Free Swag and Perks

Guest post written by Nick Eisenhower

When I took a job at a magazine website a couple of months ago, I knew I was going to enjoy it and there were going to be some great perks, but I didn't realize just how great those perks were going to be.

But after I got a free pair of sunglasses from the "free" table in the office, I went home and used my Clear 4g bundle to look up how much they cost. It ends up that they were over $200!

After that I started picking up all kinds of things off that table. I even got a set of sheets that they used in a photo shoot and used them to cover up the ugly 80s triangle print on the futon I had inherited from a former tenant. But i haven't just found stuff in my apartment. The website I work for also reviews a lot of mens grooming products, which means that I haven't bought hardly any toiletries - besides toothpaste and razors - since I started working there.

I know there's a higher cost of living in NYC, but when you have a job like mine you can get around that some by using a bunch of free stuff.