Is it ok as a manager to accept gifts from your employees?

[Anonymous]

My boyfriend's birthday just passed. He ended up telling one of his managers and his employees bought him a gift card for dominos and 3 Ballons. I feel uneasy about this because he was too flirty with one of his coworkers in the past. She was getting physically touchy too. So after telling me he's received a gift from his employees, he than says we might start taking collections every month for everyone's birthday. Including the woman who caused issues in our relationship. Am I being wrong for feeling like he shouldn't have accepted this gift? I feel very disrespected that he would accept a gift from another woman because there was so many fights over how they act with each other. My boyfriend is an attention whore but he couldn't turn down the gift. I wonder if this woman did balloons so my boyfriend couldn't hide his gift from me. What should he have done in this situation? This flirty coworker has a birthday next month. I feel like if he gets her a bday gift, he's really being disrespectful towards our relationship.

[Jazzy54]

Two issues here:

• Depending on their company’s policy on gift giving/receiving, they could both face disciplinary consequences, up to getting fired.
• I don’t think I would like that, either. I’d be suspicious of his faithfulness.

[GoingNooWhere]

I don't see what the big deal is. It's not uncommon for coworkers or even managers to buy gifts for staff

[spartan55]

It wasn't from that girl in particular, it was from the whole staff.

[Anonymous]

I can't see anything wrong with it.

[Asker]

Even with a woman he was flirty with in the past? You see nothing wrong with him buying her a gift?

[spartan55]

It's NOT JUST FROM HIM, it's from everyone. You are mischaracterizing this whole situation. You sound like a pain in the ass.

[Asker]

@spartan55 you seem ignorant also. Would you be cool if that was your girlfriend? Or would you feel disrespected? Put yourself in someone's shoes.

[spartan55]

I have, and you seem to embellish a good bit. If my girlfriend received a gift from EVERYONE I wouldn't think anything of it. Disrespect? Way overboard.

[In_Trance]

I don't think so