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Re:The Fall of Travis Kalanick by dylan604 on Thursday January 18, 2018 @12:33PM (#16179112)
I've been at a couple of companies where a large number of employees wore company branded items. I was flabbergasted to learn that the clothing items were not swag but purchased items. Of the 2 companies, one had world wide name recognition, but the second definitely did not.
Re:The Fall of Travis Kalanick by dharmab on Thursday January 18, 2018 @04:14PM (#16181517)
I once worked at a company where the dress code required collared shirts, but the dress code stated that any company-branded items were exempt from the policy. The company had branded T-shirts to give to customers as loyalty rewards/promo items, so we bunch of us pooled together on a batch order. Cost about $2 a shirt and was dress code compliant, which was great for those of us who commuted by motorcycle!
Re:The Fall of Travis Kalanick by gknoy on Thursday January 18, 2018 @04:08PM (#16181472)
I enjoy where I work, and would happily wear company-logo shirts every day. Unfortunately, I can't just buy a _single_ company-logo shirt, as they are only sold as part of the marketing-swag portal that requires Large Batches (20+?).

I'm shocked that, as an employee, there's no "company store" where I can buy an extra $Company coffee mug, t-shirt, polo shirt, etc.

Re:The Fall of Travis Kalanick by matte_black on Thursday January 18, 2018 @01:20PM (#16179738)
Which companies?
Re:The Fall of Travis Kalanick by dogma1138 on Friday January 19, 2018 @05:13AM (#16185208)
Cisco does that and it’s freaking expensive like $100> for a hoodie the gear they sold on the employee store was decent hoodies were Columbia soft shells were TNF but man that swag was expensive.