A little surprise to start off the work year. I guess while I was on vacation they gave some stuff to everyone for end of year. There was still some left so I went up to where HR had it and got mine.
It was a soccer theme with company logo gear from umbro. There was a carry bag with a soccer ball to inflate, a ball cap, and a long sleeve soccer shirt. It looks fairly nice.
In high tech the flow of swag is often a fairly good indicator of how the company is doing. At least it was pretty accurate back with SupportSoft and Core Networks. When the company is doing well the swag can flow pretty fast and thick with t-shirts, baseball caps, golf shirts, knickknacks, mouse pads, fridge magnets, pens, rugby shirts, jackets, free meals, etc. When the company is not doing well then you can tell because the flow of swag dries right up.
