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I would never assume someone walking around with a North Face t-shirt works for North Face but tech companies are obscure, especially outside of the big tech ci
by mieseratte 9y ago
I would never assume someone walking around with a North Face t-shirt works for North Face but tech companies are obscure, especially outside of the big tech cities. If I see someone wearing a t-shirt for a tech company in my city, they more likely than not work for that company. If I saw someone with an Uber shirt I would assume they work for them, and probably as corporate. I can't say I've ever seen a driver wearing Uber swag.
Personally, most company swag I've worn once or twice and then throw in the Goodwill bag. So it's possible there's some random folks wearing a $NoNameCo shirt, but I'd wager they're just as likely recycled into something else.
- Larrikin 9y agoAs a receiver of a lot of SWAG, all of those company shirts become pajamas until the day they go into the H&M donation bag. I can't imagine any situation outside of working for that company where I would want to walk around advertising for them on an uninspired shirt with their logo plastered on it. I've gotten one single shirt from a hackathon I considered wearing based on their well designed logo, but the entire back is covered in sponsors rendering the entire thing garbage.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoI can imagine one - I would gladly wear SpaceX swag everywhere I go. Hell, I'd wear a SpaceX-themed tie. Beyond that, I prefer to order t-shirts with my own design; $random-company swag frequently ends up as home/nightwear for either me or my SO.
- wand3r 9y agoSpaceX ran a promotion for employees where everything was 50% off. A few of my friends worked there and I was broke so for 2.50 for cofee mugs, hats and shirts was pretty attractive. I was a spacex brand whore for 6 months due to poverty. Love tge company though, if you can ever tour that facility I cant recommend it enough
- tzakrajs 9y agoI did this to a man at a San Jose dog park that was wearing a Netflix shirt. It turns out he just got it from the local Goodwill and had no connection to Netflix.
- megaman22 9y agoAlmost all of my t-shirts, and a good chunk of my polos are random swag from various conferences or trainings, and all of the baseball caps I wear on a regular basis are (Red Hat used to give out really nice ones). I couldn't really give a shit what I look like most of the time, however, so your mileage may vary. But I don't have to buy t-shirts...
- matte_black 9y agoI collect company shirts, often from companies or apps I like. Occasionally I wear them, especially if they just had a good earnings report.