Below, you will find thank you note examples to thank your boss for help, support, mentoring, work anniversary wishes, opportunities, recognition, appreciation, and for being the best boss ever!
• Tips for thanking your boss
• Thank you note layout
• Thank you note to the boss for help, support, and mentoring
• Thank you note to the boss for work anniversary wishes
• Thank you note to the boss for the opportunity
• Thank you note to the best boss ever
• Sample thank you note to the boss for recognition or appreciation
Tips for thanking your boss
• Don't make unfavorable comparisons to other bosses. For example, don’t write, “You are so much better than John as a boss.”
• Be specific if there was something specific that you want to thank the boss for. The examples below are based on hypothetical situations, so if you can be more specific, your note may be perceived as better (you can also review my 9 tips for writing a better thank-you note.
Thank you note layout
Your thank-you note can look like this:
Dear [Boss's Name],
Write the thank you message here. Usually, this will be 2-4 sentences.
Thanks again!
[Your Name]
The examples below are for the center section (the 2-4 sentences). Replace words in [brackets] as appropriate for your situation.
Thank you note to the boss for help, support, and mentoring
• Thank you for your help and support while I was out recovering from being ill for a few weeks. I am grateful that you could coordinate with the team to get my work covered and not have and that they were not any disruptions with the clients. You are a wonderful boss. I look forward to returning to work on [return date].
• I am grateful for your support during the time I was out sick. Your support helped me not to worry. I was able to rest and feel confident that you and the team could do my work that couldn't wait for my return. Thank you for making sure nothing was missed.
• Thanks for all of your support when I needed to be out of the office unexpectedly when my dad had a stroke. Not having to worry about what was happening at work or who would be doing my job was a blessing. You make it easy to feel confident when someone on the team needs to be out, as you always make sure the work gets covered.
• You are an outstanding boss. I was concerned about having to be out on short-term disability. Thank you for your understanding and support. I will be sure to pay it forward someday when given the opportunity.
• I want to tell you how much I appreciate the time you've spent mentoring me during my first few months on the job. The training classes have been okay, but your extra insights added to my understanding. Because of you, I feel that I got up to speed faster. I look forward to being able to work independently soon!
• Thank you for being a great mentor! I appreciate all the help you've given me with [new skill/project name]. I am also thankful that you have been patient will all my questions as I strive to learn everything I can. You are a wonderful boss!
• I appreciate all the help you've given me. Your support with this new project has been fantastic as the customer's expectations have been much higher than anticipated. [Client name] told me last week that the level of service is unlike any they have had previously. While they don't know how much extra time you've been giving to help out, I do! Because of you, we've been able to secure the new contract.
• Thank you for helping me with [whatever the boss helped with]. I admire your dedication to not only me but the entire team. Our team is better because of your continued involvement.
• I am thankful for your support with [whatever/how the boss is supporting you]. I am confident enough to do the process independently next month!
Thank you note to the boss for work anniversary wishes
• Thank you for the anniversary wishes! It was kind of you to recognize my 10th year of working here. I hope for many more successful years!
• Whew! I've been on your team now for three years. Thank you for wishing me a happy work anniversary!
• I am glad to be on your team! I appreciate the “happy anniversary” for my eight years of working here. It's been quite a journey, and I've learned a great deal.
• Your kinds word about me during the past four years on your team, made my day! You are gracious and kind. Thank you for recognizing my work anniversary.
• Thank you for wishing me a happy 10th anniversary! The time sure did fly by as I love working here and what I have the privilege to do each day.
• I am thankful for your anniversary message! You said such kind things about my work performance. I am happy to be on your team.
• You are such a thoughtful boss! Thank you for wishing me a happy anniversary!
• Wishing me a happy anniversary was a pleasant surprise! I will enjoy the gift card to [restaurant name]. Thank you!
