So much stupid merch.

Got laid off in July during that round of RIF and while I was going through my closet and kitchen today to donate some items to Goodwill I found so much useless CDW stuff that was given to me during my tenure there.

A full set of copper Moscow mule mugs that have the CDW logo on them. Multiple vests with the CDW logo. CDW shirts (which I know are standard for conferences, but I have several of the same kind that were always just given to me even when I said I didn’t need any more). A standing desk pad. Detachable keyboards. Mugs. Cups.

So much useless junk, and I wonder how much money was spent on it while they’re doing round after round of layoffs and reductions in force.

#Layoffs #CostCutting #Expenses #Morale #Perks

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Yes! We should start donating CDW merch to the homeless! I hope some really badly behaved persons get mine!

I gave all my stuff to the homeless and sadly, I feel bad for the homeless.

@e2 blue polo shirts for managers that one's new to me. I've been around since '12 and we were able to wear polos & jeans but only on Fridays unless you give to a "Jeans Drive" fundraiser. Lol

Back in the day when we had an allowance for merch per quarter "Not being used for myself" and the bribery to take the security training is how I got all mine. They wouldn't logo anything for the field even though it was for their own marketing. Tossed that all right out the door the day I got launched. I mainly used my sweatshirts to have an excuse to be comfortable instead of business attire while onsite. I did sticker my Yeti's to get rid of the logo cause why throw away a good Yeti? I also still have a few stacks of post-its but they are useful for small notes to throw away.

Anybody around long enough to remember when you could only wear blue polo shirts on Fridays? Because Managers wore Blue shirts the rest of the week.

The day after I got RIF'd, I walked around the house and found every piece of CDW labeled swag that I could find and threw it out. I was there so long that when I go through bins, cabinets, and shelves in the furnace room, I find long ago stashed CDW and partner logoed cr-p. I used to joke that I was like a NASCAR driver with all the logos that I wore. I was an old timer and remember the kerfuffle when Simple Technology gave us all white golf shirts and someone noticed that the CDW logo didn't have the circled R and we weren't allowed to wear them.

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You think CDW paid for all that? ....

In actuality...they had partners/vendors pay for most of all that.

CDW is actually too cheap to pay for most of those things.

Donate it all to the local homeless shelter.

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