A send-off to remember
A career’s worth of thank-yous, in one film
Colleagues, friends, and family scan a QR code and record their memories, gratitude, and well-wishes. Within 24 hours the guest of honor receives an edited tribute film.
Try it like a guest — see the demo →
Picture it
From the whole team
Most colleagues never say the thing they actually think about someone until the leaving card comes round, and then they write “all the best”. Given a question to answer instead, the same people talk for a minute about what that person taught them.
From past colleagues
The people who worked most closely with a retiree are often the ones who left years ago. They are the easiest to reach and the most often forgotten, and a link forwarded through two or three old contacts usually finds them.
At the party
Speeches at a send-off come from three or four senior people. Everyone else claps. A code on the tables lets the rest of the room say something without standing up in front of colleagues.
A lasting tribute
Thirty years of work usually ends with a card and a lunch. A film of forty people describing what someone was actually like to work with is the only record of that career they will ever be given.
How it works
Place the QR code
On the office noticeboard, the party tables, or the email invite.
Guests scan & record
No app to install. They scan and record a message straight from their phone.
Receive the film
Within 24 hours you receive a beautifully edited tribute film, plus each individual video.
Organising a send-off film when you are not the one retiring
You are collecting on someone else’s behalf
Retirement is the one occasion here where the person being celebrated is not the person organising it. That changes the job: you are chasing colleagues, working around a leaving date you did not choose, and keeping it quiet if it is meant to be a surprise.
One person should own it. Shared responsibility across a team reliably produces nothing until the week before. Whoever owns it needs the link, a deadline, and permission to remind people twice.
Do not forget the people who already left
The colleagues who mattered most to a thirty-year career are often the ones who moved on five or ten years ago. They are the people whose messages land hardest, and they are the easiest group to overlook because they are not on the internal mailing list.
Ask the retiree’s closest colleague to name five people who left. Forward the link to them and ask each to forward it once more. That single step usually adds more messages than the all-staff email does.
What to ask people to say
The default message is “congratulations, enjoy the retirement, you deserve it”. Forty of those is a chore, and it tells the retiree nothing they did not already assume.
Ask a question instead. “What did you learn from working with her?” “What is the one story about him that people still tell?” “When did she get you out of trouble?” These produce specifics, and specifics are what makes someone cry at their own leaving party.
Put the question on the sign and in the email. People answer what they are asked.
Shift patterns and distributed teams
Offices are easy. Hospitals, factories, retail and anything with night shifts are not, because there is no hour when everyone is available and no noticeboard everyone passes.
Collection closes the day after the event by default. If your team is spread across sites or rotas and you need a longer window, write to us and we will extend it. It is a common request from workplaces and we are glad to accommodate it.
Where the budget usually sits
This is normally paid from a team whip-round or a small HR budget, alongside the card and the gift. At the price of a couple of bottles of wine, it tends to be the least contested line in the collection.
If you organise send-offs regularly, whether in HR or as an event professional, volume pricing is available on the pro page rather than buying one at a time.
When to set up & how to share
When to activate your space
Set up your space a couple of weeks before — add the retiree’s name, choose nostalgic or grateful music, and share your QR code.
Spread the QR code as widely as you can
- ✓Pin the QR code to the office noticeboard and the break room.
- ✓Email the QR code and link to the team and past colleagues, and drop it in the work or family group chat, so remote and former colleagues can record too.
- ✓Place it on the tables at the send-off party.
- ✓Ask a manager to remind everyone to record a message.
Put it on your signage and send it privately to your guest list — WhatsApp, group chats, SMS — so even the people who can’t be there in person add their video.
What you receive
Made for your event
Questions
Can remote colleagues contribute?
Yes. Share the link and anyone can record from their phone or laptop, whether they are in the office, working from home, or on another site.
Can we collect messages over several days?
Collection closes the day after your event by default. If colleagues are spread across sites or shifts and you need longer, write to us and we can extend the window.
How do we reach colleagues who have already left the company?
Forward them the link directly. Ask the retiree’s closest colleague to name a few people who moved on, and ask each of them to forward it once more — former colleagues often send the most memorable messages and are the easiest group to miss.
What should we ask people to say?
Give one specific question rather than an open invitation. “What did you learn from working with her?” produces something worth watching; “say a few words” produces forty versions of “congratulations, enjoy your retirement”.
Do colleagues need to install anything?
No. They scan the code and the recording page opens in their browser. No app, no account, and nothing for IT to approve.
Can we keep it a surprise?
Yes, and most teams do. Collect quietly in the weeks before, then play the finished film at the send-off or hand it over privately.
How long can each message be?
Up to 60 seconds per person, which is enough for one story told properly.
What do we receive?
One edited tribute film, delivered within 24 hours of the collection closing, plus every individual video to download and keep.
We organise send-offs regularly — is there a volume rate?
Yes. HR teams and event professionals can see volume pricing on the pro page rather than buying one event at a time.
Does this work outside the United States?
Yes — anywhere in the world. Nothing ships to you: your QR code is delivered online the moment you pay, and your guests record in their phone’s browser. It works the same in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, across Europe and anywhere else. Prices are shown in US dollars and your card is charged the equivalent in your own currency.
What language is it in?
The recording page, your dashboard and the wording in your film are in English. Your guests can speak whatever language they like — nothing is transcribed or translated, so their message appears exactly as they recorded it.