Work trinkets

[FreightTrain]

Who else's company insist on giving out stupid trinkets. I know it's the thought that matters and the crap probably cost the company alot of money, but come on. The employee's have no need for the crap and most don't want it aside from a ball cap. So far this year I've gotten a cooler, some thick ass crystal that has a locomotive engraved on the inside, a jacket which they handed out in april lol, two maglites, back pack, duffle bag, and just recently a 150th anniversary copper coin. Of course all the stuff has the railroad logos blasted all over it so I have no need for it. I end up giving most the stuff away to rail nuts and they flip out over it thinking it's the greatest stuff in the world. The only thing I want with the railroad logo on it is the paycheck.


I had a conversation with a manager yesterday and he asked if I'd gotten the newest gift aka copper coin and I just rolled my eyes. I informed him that as of yesterday 50 of them were already on ebay and the over supply is driving down the price. He thought I was joking till he looked it up himself. He thought it was in bad taste to sell the stuff the company gives us. I just laughed some more. He then asked what I thought would be a good gift to celebrate 150 years. I told him if it was up to me and if the company really wanted to do something cool and nice they should issue one share of company stock to each employee and have it framed. He thought that would be a great idea and claimed he'd bring it up at the next metting. I'm not holding my breath though.

[347Mike]

Employees bitch that no one notices them and my company doesn't care blah blah, and when they give out shit ot show appreciate you roll your eyes...

$ChoooChoooo$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[krazy kris]

At least they aren't telling you those trinkets are your holiday bonuses like the shitty Railroad I worked at would. One year it was a plate with the newest POS locomotive they had bought and another it was a pin and a card with the next newest POS locomotive they had just purchased

[talisman]

Every yearly Conference I go to I get literally a duffle bag full of garbage between the company and vendors. I just bring it to the store and let every one else divide it up after I take out anything good.

[Matt]

They do this, but it is at company luncheons and you get your name picked out of a hat, so not everyone gets something.

[Sleeper]

Its good if your company is small aka under 100 employees. You actually get to know the boss on more than a work level. Even if your just a peon.

Personal gifts that they go and pick out. They would still give out lawn chairs and such and winter coats with the logo. They where tasteful and i wore them. I enjoyed working for the company, and any money i could bring them, usually trickled down hill.

[MattB]

The last "gift" I got at work was several years ago. They had a company meeting for our department/division or whatever the fuck you want to call it. They were handing out random prizes. Basically a bunch of shit that's rejected from the 99cent store. Now I don't wanna sound like an asshole, but I seriously LOL'd when I had to go up in front of ~100 people and collect this fantastic prize:



This is not the actual prize, because I'm pretty-sure I threw the fucker in the garbage. It's a small fan that you can fill with water to mist water as you cool off. Oh, and mine was battery powered and came without a battery. I just thought to myself ARE YOU MOTHERFUCKERS SERIOUS???

I no longer work for that company....

[bcoop]

Seems very unappreciative.

My work trinkets come in the form of leftover food from functions (quality food, and a shitload of it), shelving and work tables for my garage, cash spiffs, all expense paid trips, concert tickets, game tickets, etc. We do logo'd stuff too, but they are marketing items for our customers.

[Treasure Chest]

The retail company I worked for last gave us stuff with logos on it for appreciation or as prizes for contests.

I have several shirts, fuzzy throw blankets, insulated cups, and coffee mugs. Our stuff was pretty nifty, though, and my kids like to fight over it.

[Mike]

No trinkers.. A couple of us get tickets to sporting events, cash, bar tabs picked up, and things of that nature. We don't have any gifts that are given out company wide.

[12second5.0]

Who else's company insist on giving out stupid trinkets. I know it's the thought that matters and the crap probably cost the company alot of money, but come on. The employee's have no need for the crap and most don't want it aside from a ball cap. So far this year I've gotten a cooler, some thick ass crystal that has a locomotive engraved on the inside, a jacket which they handed out in april lol, two maglites, back pack, duffle bag, and just recently a 150th anniversary copper coin. Of course all the stuff has the railroad logos blasted all over it so I have no need for it. I end up giving most the stuff away to rail nuts and they flip out over it thinking it's the greatest stuff in the world. The only thing I want with the railroad logo on it is the paycheck.


I had a conversation with a manager yesterday and he asked if I'd gotten the newest gift aka copper coin and I just rolled my eyes. I informed him that as of yesterday 50 of them were already on ebay and the over supply is driving down the price. He thought I was joking till he looked it up himself. He thought it was in bad taste to sell the stuff the company gives us. I just laughed some more. He then asked what I thought would be a good gift to celebrate 150 years. I told him if it was up to me and if the company really wanted to do something cool and nice they should issue one share of company stock to each employee and have it framed. He thought that would be a great idea and claimed he'd bring it up at the next metting. I'm not holding my breath though.

Save me a cooler.

[GrayStangGT]

So far this year I've gotten a cooler, some thick ass crystal that has a locomotive engraved on the inside, a jacket which they handed out in april lol, two maglites, back pack, duffle bag, and just recently a 150th anniversary copper coin.

I guess I don't make Choooo$$$$$Chooo$$$$$ money, because everything except the crystal and coin sounds pretty useful to me. We are family owned so my trinkets come in the form of truck accessories and yeti coolers, you know useful things that I can write off as a business expense.

[Baron Von Crowder]

we generally dont get shit. Last thing I got was a "desk ornament" that denoted 7 billion in sales.

We do get gift cards bonuses for sales goals, though.

[Trip McNeely]

I go off the company website and order what I want and assign it to my cost center. Vendors give us shit too.

[talisman]

we generally dont get shit. Last thing I got was a "desk ornament" that denoted 7 billion in sales.

lolz, I've got one of those on my desk from back when we hit 4 billion.