Thank you note to the boss for the opportunity
• Thank you for giving me the opportunity to work on [project]. The challenge took me out of my comfort zone. I learned a lot about [topic], and I looked forward to coming to work every day. I am grateful that you choose me for the project.
• I am grateful to you for offering me so many opportunities to try out. The variety of positions and tasks are helping me to identify where I went to go next in my career. I appreciated that you didn't keep only doing [position] since I was good at it. I am excited to learn and try different types of work.
• You've been a wonderful boss! Thank you for alerting me to the new opportunity on the new team that is being formed. As you know, I am looking for a new challenge and look forward to starting on the new team in a couple of weeks. Also, thank you for recommending me to [new team's boss's name]. Since I didn't know her at all, I think your words helped her decide that I am a good fit for the new team.
• The conference was amazing last week! Thank you for giving me the chance to go along with [name of the person you went with]. I learned many things just from being on the plane with him! I also made some promising connections at the event.
• I am so excited to be able to help with the special project. Thank you for giving me the opportunity. I look forward to utilizing my skills in [program/your skill area] to help the project be a success.
• Thank you for looking for opportunities for me among your network of connections. Your recommendation has helped me to be awarded some of the new contract work. I hope to be able to “pay it forward” someday as I build my network.
• I enjoyed our lunch meeting last week. Thank you for taking the time to join me and explain the new positions that are coming open on your team. I welcome the opportunity for a change in position with different types of work than I've been doing for the past three years.
• Thank you for giving me the opportunity to work with [person's name]. I have learned so much from [him/her] during the past few weeks. You were right to partner us together as we've worked so well together. The project is more successful with both of our contributions.
• I am enjoying the challenges in the new position! Thank you for letting me about the opportunity as it changed my life. I didn't know how much I would love this type of work. I appreciate that you encouraged me to give it a try.
Thank you note to the best boss ever
By naming your boss the “best boss ever” that implies that every other boss you've had wasn't the best. So, be careful what you say as you never know who else will see the note. And it's also possible that different bosses can be the “best boss ever” in different ways.
• Thank you for being the best boss I've ever had. You are great at organizing the team and projects. I also like how you lookout for opportunities for not just me, but everyone on the team, that will help us to grow our skills.
• Working for you makes the job feel less like a job. I enjoy working with you and others on the team. Your integrity is admirable, and by far, you are the best boss I have worked with. Thank you for being an awesome, fair, and motivated boss!
• You are the best boss ever! Thank you for your ongoing flexibility with my schedule and for letting me work from home whenever I need or want to. Not having to make the long commute every day of the week is nice as I can spend extra time with my family on those days.
• Thank you for being an awesome boss! Being on your team is an outstanding experience. I also appreciate that I can come to you with any issues or concerns and know that I can trust you to help solve the issue or direct me to the correct person that can help.
• I am grateful to have you as my boss. You've been excellent to work for. I am thankful that you do not micromanage me or others on the team and trust us to complete the work as needed.
• Have I told you lately that you are the best? I feel fortunate to have ended up on your team during the latest reorganization. Your leadership and guidance have proved quite valuable as I have excelled in the position.
• I like having you as my boss. You are kind, friendly, and manage the team well which makes for a pleasant working environment. Thank you for being awesome!
• Thank you for always being so willing to help me. You are the best boss ever! I admire your leadership and knowledge of all of the products we work on.
• You are amazing! Thank you for being the best boss ever! I will feel fortunate to have been placed on your team. Your management style works well with me.
Sample thank you note to the boss for recognition or appreciation
• Thank you for appreciating me! I was astonished when you shared about my contributions to [Project Name] in the staff meeting. I am looking forward to the next big project!
• Thank you for sharing with me that you are pleased with the work I have done for [project]. Knowing that I am exceeding expectations feels good! Your guidance had helped.
• I am grateful for your kind words of appreciation. Thank you for sharing with me that you and the team are happy with the work I have delivered.
