Apple Treats Employees to Performances of Cirque du Soleil's 'Totem'

[MacRumors]

MacRumors has learned that Apple has bought out two performances of Cirque du Soleil's traveling show Totem, currently playing in San Jose, California. According to our source, Apple purchased the entire block of 2,500 tickets for each of two shows yesterday and today for employees and their guests, with Apple also picking up the tab for food and drink.

Scanning Twitter and other social networks, we see that a number of people associated with Apple did mention being at Cirque du Soleil yesterday, supporting our source's claim of an Apple-sponsored event.

It is unclear what the reason for the event was, whether it was a simple perk offered to company employees or if there was a specific product milestone or other reason associated with the occasion.

Article Link: Apple Treats Employees to Performances of Cirque du Soleil's 'Totem'

 

[ciociosan]

In other news, there's no news today.

 

[Tronic]

Nice to see companies doing stuff like this. I know mine (pharmaceutical$) never would.

 

[Eduardo1971]

Wow, Tim Cook is on a goodwill frenzy.

Good for all involved.

 

[chrmjenkins]

Wow, Tim Cook is on goodwill frenzy.

Good for all involved.

I'm sure he'll be fairly good at retaining talent in his own way.

 

[iMaven]

Looks Photoshopped, but ok.

 

[iBreatheApple]

I'm a bit confused as to what's going on...

 

[rdowns]

I saw tweets of Apple employees complaining that the show had uneven lighting and a pale pink look to it.

 

[gregwyattjr]

Man. That's so awesome. I've always wanted to see Cirque Du Soleil.

 

[Peace]

It's tax season and Tim wants to save a few thousand. Ha!

This is something Steve Jobs would never do.

 

[whistler222]

Looks Photoshopped, but ok.

Duh.. of course its' Photoshopped.
The row/seats are not normally blacked out..

 

[Silverfist]

I saw tweets of Apple employees complaining that the show had uneven lighting and a pale pink look to it.

Thanks for the chuckle!

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[MR1324]

these kinds of perks seriously make me want to switch to an IT career. i'll be working in healthcare and hospitals will NEVER do something like this for their employees.

 

[bretm]

Man. That's so awesome. I've always wanted to see Cirque Du Soleil.

Good luck gringo a ticket unless you're an Apple Employee apparently.

 

[Krazy Bill]

So what do Apple employees in other states get to do? Sounds like one of those "home office" perks. Those always go over well with the folks in the "trenches".

 

[WardC]

The milestone was Apple's selling one billion iPhones and Tim Cook making his first trillion dollars. HA!

 

[Jus11]

In other news, there's no news today.

Why was it again that I was following this site...? Oh, I was waiting for some news on the new desktop models. Like every week during the last couple of months.

Btw, speaking of headline policy, do you happen to know if Tim Cook has farted?

 

[Stouver]

"Mac Rumors: Apple Mac iOS Rumors and News You Care About"

Most of the time.

 

[Ciclismo]

Nice to see companies doing stuff like this. I know mine (pharmaceutical$) never would.

My employer cancelled our Christmas party citing "current economic conditions". Then they posted record turn over, record profits, and record share dividends 3 months later. Needless to say, I am up-skilling myself so I can head on to greener pastures.

 

[Consultant]

Seriously? "SPECIAL APPLE"???

 

[Lesser Evets]

File under "BFD"

 

[codo]

My employer cancelled our Christmas party citing "current economic conditions". Then they posted record turn over, record profits, and record share dividends 3 months later. Needless to say, I am up-skilling myself so I can head on to greener pastures.

Good on you!

So many companies cite the current economic climate as a reason for freezing pay, but the top managers are still changing their Jag, Merc or Beamer every 12 months and reporting positive growth... I would be out!

Companies should treat their employees occasionally, Apple is no exception.

 

[Renzatic]

Looks Photoshopped, but ok.

Hey cool! I've been invited, too!

 

[blackpond]

Sounds fun.

 

[GREEN4U]

Cirque du Soleil is really overrated and actually kinda gross and boring when you think about how many other amazing shows there are out there.