61 Messages to Write in an Office Birthday Card For Your Work Colleague or Employee

Birthdays at work. This isn't just any old day at the office.

Spirits are lifted. There's cake involved. Maybe even some non-alcoholic bubbly.

But what should you write in an office birthday card?

When the entire team or department is writing their well wishes, it can be hard to think of an original message; something a little more meaningful than just signing your name.

Perhaps you want to wish them a happy birthday in a professional way. Or you might also be friends outside of work and want something funny or silly to make them smile. Whether a colleague, boss or employee, read on to discover a whole host of messages to make sure you're everyone's favourite co-worker.

And you will now forever be known as the best birthday card writer in the whole company...

SHORT & SWEET

Maybe you don't know the person that well. You might work in an enormous department. So, you can keep it professional and simple with one of these shorter messages.

• Happy birthday to a very special colleague.

• Wishing you a wonderful year ahead.

• You always brighten up the workplace.

• Don't forget to celebrate with cake!

• Wishing you a relaxing birthday.

• Hope that your birthday is as special as you are.

• May you have a great year full of happiness and success.

• Just a quick note to wish you a happy birthday.

• Enjoy your special day.

• It's great working with you. Happy birthday!

• Thank you for being the best co-worker.

• You work so hard. Make sure you relax on your birthday.

• Here's to a memorable year ahead.

• May your birthday be filled with all of your favourite things.

• Congratulations on all that you've achieved this year.

• We're so lucky to work with you.

• Thank you for your work ethic and dedication every day.

• Have a truly lovely day!

• May all of your birthday wishes come true.

• Cheers to you on your birthday!

• This office really wouldn't be the same without you.

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FUNNY & SARCASTIC MESSAGES

• Getting to work with someone as awesome as me should be the only birthday present you need.

• Happy birthday to the coolest and most amazing work wife/husband.

• It sucks that you don't have the day off but at least you get to spend it with us lot!

• Thanks for being born on this day so the whole office can enjoy some cake.

• It's ok, HR promises to keep your real age a secret.

• Happy birthday to my partner-in-crime.

• Relax and take the day off. I'll cover for you like I always do anyway.

• Any old excuse for an office party, eh?

• Happy birthday to a co-worker who doesn't get on my nerves.

• Another year's gone by and you're still here? Wow!

• Don't worry! Soon you'll be eligible for retirement age.

• Following the new GDPR guidelines, can you give me consent to send you a happy birthday message?

• A truly decent colleague. 10 out of 10. Would recommend.

• Happy birthday to someone who would look 10 years younger if they didn't work at this place.

• You still look twenty... if I stand at the other end of the office.

• It would've been quicker for me to just write an email.

• As you get older, 3 things happen. The first is your memory goes and... I can't remember the other two.

MESSAGES FOR YOUR WORK BESTIE

• You're not just a co-worker, you're a great friend. Happy birthday!

• See you for after-work drinks to celebrate.

• Happy birthday to one of the reasons that it's so great to work here.

• If we're being honest... it's not just a birthday. It's a birthday week.

• Here's to another year of laughing together.

• You're buying the first round.

• I'm so glad I have someone to talk to every day about quitting.

• Many happy returns! I couldn't do this without you.

• Thanks for being the person who I share all the workplace drama with.

• Happy birthday! You're my work wife for life.

• Cheers to the wonderful human who makes work bearable!

• It's lovely people like you who make the office a nicer place to be.

• Chance made us colleagues but love and laughter made us friends.

BIRTHDAY QUOTES

• Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that those who have the most, live the longest.

• A birthday is the start of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip.

• Live every day like it's your birthday.

• Birthdays are nature's way of telling you to eat more cake.

• Your birthday is a special time to celebrate the gift of 'you' to the world.

• Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start anew.

• Don't count the years. Make the years count.

• You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

• You only live once but if you do it right, once is more than enough.

• Age is a question of mind over matter - if you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

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