• You are such a wonderful boss. Thank you for letting me know how much you appreciated the extra work I put in last week to meet the deadline. I also liked how recognized my efforts at the team meeting without sounding like a brag! I was happy to help out the team (and ultimately the customer) by putting in additional hours to help get the project done.
• I will always remember your words of recognition and gratitude in my promotion letter. They are the nicest things a boss has ever said about me, and I'm glad others know how proud you are of me. I hope to make my next boss just as proud in the new position.
• Thank you for recognizing me at the conference! I was surprised to learn that I set the regional sales record for the year. You were sneaky to keep that from me the week leading up to the event! I will enjoy the bonus that comes along with being #1! I also felt blessed to hear your words of appreciation.
• This note is a little overdue! I am thankful for the years of encouragement and appreciation I've received from you since joining your team and felt like I needed to share that with you. Your positive attitude has helped me to love coming to work every day. Knowing that you appreciate me and the entire team helps us all do better work.
• Wow! I am so happy to be the employee of the month. The letter that you submitted to nominate me was awesome. It felt amazing to be recognized at the all-staff meeting. A few people have told me how glad they are that I was finally selected!
• Thank you for your wonderful words of appreciation and recognition of my work at the staff meeting! I have felt blessed to be on your team. I look forward to the success of the next team project!
• You are an inspiring boss! Your gratitude for the hard work the team puts in is appreciated. It makes working the extra hours feel not so bad. It was also nice of you to recognize that I've been with the company for 20 years at the last team meeting.
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Looking for words or phrases to say thank you to your friends and loved ones after they have wished you well on your birthday? Finding it difficult to express your gratitude for their greetings?
If you find yourself in this situation, then you are in luck, because we have the ways to say all your heart wants to your well wishers. Here are some great and simple phrases you can say or share to show your appreciation to all the friends and loved ones for having you in my mind on that special day of yours.
• Thank you for your Birthday Wishes
• Happy & Cheerful Thank You Status Updates
• Moving & Grateful Thank You Status Updates
• Funny & Self-Sarcastic “Thank You” Status Updates for Birthdays
• Thank You Images For Birthday Wishes
Thank you for your Birthday Wishes
• Thank you for making my day special and memorable. The collection of birthday messages is definitely going to make me have some tales to tell.
• To all my friends and loved ones who wished me well on my birthday, I say thank you for making me feel exceptional, great and loved.
• The words in your messages were powerful and they have really inspired me a lot. I’m grateful to you dear ones for making my birthday a grand occasion.
• My birthday wouldn’t have been a memorable one without your wishes and blessings. Thank you for putting a smile on my face.
• The moment I started receiving the best of wishes from you guys, I realized my day had taken another turn. I’m grateful to you all for creating a good birthday.
• Giving someone reasons to press on and spread their wings is the greatest opportunity loved ones can offer on a day like this. I’m eternally grateful to you for giving me a million reasons to smile on my birthday.
• Thank you for wishing Happy Birthday and making me a star with your astonishing birthday wishes. You made me the happiest person in the world on my Big Day, and for that may God richly bless you.
• Your birthday wishes mean a lot to me. They were great and superb. I’m grateful to God for having friends and families who have me so dear to their heart.
• Your wonderful birthday messages made my day an exceptional one. Thank you all for turning a special day into a memorable moment.
• My heart will always be filled with beautiful memories of this unique day. I’m grateful to you for making me the center of the world on my birthday.
• Thank you all great ones for the blessings. Having a special circle of friends has made me receive special and wonderful birthday wishes on this extra ordinary day of my life.
• I want to appreciate everybody who made my Big Day phenomenal with all the amazingly warm wishes and blessings, and gifts. I’m extremely delighted to have you all in my life.
• The ears are always tickled by words. I want to show appreciation to all who tickled my ears and touched my heart with wonderful messages on my birthday. I feel honored to be remembered by you all.
