Is this the same founder of brew dog whose female staff are told never to be in a room alone with him? Or is that the other one?
UK ‘one of world’s least work-oriented countries’ claims BrewDog founder - as he slams obsession with 'work-life balance'
Submitted 4 months ago by blackn1ght@feddit.uk to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/brewdog-boss-james-watt-georgia-toffolo-work-life-balance/
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mannycalavera@feddit.uk 4 months ago
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 4 months ago
I think it’s the same guy, yeah.
Naich@lemmings.world 4 months ago
Oh look someone else who can fuck right off.
HK65@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
This the same BrewDog that the term brewdogging was coined for, meaning getting interviewees to solve actual problems in the company, thereby stealing free work from people looking for jobs?
Yeah, fuckem
zephorah@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Keep on pushing back or you’ll end up like us across the pond.
GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 4 months ago
Spoons and BD have been on my “do not drink at” list for a while.
This underlines the BD one for me.hellfire103@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Wait, what’s wrong with spoons, besides the obvious?
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 4 months ago
I think they might be referring to the owners politics, specifically his very strong Leave campaign during the EU referendum. Could be wrong though.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
I totally agree, I think to encourage enthusiasm for work he should make all his employees equal shareholders with a stake in the business so all can benefit and run brewdog as a worker owned co-op, but something makes me think he won’t.
oce@jlai.lu 4 months ago
He should try to open a factory with us in France.
JohnSmith@feddit.uk 4 months ago
I think this is a great idea! Perhaps he could move his whole company, its beers and himself in the process.
MayonnaiseArch@beehaw.org 4 months ago
Going to the country where they have a tradition of shortening people who get too tall for their own good. I like that
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
What a fucking knob
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I hope he’s right. I prefer to be among people who are obsessed with work life balance.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
How dare people want to balance his quality of life with their own!
sirico@feddit.uk 4 months ago
Yet another Booo dog. Much better breweries from traditional to the likes of Northern Monk.
casmael@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Oh look it’s another mad psycho at the top of a company who would have fucking thought it I’ve definitely never seen that before Wowee so strange and unusual. Band companies, ban money, put people like this out in pieces on tower bridge that’s my advice.
ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Not defending the guy, he seems an ass but he is also seemingly not that involved with the company anymore.
Watt stepped down from BrewDog’s daily operations last year after 17 years but retains his ownership stake and holds the title of “captain and co-founder” in a non-executive role.
The company apologised and promised to learn from the situation, though they later faced backlash for reversing a pledge to pay real living wages.
So maybe rather lookup what he currently does and boycott that if you can.
zerakith@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
If he retains an ownership stake doesn’t that mean he still takes home the profit of Brewdog so boycotting would still be effective/desirable?
j4yt33@feddit.org 4 months ago
I’d think so
wewbull@feddit.uk 4 months ago
Only in the form of dividends, if brewdog pays them.
j4yt33@feddit.org 4 months ago
The one brewdog pub we have here is overpriced and not very nice, now I have one less reason to go there
rayquetzalcoatl@feddit.uk 4 months ago
Jobsworth in a flatcap, fuck off with your poncy beers, absolute wanker
doleo@lemmy.one 4 months ago
Move beyond that obsession, towards what, exactly? Besides, it’s not as if this apparent laziness has stopped you getting stinking rich.
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
People like this might not understand anything besides violence.
harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
I think it’s pretty obvious. The moment you start treating people as resources, putting policy over people, you’ve declared that you have little to no empathy and place little value on human life, aside from your own.
jlow@beehaw.org 4 months ago
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 4 months ago
He’s a known cunt. How opinion means nothing.
Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 4 months ago
Oh no, less people are working themselves into the ground which limits the need for the momentary escape that alcohol can brings and affects the sales of my pretentious beer. Boo-fucking-hoo.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Don’t buy BrewDog beer. Got it.
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 4 months ago
This guy’s notorious for being a weapons grade prick. Absolutely not surprising he’s saying stuff like this.
Khrux@ttrpg.network 4 months ago
I’ve been told by literal Brewdog barstaff that if they know he’s coming, they need to encourage their female staff to either dress moderately or not come in, to minimise his sexual harassment.
I don’t know how true that is, but the city I’m based in, which is pretty happy to boycott assholes is filled with people who boycott Brewdog.
Mex@feddit.uk 4 months ago
Such a “punk” company and guy eh?
Daeraxa@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
I bought a gin on offer the other day only to get it home and discover it was a brewdog sub brand… I felt tricked