Green Light for Microsoft Campus Pub

[JMcEntegart]

Last week Microsoft employees were disappointed when the company pulled the plug on plans for a pub on its Redmond campus.

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[danimal_the_animal]

Unless you work there.....why would one care?
It doesn't improve my life one bit.......

 

[hellwig]

Trust me, Microsofties blur that line all the time. The group I used to work with had beer parties once a month in the lobby (during work hours). Many other buildings have arcades where people can relax. Heck, you'd be hard-pressed to find an employee who wasn't a beta-tester for the latest Microsoft or X-Box game.

To be honest, I don't know how they got work done. It was probably the 10% of employees who weren't busy drinking or playing.

 

[Guest]

...what's a pub? :3

 

[apache_lives]

Beers on Bill Gates! 1 billion dollar tab wooooooooooooo

we all know hes a party machine, him and his second man lol

 

[JeBuSBrian]

Tom's, please hire a proof-reader.

 

[jhansonxi]

Trying to capitalize on the Ballmer Peak?

 

[cruiseoveride]

@JeBuSBrian Don't expect literary content on sites like Tomshardware to be any better than a 4yrs old's vacation story.

Pretty lame move. "Ok you can have a bar, but you need to have a "meeting" booked to use it"

 

[Tindytim]

[citation][nom]andhfnns[/nom]...what's a pub? :3[/citation]
It's what Europeans call a bar.

 

[rabbitc]

lol@ cruiseoveride - too true. Sounds like life at P&G many moons ago. Wonder how long it will be until 'strongly suggested' attendance is stated for out-of-hours pub events just to justify the investment...

 

[grieve]

The Pub idea on the M$ campos could be a great idea… make it a social lunch gathering place, liquer only after 3pm.

One of the Colleges I attended had a pub. Befor 2pm no liquer was served but you could still eat, play pool or foosball and watch various sporting events. Often 2pm couldn’t come fast enough!

 

[fazers_on_stun]

So, what happened to the "go-go" 90's when all the dot-com startups offered free gourmet food, booze, cocaine, games, etc. to the employees?? Somehow a mere pub doesn't seem like much outside the "corporate" image..

 

[smalltime0]

[citation][nom]jhansonxi[/nom]Trying to capitalize on the Ballmer Peak?[/citation]
gah I came to this article to do that... sadly already beat

It woiuld be funny if windows 8 ends up being amazingly awesome due to alcohol consumption

 

[smalltime0]

[citation][nom]Tindytim[/nom]It's what Europeans call a bar.[/citation]
Or a Tavern, depending wherebouts your from
[citation][nom]grieve[/nom]The Pub idea on the M$ campos could be a great idea… make it a social lunch gathering place, liquer only after 3pm.One of the Colleges I attended had a pub. Befor 2pm no liquer was served but you could still eat, play pool or foosball and watch various sporting events. Often 2pm couldn’t come fast enough![/citation]
lol, my University I go to in Australia has a Tavern that opens at 11 am, serving alcohol... sometimes there are even people waiting outside

And one of the advantages of joining the student representative body it discounted drinks...