• I’m greatly pleased that my friends and family made my birthday an exceptional one. I’m overwhelmed by your efforts put to make my day a great one. Thank you.
• Birthday lasts for only a day whereas well wishes remain in the heart years after years. I’m full of thanks for your blessings and special well wishes on the anniversary of my birth.
• I’m very thankful for all the carefully chosen words that came my way on my Big Day. These sweet words did not only bring joy into my heart but also made my birthday as bright as a million diamonds put together.
• Pleasant days are rare to come by, and your best wishes made my day one of the most pleasant and special days of my life. Being cherished by your loved ones is one of the greatest feelings in the world.
• Your priceless birthday messages have made me find more comfort in friendship. I’m very grateful to all my friends and families for completing my special day.
• It’s overwhelming to experience friendship worth keeping. You pierced my heart with arrows of birthday wishes. Thank you all for your funny yet powerful messages.
• Your astonishingly beautiful birthday wishes lit up my special day like the rays of the sun. I can’t thank you enough for that exceptionally beautiful gesture.
• Your birthday wishes left my heart overflowing with so much joy I couldn’t believe I was on earth and not in paradise. Thumbs up to you all. I’m truly blessed to enjoy a life that has the presence of the most wonderful people in the world in it.
• Thank you for making out time from your busy schedule to wish me well on this unique day of mine. Your beautiful words made my birthday truly exceptional. I love you.
• The greatest gift someone could ever receive in life is friendship, and I am so lucky to have been blessed with the best friends anyone could ever ask for. Friends, I want to express my profound gratitude to you all for the great and lovely birthday messages that came across. Thank you, guys, for constantly decorating my life.
• You made me feel like a King/Queen on my Big Day, and for that my heart will always be grateful to you. God indeed blessed me abundantly when he put wonderful people like you into my life. Thanks from the bottom of my heart.
• You guys just enriched my life with another memorable and exciting day. I feel honored to be showered with beautiful birthday wishes from wonderful and great people like you all. It’s a pleasure having you as friends.
• Thank you, guys, for looking for sweet, warm and thoughtful words to make my birthday special. They were carefully and wonderfully put together in such a beautiful manner they took my breath away. Thank you so much.
• A gift of friendship is the purest present one can receive. And I’m surrounded by special friends who have wished me all the best and made my birthday a happy one. It’s wonderful to know that I’m dear to your heart. God bless you.
• Your lovely birthday wishes have immensely immersed my heart in a great pool of joy and love. Not only did you make my day wonderful but you turned an ordinary day into an exceptional one. Thank you, and I greatly appreciate it.
• I thought my birthday was going to begin and end just like any other day, but your wishes turned my Big Day into one heck of an extraordinarily memorable day. I love you so much for that.
• I am grateful and full of thanks for making my birthday a special and enjoyable one with those sweet well wishes you took your precious time to send to me.
• Thank you for remembering my birthday and for expressing the love and care you have for me on my birthday. Heaven bless you all who put in much effort to turn my normal day into an extraordinarily great and special one.
• Well wishes are said to the ones you care about. Thank you for having me in mind on my special day and making that day extra special and memorable with your heartwarming wishes.
• Much appreciation for all the warm birthday messages. You have no idea how wonderful it feels to have phenomenal people like you in my life. God bless you.
Happy & Cheerful Thank You Status Updates
• Many thanks for those beautiful wishes, folks! With these wishes, my happiness level will be very high for quite a long time to come. Cheers.
• Thanks to your amazing and excellent wishes, I’m full of happiness and joy today. The birthday was a blast! May you be blessed in equal measure.
• It is folks like you who make birthdays worth celebrating! I can’t thank you enough for your sweet and touching words. Much love.
• This birthday was extraordinary because of the lovely messages that poured in from all corners of the globe. Thank you so much, my sweet friends! I’m most grateful.
• I feel so loved today because I woke up to countless messages of goodwill from across the planet! Friends, I look forward to spending this year in deep friendship. Thank you.
