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Was that a real thing or was the Beyonce concert hyperbole?
by SyzygistSix 5y ago
Was that a real thing or was the Beyonce concert hyperbole?
- gmueckl 5y agoDon't know about Beyonce, but it's pretty common for big companies to organize private concerts with big names for their employees. I guess it's a case of just spending enough money to make this happen.
- corty 5y agoIt is pretty commmon in departments such as sales, trading or marketing as incentive to e.g. invite $singer upon hitting the years sales target. Or organize a short holiday, visit to a sports event, fancy dinner, something. Seems to spill over to engineering or the whole company in some places.
- xtracto 5y agoAs a previous engineer manager this sucks . While sales people get all kinds of bonuses for doing their job. The Engineering team gets a pat in the back because nothing broke down.
- SyzygistSix 5y agoI'd have to say that I would prefer the pat on the back to what most bosses consider good entertainment.
- ccmonnett 5y agoOn the other hand, sales people are quickly dismissed if they don't meet their goals; it's a double-edged sword.
- cptnapalm 5y agoNot really related and I don't know about Beyonce, but during the dot com bubble, a company called Pixelton had a party with KISS, Tony Bennett and a reunion of The Who. They went bankrupt.
- mathattack 5y agoReal thing. Banks hire politicians for meetings, tech companies hire celebs.
- dmalik 5y agoAt BlackBerry we had Aerosmith, Van Halen, and U2 on different occasions.
- mathattack 5y agoIn hindsight could that money have been better spent?