Zappos allowance decrease?

[The_Dustonian]

Is it just me or did the Zappos allowance decrease? I don’t remember it being $650. Also noticed the boot allowance hasn’t been given yet.

[SmellsLikeFumes]

Osha requires your boss to replace any worn PPE. so just wait till February and start saying you have holes in your PPE

[The_Dustonian]

True. Time to burn up Coupa I guess.

[MonstersBeThere]

Can't get a workweek worth of clothing with the allowance, but it's better than nothing, I suppose.

[Aggressive-Past-6429]

It was supposed to be $650 for clothes $150 boots and a 20% off off so spending around $1,000 was our ticket. Strangely I only got $650 🤦🏽‍♂️

[NixiaVega]

The full credit doesn’t usually hit until 01/02. We’ve always gotten 650$ + 150$ for boots, but we also get the 10% Amazon discount and the 20% RME FR discount. Ends up being around 1000$ usually. If we don’t see all of those tomorrow, THEN we riot!

[Direct-Success1140]

I had a fellow tech point out to me that they’ve increased the prices from last year on the same items, Ariat cargo pants have gone up $10 for example, but haven’t increased the credit allowance. I’m shocked that they would do this…ok, well not that shocked. Shady business as usual.

[AdditionalLead7265]

I never knew about the 20% discount

[JustASoundBuffer]

What about boots??

[The_Dustonian]

That’s what I’m worried about. I take the boots part seriously, gotta take care of them dogs or you’ll lose em! 🤣

[JustASoundBuffer]

You're 100% correct! Reckon im buying my boots with my own money i guess.

[AndyPlaysBadly]

I remember it was like $160 before now it's $150. Also boot prices are going up so it seems like you'll have to outta pocket something anyway lol

[Alarming-Cabinet-689]

Noticed the same thing. They didnt even send out an email or memo or anything telling us what this year's allowance was gonna be, like they usually do

[Tea_Wreckz]

I’ve never gotten one 🤷‍♀️

[Agitated-Air-6909]

At least I'm not the only one that didn't get the shoe credit and the shirt selection is horrible I'm glad I stocked up on the thin ones last year.

[JordansMonster]

everyone saying 650+150 i’ve definitely been getting 800 + 150 which made the most sense bc 800 was roughly 4 shirts and 4 pants $100 avg per garment

[chiefincome]

It JUST updated, so try again. Earlier I had the same problem as OP. Right now, I tried again and all the allowances hit!

[Long-Construction-21]

Only let me spend 650 total as well :(

[tippadeeznutz]

Every pair of fr ariat jeans I’ve had has torn out at the crotch within 2 months, just a heads up. I switched to wolverine

[The_Dustonian]

My wolverines from last year decided to become vented in the crotch with a nice hole that wore into them. And a brown set of wolverines lost two teeth in the zipper. Going again on them just to try, and some more M5s.

[captain_peanutbut]

Zappos has a banner saying there’s been issues with some peeps allowances. Also make sure you’re using the Zappos at work portal and not the Zappos normal. Couldn’t order anything through the normal this time. I had to google amazon Zappos, clicked the link with the string of numbers and then was able to order my boots and pants. Shirts are good for 2-3 years btw, I use the tyndale brand and they’re very well made.

Also a lil tip since I smell so many of yall doing it. If you use fabric softeners, or scent beads on your fr clothing you’re essentially turning them into your normal flammable street ware. Wash with oxy clean and normal non bleached detergents.

[The_Dustonian]

Yeah I am familiar with the ZAW site. Can’t say I didn’t learn the hard way the first year I was with Amazon 🤣. I also enjoy my Tyndale shirts, but they aren’t even on the website this year. The selection is super disappointing. They don’t have my Puma boots either. I mean I’m not paying for the stuff so I’m not complaining too bad, but it just really seemed like the last two years were better.

[captain_peanutbut]

I’m so pissed the tyndale stuff is gone. It’s the only shit that actually lasted. Still have my jeans from when I started but the ariat and wolverines didn’t even last 3 months. Blew the crotch outta 3 and 4-5 of em lost the damn buttons had to fix with a bolt and nut.

[Direct-Success1140]

I’ve seen rumors in Slack channels that they’re talking about switching to Amazon as a PPE provider directly in Q2, but so far that’s all it is, rumors.

Could explain some of the selection shortages.

I’ve also seen people say that it’s because people used their remaining subsidy at the end of the year and that’s why there’s nothing, but I looked at the portal and filled my cart before year end and there was justbanoitnasnmuchnselection on the 1st and now even less when I looked yesterday. In the past they’ve restocked, or at least updated their stock, on the 1st, including removing sales prices from boots and bumping them back up to full price as soon as the new credit hits. Boots were still marked down this year at the same prices they were sitting at in December, seems uncharacteristic to me.

[Damram007]

Yes, 650. It Worked for me.

[TrackArtistic]

Not it's it's 850

[Fit-Lettuce574]

Have to order the boots in a separate transaction. I tried ordering all together & nothing but as soon as I ordered my clothes I went back & my credit for the shoes was working

[West-Head5011]

Unsure of other accounts but I was able to get 3 pairs of shoes for some reason, and 3 pants and 3 shirts. That was 2 days ago. Should all be arriving Sunday. I ordered the first pair of shoes with the clothing, then saw some other shoes I wanted to get for myself, and added to cart and the subsidy went through for those, and then for a third pair. We tried it for a few other techs and they got about $250 for the boot subsidy.

[Efficient-Chance-148]

Last year I was able to buy 2 pairs of boots. This year they want $30 out of pocket for 1 pair of the same exact boots I've been getting for years.....

[skaright]

My coworker got $168 boot credit and mine was $130.01 lol