• With a cheerful heart, I want to thank all of you who took a moment to wish me well on my birthday! Your messages were nothing but sweet, and my heart is truly thankful for our friendship. Cheers.
• True happiness is when your birthday is made a global birthday! Friends, thank you so much for calling in today! Your calls and messages made my day special.
• I’m truly thankful to be a year older, wiser, stronger, and healthier. Most importantly, I’m grateful for awesome friends like you who made the day even more special and joyful. Cheers.
• Of what use is a birthday celebration when one has no friends to show for it? Thanks to all who showed up to celebrate with me. Your presence made my joy more than complete. I love you.
• I’m thankful for the gift of life and for friends whose company makes it more enjoyable. Your best wishes and messages made my anniversary a day to remember. Much love.
Moving & Grateful Thank You Status Updates
• Thank you so much for those kind words, folks! I savored all of them with great joy and pleasure. Indeed, the love is very deep. Cheers.
• Your birthday wishes are not only amazing but also kind, deep, loving, and genuine. And for that, I remain most grateful. You, folks, are simply the best.
• You could have spent the time hanging and conversing with family but you chose to join me in celebrating my day. I feel a lot of love in the air. Thank you.
• I really can’t thank you enough for the wishes, gifts, hugs, kisses, and great food on my birthday. I’m moved to tears even as I type this status. Much love.
• A big thank you from the bowels of my heart to all those wonderful people in my life who made my birthday celebration an event I will never ever forget. You’ve shown me the power and beauty of real friendship and love! God bless you.
• As someone who takes your words seriously, I couldn’t help it when I realized that they were sweet, beautiful, and lovely. Thank you so much, and I can’t wait to touch base with you soon.
• You’ve always supported me from day one, and I couldn’t be happier to be called your friend. Thank you for your most inspiring wishes. I owe you a lot. Cheers.
• Friends, yesterday’s messages were a demonstration of your enduring love and support. If you want to know, the world stood still as I paused to soak your messages in. Thank you so much.
• Wow! This is, by far, the best celebration I’ve ever had! Your gifts, words, songs, and presence induced a regal feeling that ought to be savored. Thank you so much. I feel incredibly spoiled.
• I just wanted to take a second to let you know how grateful I am for the kind words and best wishes on my birthday! You really do know how to spoil a girl. Much love to you.
Funny & Self-Sarcastic “Thank You” Status Updates for Birthdays
• Thank you so much for the excellent wishes, folks! With these wishes, I’m surely going to live for a very long time. Much love.
• I’m most grateful for your presence and kind words, my dears! I wonder how I would have blown out all those candle lights without borrowing some of your air. Cheers!
• A big thank you to you for all the love and support! My only birthday wish is that I become more like a child even as I grow up. And this won’t be difficult to do, considering I have your full support.
• Thank you so much, friends, for restraining me when all I wanted to do was drink, drink, and drink more wine! It was an amazing birthday celebration, nonetheless. Cheers!
• Many thanks for the cheerful badinage and great jokes on my birthday, which made me laugh till I almost broke a rib! Surely this is a sign of more laughter to come this year. Much love.
• Thank you for the best wishes and advice on my birthday! I cannot assure you that I’ll stop drinking altogether but I promise to be moderate. I love you back. Cheers.
• I’m grateful for your awesome words, friends! They were so cool that I almost froze while reading them. Here’s to a great birthday and keeping our awesome friendship alive. Grace.
• If wishes were horses, I’d say that I rode them all day long yesterday thanks to you! I really can’t requite all the love and blessings you showered on me on my birthday. Cheers.
• I spent a significant part of this morning reading and re-reading your amazing wishes. Please pretend it’s my birthday everyday and send me more. I’m most grateful.
• Why can’t every one of you be kind to me everyday like you did on my birthday? I felt incredibly spoiled and pampered. Thank you very much.