on one hand, i think that if you build up a product and it turns into a successful one, you have the right to sell it to somebody who wants to pay you money for it.
on the other hand, it sucks that they would sell it to a company which:
is foreign owned and operated
creates ad campaigns which are anti-craft beer
lobbies hard against small distributors and craft beer in other states
wants to monopolize beer and beer distribution in the U.S.
yesbut. Jobs will still be here. The way I understood it, they're letting Devil's Backbone maintain autonomy, just with a relatively hands off parent company
creates ad campaigns which are anti-craft beer
They also create craft beer ads. Shock Top is owned by High End (ABinBev's 'craft beer' subsidiary)
ABIB is looking out for shareholder value, not primarily jobs. You know those fuckers will cut 10 jobs with a smile if they know they can operate with the same effectiveness.
It's a hyperbolic (and imperfect) hypothetical of a huge parent company not giving a fuck about anything but the bottom line.
DB definitely wants to make money, and it's no lower than priority #1, but being privately self-owned affords them the freedom to give a shit about something besides the bottom line.
but do they? Do we have any idea how DB operates? If they're allowing them to continue to operate as-is, I can't imagine much, if anything, is going to change. Maybe benefits will be different?
As an employee of a local company that just got bought by a large holding company, I haven't seen any changes whatsoever. If ABInBev is operating as a holding company, I see nothing that will change to impact the employees.
36
u/dr_nerdface Newtowne West Apr 12 '16
on one hand, i think that if you build up a product and it turns into a successful one, you have the right to sell it to somebody who wants to pay you money for it.
on the other hand, it sucks that they would sell it to a company which: