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I work for Microsoft. When I had a kid they sent a “care package” with some items. But literally every item had “Microsoft” or “Met Life” (our employee life insurance I think) all over everything.
I ripped the “met life” shirt off of the snoopy plush and trashed everything else.
It’s not just limited to backpacks. They try to turn everything, even a kids blanket, into a fucking ad. It’s so gross.
You can’t send some cheap items to your employee without branding it with an ad.
I don’t work for MetLife. Why the fuck would that even be on there? I guess they want to keep reminding me to get life insurance because I’m a kid. Like, holy fuck, I hate this shit.
Fuck Microsoft. Fuck their support of genocide. I didn’t even choose to work here. They bought my startup company for pennies on the dollar during Covid.
I ripped the “met life” shirt off of the snoopy plush and trashed everything else.
Trashing was maybe unnecessary? Could’ve donated it to those in need.
However I do support the sentiment. Fuck Microsoft. Hopefully you’ll be able to find employment that is more fulfilling and less genocidal. (This is not a stab at you, I get working for an evil company and wanting to get away from it).
I bring swag from my previous employers to whatever employer I am currently at :)
Let them know how much I care about company spirit.Bonus point if you bring stuff mainly from bankrupt companies
Yeah, they did the branding thing to people too.
Yes, with the backpacks.
Didn’t you read the screenshot?He’s not talking about backpacks
Hats?
Yes, he is.
Didn’t you read the screenshot?I’m talking about the commenter in this thread, not the post OP
Yes, you are.
Didn’t you read the screenshot?
People run around with nike logos
And pay for it. People are walking ads
There’s a cyberpunk novel called Feed in which some teenager got a trendy Nike tattoo that would force him to say “Nike” in every sentence. I think that’s the next step in our deliberate effort to pay for the privilege of branding ourselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BYFbXJKJ8U
Transcript for those that don’t want to watch the video: Secretary of State: I’m Secretary of State, brought to you by Carl’s Jr. Pvt. Joe Bowers: Why do you keep saying that? Secretary of State: Because they pay me everytime I do.
Sure, but good luck finding a decent quality running shoe without conspicuous branding at a local shop though.
Can’t wear it, if they don’t make it.
No not really. Just pick almost any brand besides Nike or Adidas, and you’ll have basically no recogniseable branding besides some small tag on the slap under shoe laces.
I’ll throw Halti’s shoes as example because I like these specific ones
at a local shop
I’ve never even heard of Halti, let alone seen one in a store.
Around these parts, if you want a blank running shoe, you pay $20 at the local superstore then $200 at the doctor’s office, a few times a year each.
hmmm I don’t really care about having a logo on my undershorts. Usually I’m really bothered about advertisements but in that circumstance it doesn’t really bother me.
doesnt help that every other brand of cycling shorts suck
Some people wear underwear with huge names on them. I don’t understand it. Good for you if it does not bother you.
I’m not liking the idea that my partner sees an ad every time we get intimate
Well that is your name, isn’t it? Calvin Klein? It’s written all over your underwear.
What am I going to do, buy my own backpack and lug their laptop back and forth in that? I’ll gladly take a free backpack
I work for a multi billion multi national medical technology company at their office in central london. On day one after i got the job they gave me a brand spanking new top of the line macbook pro worth over £3k. I asked them for a bag for it and the IT guy who gave it to me looked like i slapped him in the face.
“Am i supposed to walk around central london with 3k of macbook in a plastic shopping bag?”
He produced some weird fabric envelope thing from a cupboard.
Luckily i’m sad enough to turn up to work with my own laptop in my own bag so i did have a bag but he had no way of knowing that
Personally I find it to be bad OPSEC, it just puts a big target on a potential victim from bad actors that are specifically targetting that business.
Linard! Why Isn’t your GPS tracking device working.
I’ll fix it right away
One year later
Linard, I need to commend you, you’ve been in office 24/7 365.
Always thought that company merch is cringe. There may be a small minority of companies that do awesome things that aren’t immoral, but the majority aren’t.
OpenSUSE gives out cute little chameleon plushies and if that’s wrong I don’t want to be right.
