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For the one who’s earned the lie-in

Every year of it in one envelope: a letter from everyone, a photo from each decade, the team on video. Kept for good.

Half price on your first, with code FIRSTLETTER

CertificateEngraved border, an embossed crest, ribbon tails.

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How to send a retirement envelope

  1. 01

    Write it, add the rest

    The letter, the photos, a video and the gift card. About five minutes, on your phone or at a desk. No account to make first.

  2. 02

    Seal it. Set the day.

    Their name goes on the front. Send it tonight, or keep it sealed until their morning, in their time zone, with a countdown until then.

    Opens on their morning · their time zone
  3. 03

    Send one link

    By text, email or any chat. They tap the seal, the flap lifts, and the pieces come out one at a time. No app for either of you.

Retirement envelopes

Certificate is the one most retirement envelopes go in: engraved border, an embossed crest, ribbon tails. Pick the one that’s them. Their name goes on the front, they tap the seal, and the flap lifts.

What to put in a retirement envelope

Up to ten pieces in one retirement envelope: letters, postcards, videos and the gift card you bought. You decide what goes in and the order it comes out.

This is what they’d open.

ExampleTomas to Maren, on her thirtieth. Tap the stamp and it opens here, the way it opens for her.

Read the whole envelope

Example with made-up names. Yours opens with theirs.

Inside: his letter, two photos and a gift

Their name, on the front

PAR AVION
Maren

TAP THE STAMP

Inside: his letter, two photos and a gift

Moving on

All 58 occasions
Leaving workThank youBig birthdayCongratulationsWork anniversary & promotion

How much does a retirement envelope cost?

Priced per retirement envelope, never per piece. Paid once, no subscription, and it stays open for good.

A RETIREMENT ENVELOPE$3.99
  • Letters of any length
  • Your photos as postcards
  • The gift card you bought, wrapped
  • Up to ten pieces, sealed until the day
WITH A VIDEO+ $2.50$6.49
  • Everything in the envelope
  • A video of you, up to 1 GB
  • Straight off your phone, it plays inside
  • More videos add nothing

Half price on your first, with code FIRSTLETTER

Preview it before you pay.

What to write in a retirement card

For a colleague, a boss, a parent, and the one who trained you.

  • Thirty-one years, and the printer still only works for you. We have no plan for Monday.
  • You taught me how to do this job, mostly by doing it properly while I watched.
  • Enjoy the lie-ins. You have earned every one, and several of ours.
  • No more alarms, no more meetings, no more Mondays. We are not jealous. We are very jealous.
  • The place will run without you. Not as well, and nobody will know where anything is.
  • Thank you for every time you stayed late so the rest of us didn’t have to.
  • Now for the garden, the trip and the book, in whichever order the weather allows.
  • Retired is not gone. First Thursday of the month, the usual place. We’ll save your seat.

Not sure what to write? Start from one of ours.

Whole letters, written for the occasion and ready to send as they are. Start your envelope with one and make it yours: it’s addressed to whoever you put on the front.

Addressed and signed with the names on your envelope. Change any word you like.

Dear Pat,

Thirty-one years, and the printer still only works for you. We have no plan for Monday.

You taught most of us how to do this job, mostly by doing it properly while we watched. You stayed late so the rest of us didn’t have to, and never once mentioned it.

The place will run without you. Not as well, and nobody will know where anything is.

Enjoy the lie-ins, the garden and the trip you keep talking about. You’ve earned every one of them.

With thanks, and a little envy,
Your name

When to send it

Set it to open at the leaving do, when the speeches start, and put it on the big screen; everyone with the link sees the same countdown. Or set it for nine on the first Monday they don’t have to be anywhere, with the tea.

Start three weeks ahead. The people who left years ago take longest to find, and they are the ones who most want to be in it.

Opens on their morning · their time zone
Seal it. Set the day.

Their name goes on the front. The day goes on the seal.

Send it tonight, or keep it sealed until their morning, in their time zone, with a countdown until then.

Opens on their morning · their time zoneGus the goose, checking his watch

Retirement envelope questions

Can it open at the retirement do?

Yes. Set it to open when the speeches start and send the link beforehand. Everyone with it sees the same countdown, and it can go on a screen.

What should I write in a retirement card?

One thing they did that nobody else could, a thank you for something specific, and a good wish for what comes next. Leave out the jokes about age; the ones about Mondays are fine.

Will they keep it after the work email goes?

Yes, for good. It is a link of their own, not something in the work inbox, so it stays after the account goes. They can open it as often as they like and save their own copy of the video.

What does it cost?

$3.99 for the letter and photos; $6.49 with the video of everyone. Paid once, for all thirty years.

What is a retirement envelope?

A retirement card has a line from each of you and room for none of the years. This is a letter about what they built and who they taught, a photo from each decade at the place, and a video of the people they worked with, the ones who left years ago too. Set it to open at the leaving do, or on the first Monday they don’t have to be anywhere. From $3.99, paid once.

It’s one link that opens like an envelope on their phone, with a letter of any length, your photos as postcards, a video straight off your phone, and the gift card you bought them, wrapped. No app and no account, for you or for them.

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Reminders

Not sending one today?

We’ll remind you a week or so before the days people send envelopes for: a few emails a year, and one click stops them.