What's the best swag you've gotten from your job?

Started by Savonarola, August 19, 2025, 03:56:54 PM

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viper37

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August 19, 2025, 09:57:36 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on August 19, 2025, 03:56:54 PMI just got a couple Knorr-Bremse beer steins today.  (They weren't actually intended for the peons, but were swag for the booth at a trade show.  They had some left over and left them out for us.)

I'm curious if anyone has ever gotten anything cool from their employer.

I've gotten things like cups or shirts from most of my employers.  The best I got from each was a birdhouse from Nextel (unfortunately I was living in an apartment at the time and had no use for it.)  A backpack from AT&T with the AT&T Death Star on it, which I still have.  I got a coffee cup from GE with the drawings of their patent for locomotive wheels.  I got a portable charger from Alstom (they didn't give out much.  I did get an Alstom hard hat after begging.)
We printed caps and shirts for the employees, and made a few coats.

A long time ago, in a...  Ah, well, just a long time ago :P
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August 19, 2025, 11:30:59 PM
We often get t-shirts, polos etc. for events. For a convention we got nice Adidas sneakers I still wear (also have a branded pair but not quite as nice). But my favorite is probably one of the hoodies we got - fluffy, cozy and perfect for lounging at home. :P Not sure if it counts, but during a team retreat everyone got awarded "employee of the month" with a personalized gift. Mine was a book about non-existsnt places (Mountains of Kong, Lemuria, Mu, the Kingdom of Prester John, ...) - way more thoughtful than most of what my family ever got me. D
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Josquius

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August 20, 2025, 01:19:05 AM
If I say they might ask for it back.
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Syt

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August 20, 2025, 01:27:26 AM
Quote from: Josquius on August 20, 2025, 01:19:05 AMIf I say they might ask for it back.
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#19
August 20, 2025, 01:43:33 AM
When we were forced into overtime and working without any protective equipment during the early months of COVID, I got a t-shirt saying "healthcare hero" to go along with a 0.25$/hour raise.

I quit a couple days later lol.

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August 20, 2025, 10:12:16 AM
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Syt

#21
August 20, 2025, 10:57:49 AM
If we consider other gifts, I still enjoy the $1000 desk (at home) which I got for my 10 year anniversary. :P
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Savonarola

#22
August 21, 2025, 03:48:42 PM
Quote from: Syt on August 20, 2025, 10:57:49 AMIf we consider other gifts, I still enjoy the $1000 desk (at home) which I got for my 10 year anniversary. :P

You're up on me, I got a set of Corningware for my 10th year anniversary from Alstom; but, at least that's something I sue.  I got a Waterford crystal bowl from AT&T for my tenth anniversary there, I'm not even sure where it is.
 
One of our technicians got a statue of an anthropomorphic rail spike with his feet up on his desk for his retirement present.  I thought that was pretty cool, and appropriate.
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Razgovory

#23
August 21, 2025, 10:09:33 PM
I stole some ice-cream cones from the swimming pool when I worked there 30 years ago.  That's like a gift.
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Norgy

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August 21, 2025, 11:49:00 PM
The foundation owning the newspaper I work at used to be quite generous with Christmas gifts, so one year I got some towels of Egyptian cotton and kitchen counter greenhouse for growing herbs. The cooking ones, not the smoke-them herbs. Although, I'd think it is multipurpose.  :cool:
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