A three-month subscription of freshly roasted whole bean, single-origin coffees

If they’re practically tethered to the coffee pot, they’ll probably love the thoughtfulness of a three-month subscription to this cool Brooklyn startup’s beans. Driftaway sends freshly roasted, whole bean, single-origin coffees from around the world to their doorstep.

If your team includes a bookworm, they’ll appreciate a gift subscription to Book of the Month. It’s been around since 1926, and it’s credited with the discovery of titles like “Gone with the Wind” and “Catcher in the Rye”. A team of experts and celebrity guest judges curate must-read books — usually new releases, hot topics, and debut authors — and send them to the subscriber’s doorstep. If your coworker is more into audiobooks or e-reading, check out a gift subscription to Scribd (full review here).

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The best gift ideas for coworkers (yes, your boss included)

The holidays are upon us which means it’s time to agonize over what gifts are appropriate to bring to the office party. Whether you’re shopping for your desk mate, office mentor, or head honcho, we’ve got the best gift ideas for coworkers.

This can be a hard decision, but you don’t have to make it one this year. Our selection of the best gifts to get your boss has it all; sophisticated gifts, gag gifts, and perfectly neutral gifts that’ll leave them patting your back and shaking your hand at the office party.

1) Classy Notebook for Everyday Use: Hardcover Spiral Notebook

This is a great option for any boss who likes to stay analog and write their thoughts out on paper. With blank pages and graph pages, your boss will be able to tackle any problem that comes their way.

2) The Best Way to Stay Organized: The Strategist Planner Gift Set

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3) Help Keep Their Device Clean and Charged: Oblio Wireless Charger & UV Cleaner

4) Give the Gift of Creation: Brushstroke 800-Piece Puzzle

This 800-piece puzzle, designed by artist and influencer EttaVee, is the perfect way for your boss to wind down and relax. Who knows, maybe they’ll even frame it and hang it up in the office once they’re done.

5) The Perfect Travel Kit for Necessities: Metro Folio Kit

Your boss will be able to fit all their gadgets in this on-the-go bag, including their charger, mini tablet, pens, notebooks, and more. It’s a mini office no matter where they end up over the holiday season.

6) Stay Clean On-The-Go: UV Stick Portable Sterilizer

Your boss can take this wherever they go and keep their phone, tablet, laptop and other items virus- and bacteria-free by using ultraviolet light. The USB charger cord also lets you charge the device up practically anywhere.

7) Get Personal but Not Too Personal: ‘Script’ Personalized Blanket

This particular blanket allows for a personalized monogram design, it’s the easiest way to stay professional while still being personal. Whenever your boss cozies up on the couch for a Netflix night, they’ll think of you (whether you like it or not).

8) A Crowd-Pleasing Sweet Treat: Best of Dylan’s Candy Bar Bucket

For those trying to play it safe, this collection of sweet confections is the best bet for a happy boss. Full of candies, chocolates, and coated chips, this bucket will have a little something for everyone.

9) Help Class-Up the Office: Memo Tray & Notepad

10) Splurge on Plant Self-Care: SmallGarden Smart Garden

If you’re willing to spend a little extra this season on your boss’s holiday gift, this smart indoor garden is the way to go. No need for sunlight, or day-to-day attendance, as this garden comes outfitted with its own self-watering system, grow lights, and an IOS-compatible app.

Best Gift Ideas For Your Coworkers

Shopping for coworkers during the holidays is either like shopping for a good friend, or a very distant acquaintance. Regardless of whether you eat lunch together every day or simply share a passing wave in the halls, here are the best gift ideas for coworkers.

1) Switch to Sustainable Drinking: 16-Ounce Insulated Travel Mug

Reusable travel mugs are all the rage among commuting workers. If you have a coworker that is attached at the hip to their reusable mug, give the gift of a refresh with this amazing insulated stanless steel chiller.

2) Stop Shoving Squares into Circles With This Ice Tray: Water Bottle Ice Tray

There might be nothing more annoying than trying to shove a square ice cube into a circular water bottle opening. For bottle-carrying office friends, this ice tray will be one of the best gift ideas for coworkers.

The tray creates five individual ice spheres that ensure seamless and quick cooling for any circular bottle opening. Thanks to the genius design of this ice tray, all pesky freezer flavors will be kept out for a fresh cool every time.

3) Help Them Find A New Signature Scent: Fragrance Discovery Set

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Sometimes we find ourselves in a scent rut using the same old fragrance, scared to try anything new. When a good scent can be upwards of $100, it’s no surprise that many just stick to what they know.

Help your coworker discover a new world of fragrance this holiday season with this fragrance discovery set complete with six signature miniature scents. It’s one of the best gifts for coworkers this holiday season.

4) Achieve Theater Level Popcorn At Home: Fresh Pop Popcorn Maker

Thanks to this Fresh Pop popcorn maker, you can give your coworker the gift of a mini at-home concession stand this holiday season. If you’re lucky, maybe you’ll get an invite for movie night!

5) Add Sustainability to the Laundry Routine: Pack of 6 Wool Dryer Balls

These six wool dryer balls will fluff towels, soften bedding, and cut drying time in half. Help your coworker say goodbye to single-use drying sheets, and hello to reusable wool dryer balls.

6) For the Quick Cocktail Lover: 18-Piece Luxe Bubbles Mimosa Sugar Cube Set

7) Give the New Best Advent Calendar Just In Time for Christmas: 24 Days of Tea Advent Calendar

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While grown up’s love advent calendars, it’s quite hard to find adequate chocolate in most of them. Instead of letting your coworker give up on this time-honored tradition, give them the next best thing; a tea themed advent calendar.

8) The Best Slow Burning Candle for the Office: x Kacey Musgraves Slow Burn Scented Candle

This limited-edition candle will fill their home with warm and spicy scents. Black pepper, incense, raspberry, and tonka are a few of the smells they’ll be reveling in as they enjoy this mood-setting Christmas gift.

9) Trust in the Rechargeable Lighter: Motli® Light USB Rechargeable Lighter

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10) Best Scent Without A Flame: Holiday Reed Diffuser

If your coworker likes the scent of pomegranate, mandarin orange, pine, cloves and cinnamon with a hint of vanilla and amber, but can’t get it by lighting a candle in the office, this is the next best way to achieve it.

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Source:

https://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/gifts/gifts-for-employees
https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/gifts/gifts-for-coworkers
https://www.dailydot.com/dot-recs/best-gift-ideas-for-coworkers/