• LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    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.

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      13 hours 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).

      Anti Commercial-AI license

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      22 hours 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).

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      24 hours ago

      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.