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We are not a Cost Center Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

We are not a Cost Center Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

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Unisex with a relaxed cut, true to size, S to 4XL. Garment-dyed heavyweight tee.

We are not a cost center. The spreadsheet called the department overhead, the software promised to absorb it, and six months later the customers were the ones who noticed the difference. This shirt is for the people the spreadsheet called a cost center, who were the product all along.

Wear it to the all-hands where the reorg gets announced, the union meeting, the layoff support group, and the reunion of the department that got dissolved together. It is a sharp gift for a support rep, a QA tester, a librarian at a company that cut the library, and the coworker who read the spreadsheet.

Printed on a Comfort Colors 1717 in garment-dyed 6.1 oz ring-spun cotton, soft, evenly colored, and heavy enough to outlast the reorg. Direct-to-garment. Ink in the cotton, nothing cracks.

Relaxed, unisex, true to size. S to 4XL. Colors: Black, White, Bay, Blossom. And Chambray, Graphite, Ivory, Banana. Also as a hoodie and a sweatshirt. It stands with the worker designs on our anti-AI movement page.

Designed and printed to order in the USA. Machine wash cold, inside out, with like colors. Tumble dry low. Do not bleach or iron the design.

Details

  • Comfort Colors 1717 unisex tee.
  • Garment-dyed ring-spun cotton.
  • Weight 6.1 oz.
  • Direct-to-garment print, into the fabric.
  • Unisex, relaxed, true to size.
  • Sizes S through 4XL.
  • Eight colors, Black through Banana.
  • Made to order in the USA.

Common questions

What is a cost center? Accounting language for a department that spends money without directly bringing it in, which is how the spreadsheet describes the people customers actually talk to.

Would a dissolved department order these? Departments do, usually for the reunion. Every shirt is printed to order. Any sizes, any colors, one order.

Which color for an all-hands? Graphite and Chambray read clean. Black for the union meeting.

Does the tee run true? Yes. Relaxed body, true to size.

Wear it to: the all-hands where they announce the new tool, the studio, the classroom, the town meeting about the data center.

Fabric and fit

Comfort Colors 1717: 6.1 oz 100 percent ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed and soft-washed so it feels broken in from the first wear. Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 4XL in eight colors. Double-needle stitching, no side seams, sewn-in label.

Measurements for every size are on the size and fit guide.

Printing and care

Printed to order in the USA, direct to garment: water-based ink goes into the fabric rather than sitting on top, so the print stays soft and does not crack or peel.

Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print. More on the fabric and care page.

Shipping and returns

Every shirt is made when you order it and ships from the USA. Current production and delivery times, and how returns work, are on the shipping and returns page. Ordering for a group? See group and bulk orders.

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