Wishes
Thanksgiving Wishes for Coworkers
A Thanksgiving wish for a coworker should be friendly, brief and safe for work, and these 27 messages hit that balance for desks, chats and cards.
There are polite options for colleagues you know a little, warmer notes for work friends, light jokes for the team channel and messages for remote teammates you've only met on video calls.
Friendly wishes for colleagues
- Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy the long weekend.
- Wishing you a relaxing Thanksgiving with the people you love.
- Thanks for being such a great teammate this year. Happy Thanksgiving!
- Hope your holiday is full of good food and zero deadlines.
- Grateful to work alongside you. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
- Happy Thanksgiving! Rest up, eat well and come back with leftover stories.
- Thank you for all the help this year. It didn't go unnoticed.
For work friends
- Happy Thanksgiving to the coworker who keeps me sane between meetings.
- Work is so much better with you two desks away. Thankful for you!
- Thanks for every coffee run, every rant session and every time you covered for me. Happy Thanksgiving.
- You turned a job into a place I actually like going. Grateful for you, friend.
- Happy Thanksgiving to my favorite lunch buddy. Bring me leftovers on Monday.
- From deadline panic to Friday wins, I'm glad we did it together. Enjoy your Thanksgiving!
- Thankful for a coworker who's become a real friend. Have the best holiday.
Funny wishes for the team chat
- Happy Thanksgiving, team! Please set your status to 'in a food coma' and mean it.
- Reminder: the only thing we're circling back on this week is the dessert table.
- May your out-of-office reply be firm and your gravy be smooth.
- Thankful for this team and for a four-day weekend. Mostly the team. Mostly.
- Happy Thanksgiving! Let's take this offline. Very offline. Until Monday.
- Wishing everyone a turkey that's fully baked, unlike some of our early project plans.
- Today's agenda: eat, nap, ignore Slack. Happy Thanksgiving!
For remote teammates
- Happy Thanksgiving from my home office to yours!
- We may only see each other on screens, but I'm grateful for you every week. Happy Thanksgiving.
- Thanks for being a great teammate across time zones this year. Enjoy your holiday!
- Hope your Thanksgiving is camera-off and completely relaxing.
- You make remote work feel a lot less remote. Happy Thanksgiving!
- Happy Thanksgiving! Someday we'll share a real table instead of a video grid.
Keep coworker messages inclusive. Not every colleague celebrates Thanksgiving, so a simple "Enjoy the long weekend" works for mixed teams. For international teammates, a short note on what the holiday means can be a nice touch.
Need a gift too? See our Thanksgiving Gifts for Coworkers and Office Teams.
Frequently asked questions
What do you write in a Thanksgiving card for a coworker?
Something short and friendly like "Thanks for being a great teammate. Happy Thanksgiving!" Add one specific thing they helped with this year if you know them well.
What is a good Thanksgiving message for a team?
Try "Thank you all for a great year. Enjoy the long weekend and come back rested." It works in an email, a team channel or a quick toast at an office potluck.
Is it OK to send funny Thanksgiving messages at work?
Light food and nap jokes are usually fine in a team chat. Avoid humor about politics, religion or family drama, and keep messages to your manager more polished.
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