Company party as gasworks

[tacocat]

Anyone at this. It looks insane!

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Details? Pics? You can't leave us hanging like this.

[emyinpink]

my sister is it's a party for interns at a tech company in the area

[FrozenSunshine]

That explains the million people crossing around there without looking before they walked out in traffic tonight.

[tacocat]

My view. I want to sneak in

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I would love someday to work for any sort of real company that had REAL events. You know, like one that I don't have to help organize, set up/take down, host and that uses money and where all the food doesn't have to come from Costco because that's the owner's idea of "fancy." Oh, and held off-site, not crammed in amongst machinery. Sigh.

[emyinpink]

Jul 25, 2012 23:30:56 GMT -5 @ksta said:

I would love someday to work for any sort of real company that had REAL events. You know, like one that I don't have to help organize, set up/take down, host and that uses money and where all the food doesn't have to come from Costco because that's the owner's idea of "fancy." Oh, and held off-site, not crammed in amongst machinery. Sigh.

well, even at this company intern events are something special

[bettylou79]

So do we get to know what company this is that had the party?? I'm curious!

[tacocat]

That was my guess. If I didn't have to work tomorrow I totally would have broken in! Instead I just got home and should go to bed.

[bettylou79]

Jul 26, 2012 0:13:55 GMT -5 kooshball said:

Jul 26, 2012 0:08:41 GMT -5 bettylou79 said:

So do we get to know what company this is that had the party?? I'm curious!

I am guessing Microsoft... Last year they did an intern party with Dave Matthews band.

Drool! Jealous!

[larzhope]

Yep it was MS. Alabama Shakes and Young the Giant performed. Sometimes being a recruiter has its perks!

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I'm old, I don't even know that (those?) band (person?).

[joenali]

Jul 26, 2012 2:49:28 GMT -5 larzhope said:

Yep it was MS. Alabama Shakes and Young the Giant performed. Sometimes being a recruiter has its perks!

Who???

[maddysmum]

The last Amazon staff meeting was held at CenturyLink and a guy from the Beastie Boys DJed it.

It killed me that their staff meeting needed a DJ. I was always pleased if we got free donuts at our staff meeting!

[bettylou79]

Jul 26, 2012 11:31:26 GMT -5 @ksta said:

I'm old, I don't even know that (those?) band (person?).

Wheew! Glad I'm not the only one who feels like this! Good thing I'm not an intern!
Runs off to the google to find out who these bands/people are!

[emyinpink]

it was actually really sad last year when so many interns didn't know who dave matthews was....

[joenali]

Jul 26, 2012 12:28:39 GMT -5 @emyinpink said:

it was actually really sad last year when so many interns didn't know who dave matthews was....

That just means one thing... we are old.

[macpanda]

Jul 26, 2012 11:55:23 GMT -5 maddysmum said:

It killed me that their staff meeting needed a DJ. I was always pleased if we got free donuts at our staff meeting!

This! (I might be controversial here...) I would kill to get a free meal even once or twice a year from my employer. I can't imagine how nice it must be to have a whole event thrown for you, offsite, with food, with entertainment of any caliber. Ugh- enjoy your rich get richer lifestyle, interns! ugh, interns even!

[mkate710]

Google those bands ladies, they're both great!

[emyinpink]

Jul 26, 2012 13:33:48 GMT -5 @sfgal530 said:

Jul 26, 2012 0:13:55 GMT -5 kooshball said:

I am guessing Microsoft... Last year they did an intern party with Dave Matthews band.

Back in the day the party used to be thrown at Bill Gates' house in Medina. Bill would come out and hang out with the interns, which was really cool for them, as he was apparently pretty approachable.

ya, meeting Bill was incredible. he was so nice and down to earth, and I got to have a really great chat with him about women in tech. honestly, I'd probably prefer that to the laptops that the interns also got this year .

[WOT?*]

Maybe I should go back and get (re)educamated in IT. My mad skills of 30 years ago could use some refreshing.

DH's firm gets together every three years at some resort for a long weekend. Last year was in San Diego. We had a company picnic sponsored at the beach in Pensacola, with tanks and amphibs and stuff for the folks to tour and kids to play on. They had an amphib demonstration come in from Pensacola through the Pacific and land at the picnic site where they let the kids climb all over and through them. (The general that headed up Pensacola was brother to a senior partner so we were hooked up, and the firm's volunteer efforts that triennium was for Wounded Warriors.) The band they had that year was a pretty good cover that did classic rock. DH even got moving to the music and singing (albeit rather quietly) to a few of the songs.

The one in '09 was at Hilton Head, SC, where we took over the Marriott and built sand castles, golfed, played Wii as "team building" events and basically just had fun. The band that played at that one was a well known '60s band (not Jan and Dean I don't believe but same level; I just don't remember which one it was. One of the members was a cousin of a senior partner.)

I like my DH's firm events. They don't come often enough though.

[jennlin]

Jul 26, 2012 12:30:43 GMT -5 joenali said:

Jul 26, 2012 12:28:39 GMT -5 @emyinpink said:

it was actually really sad last year when so many interns didn't know who dave matthews was....

That just means one thing... we are old.

i'm NOT old!! i swear!! i don't know who they are either.

my work had a "vintage car show" yesterday. apparently there was a ferrari out there...not vintage, and obviously i'm working in the wrong department. we also had a band playing, but our band was old guys with beer guts, as they usually are. there was somebody big before i left on mat leave....i don't remember who. somebody. no idea who..but everybody was excited.