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Have you ever gotten a pen or frisbee or hat or whatever from your employer with their logo on it that you actually liked?

When I was at Boeing, one time we got styrofoam planes that I suspect was overstock from the Museum of Flight gift shop. We went up to the roof (5 or 6 floors) and we sent those gliding for like half a mile. Best swag gift I ever got.

Yeah, we do cool t-shirts and hoodies for various subprojects and teams.

Can't post any cause they're too identifying, but I genuinely like em and wear them outside of work.

My job gives us nice Stormtech coats and pullover jackets for the winter time.

I have collected four over the last six years.

Logo is also easy to hide if you just stitch something you like over it.

Problem is that this is North Carolina and not the bare ass freezing North East.

Damn things are heavy too.

my division at Boeing would give polo shirts and vests (the kind engineers wear). No hoodies, no t-shirts.

i hate polo shirts and vests.

I can't imagine being in a position where an employer of mine would give me free stuff.

PrettyBoyFloyd posted...

My job gives us nice Stormtech coats and pullover jackets for the winter time.

I have collected four over the last six years.

Logo is also easy to hide if you just stitch something you like over it.

Problem is that this is North Carolina and not the bare ass freezing North East.

Damn things are heavy too.

Sell all but 1 each.

My new employer (state government) will give me Helly Hansen winter jacket and winter pants every year, but its not branded with anything other than HH. And its in safety orange or high visibility orange, whatever that is called.

This heavy fucker.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/5/5/AABKDxAAEcUL.jpg

Yeah, Ive received a lot of quality swag. I think my favorite is a really nice Leatherman.

I got a nice zip-up Matrix hoodie when I worked for them

some other stuff too like a picnic blanket and mug but that one stands out

Shit man, I'll take one of those, they're awesome.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/5/7/AAYZyTAAEcUN.jpg

Spurner posted...

Yeah, Ive received a lot of quality swag. I think my favorite is a really nice Leatherman.

oh thats a good one, nice and cheap but still useful.

I've gotten a personalized coffee mug, a mousepad and some nice glass cleaner cloths that I still use

Mostly Yetis. I have gotten some cool stuff from our Xmas drawing too. Like LED foldable triangle lights for working, roadside caution.

yeah, work gave us pins just yesterday that say "Yep, it's big AF" with a little "Friday's Rewards" logo on the bottom.

i'm gonna pin it directly over my butt hole.

modena posted...

Mostly Yetis. I have gotten some cool stuff from our Xmas drawing too. Like LED foldable triangle lights for working, roadside caution.

Like abominable snow men?

Norman_Smiley posted...

Like abominable snow men?

I wish... lol. Coffee mugs but I just use them for water.

hahaha no

when i worked at verizon they gave me a nice longsleeve that i wore for awhile until i started losing weight

I wear my pizza hut t-shirts fairly often tbh, despite no longer working for them.

Yeah, I've got a nice Northface jacket and leather coasters with the company's brand on it. I only wear the jacket at work but it's a nice one.

I got some good gore tex rain gear in the air force too but even if I never used it it was technically just standard equipment

Got a free grill. It was a test grill for some of the upgrades the previous engineer did.

Yes. The owner likes to throw expensive shirts and shoes to me a few times a year.

Edit: Best one was a really nice wool coat last year that kept me toasty af all winter.

I got a nice robe with our hotel's old logo on it. They were giving them away when they remodeled and updated the logo.

I have a hoodie and a hat that I wear regularly. Also got a thinner than a hoodie hooded pullover. Theyre not branded but I have a couple of hundred dollar Grayl GeoPress Purifier water bottles that Grayl donated a bunch of to us.

They give me tea and ice cream made by other companies owned by the woman that owns our business. Does that count?

Safeway Winter Coat.

Is actually a heavy duty, high quality winter coat that was perfect for working outside when I had to. This was a good 10+ years ago though, so dunno if they still give out such quality ones.

I had a really nice black company Carhart jacket as a welcoming gift and I still wear it. Only thing that sucks I forget it has my name on it so when strangers call me by name it's a wtf moment

My next conquest is dis hoodiehttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/2/6/AAYZyTAAEcVS.jpg

I still use my former company's umbrellas.

I have a cooler bag from them that I still love using to this day

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Yeah. I worked for them around 2013 I think. Before they were bought out. This was in Colorado, and I worked the gas station, so I was out a lot in those winters.

I got a nice sweatshirt from my first job that I still wear around the house - it's roots brand- very comfortable
I also got a travel mug from that company that I still use almost every day

ReDaZnDraGoN97 posted...

I have a cooler bag from them that I still love using to this day

Yea I have two of those things.

Ditched the stereotypical hunter camo one.

Still use the red and black one they gave out.

It's a little bigger and can hold like a 18pk.

Yes. One year they gave me a nice fleece jacket that's perfect for spring and autumn weather, the year after I got a pullover windbreaker, and just a few years ago a hoodie.

My old co gave me this really nice wool blanket with a very unobtrusive branding