four seasonal veggie dice. Works for vegetarians, too.
You can opt for this cinch bag or the glass and cork variation.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon Frequent business travelers will be able to make use of this handy, travel-sized garment steamer. Give this to any coworker who often finds themselves on the road.
This 240 milliliter steaming iron can operate for 15 minutes on a fill, which should be enough to gently remove the wrinkles from just about any garment.
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This one comes in five and 7.5 inch sizes and includes inner mesh pockets and straps to keep everything tidy within. A divider adds storage and keeps things separated.
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While a full-size cornhole set is probably more than you’d budget to spend on a coworker, this desktop set works as a gag or novelty gift, for Yankee Swaps, or just as a little humorous token of appreciation.
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Shop now at Amazon From Amazon If you’re looking for something that will look beautiful on a desk and serve as something to fidget with, consider these stone-shaped wooden balancing blocks.
These wood rocks are very pleasant to touch and are lightly finished in jojoba oil and beeswax. Wood varies by the set, but you’ll get 11 pieces that might include the following species: Walnut, Cherry, Aromatic Eastern Red Cedar, Sassafras, Oak, Mulberry, Hickory, Sycamore, Ash, Tulip Poplar, Maple, Osage Orange, and Pecan.
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If it’s gifts reminiscent of the 80s you’re after, there are many 80s gifts to choose from.
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Included in this set is 3.2 ounces of Shea Butter Hand Repair Cream, 4.3 ounces of Coconut Foot Creme, a small tin of Hand Salve, one of the aforementioned Lip Balm, one of Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream, and one of the multipurpose Res-Q Ointment.
There’s also the Tips and Toes Kit, as well as holiday gift sets, if you want to go on-theme.
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