Microsoft’s summer interns got more than just a beautiful night at Gas Works Park on Thursday, overlooking Lake Union and downtown Seattle. Pop stars Pitbull and Julia Michaels performed as part of the company’s Signature Event.
The @MicrosoftJobs Twitter feed said the event was to celebrate the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant’s interns and “the amazing work they’ve done this summer.”
In 2015, Microsoft surprised interns with a Maroon 5 concert, also at Gas Works. In the ultra-competitive world of tech recruiting these days, staging a big-name act in a park overlooking the city might just do the trick. Amazon, for instance, will be treating its 45,000 Seattle employees to a post-Prime Day concert featuring Demi Lovato at CenturyLink Field on July 19.
Posts across social media, many using the hashtag #microsoftlife, included photos and videos of the party scene on Thursday.
Celebrated our interns and the amazing work they've done this summer at the Microsoft Intern Signature Event with our #MicrosoftLife squad. Our interns rock! ✨ https://t.co/HS1jG6YyXB
— Microsoft Life (@MicrosoftJobs) July 13, 2018
So thankful for the special invite to the 2018 @Microsoft #Intern Signature Event!
Thank you @DiegoRejtman and every University Recruiting team-member for organizing an amazing event! @pitbull put on an awesome show for us all! #Dale #MicrosoftLife pic.twitter.com/PGKp8eNIBN
— Arturo Lucatero (@ArLucaID) July 13, 2018
Saw @pitbull tonight, got an @Xbox, made some new friends, and celebrated working at @Microsoft, id say it was a successful sig event #microsoftlife
— GONZO (@deafGonzo) July 13, 2018
It's @juliamichaels at the Microsoft Intern Signature Event!! #microsoftlife pic.twitter.com/pjbfGjUxIg
— Joshua Berenhaus (@JBerenhaus) July 13, 2018
#MicrosoftLife #MicrosoftIntern@pitbull : if you take impossible, add a space, and an apostrophe, you get “I’m possible”
Me: pic.twitter.com/HoOWTno9Qj— Jacqueline (@this_is_jcg) July 13, 2018
Holy cow #microsoftlife is intense.
8am setting up secret palettes of Xbox Ones, evening of hyping up interns, then a @juliamichaels and @pitbull concert. I am beat. ?? #dale pic.twitter.com/Q87zzYb9H5
— Josh Goldberg ? (@JoshuaKGoldberg) July 13, 2018
@RyanDivish hey man too bad you’re not in Seattle, Pitbull is doing a private concert at Gasworks! Oh well, your loss. pic.twitter.com/7eLHFII8dH
— John McCallum (@johncmack) July 13, 2018
my bf and i came to the park to drink wine & watch the sunset and there’s a pitbull concert happening here??? pitbull is at this park. at a microsoft sponsored concert. welcome 2 seattle
— neethi (@neethz) July 13, 2018
? @Pitbull performing at the Microsoft Intern Signatures Event in Seattle, WA last night (July 12, 2018) #MrWorldwide #Pitbull pic.twitter.com/RpTPsq4AwW
— Mr. Worldwide (Pitbull) (@305_world) July 13, 2018
? @Pitbull performing at the Microsoft Intern Signatures Event in Seattle, WA last night (July 12, 2018) #MrWorldwide #Pitbull pic.twitter.com/rY0mGoG4RS
— Mr. Worldwide (Pitbull) (@305_world) July 13, 2018