Do lateral hires get firm swag??

Its bitter sweet, but I just accepted a better job offer (going from a no name to a MM bank). I guess this means I'm going to have to retire my old firms gear and my faith firm Patagonia :(. Do firms give out gear to new lateral hires or is that just a perk for SA's and first year analysts?

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That's weird imo, at previous places I've worked they always gave out free stuff, I have like 3-4 nice water bottles from the same company.

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I used to work at a tech company and we could send each other virtual rewards for doing a good job and you’d go onto this site and pick what branded company gear you wanted (shirts, jackets, coffee mugs, bags etc.)

It seemed cool at first, but then when you settle in and start to hate the company, it’s just ‘meh’.

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