I work for Microsoft. When I had a kid they sent a "care package" with some items. But literally every item had "Microsoft" or "Met Life" (our employee life insurance I think) all over everything.

I ripped the "met life" shirt off of the snoopy plush and trashed everything else.

It's not just limited to backpacks. They try to turn everything, even a kids blanket, into a fucking ad. It's so gross.

You can't send some cheap items to your employee without branding it with an ad.

I don't work for MetLife. Why the fuck would that even be on there? I guess they want to keep reminding me to get life insurance because I'm a kid. Like, holy fuck, I hate this shit.

Fuck Microsoft. Fuck their support of genocide. I didn't even choose to work here. They bought my startup company for pennies on the dollar during Covid.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I ripped the "met life" shirt off of the snoopy plush and trashed everything else.

Trashing was maybe unnecessary? Could've donated it to those in need.

However I do support the sentiment. Fuck Microsoft. Hopefully you'll be able to find employment that is more fulfilling and less genocidal. (This is not a stab at you, I get working for an evil company and wanting to get away from it).

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[–] Nexz@feddit.nl 8 points 1 day ago

It’s probably also because of tax. Here in the Netherlands, you cannot provide any clothes without a logo of a certain size. Otherwise it would be seen as ‘wages’. True to some extent. This is why companies here print their logos on stuff (even for newborn rompers).

[–] harmsy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fuck Microsoft. Fuck their support of genocide.

I've been avoiding Microsoft like the plague because of other reasons for a long time, so I didn't know about this.