Re:The Fall of Travis Kalanick
by dylan604 on Thursday January 18, 2018 @12:33PM
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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.
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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!
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
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Which companies?
Cisco does that and itβs 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.