dwntwn smarts

Are you kidding me??????? While I am not questioning your dwntwn smarts, I am questioning your business smarts. Do you really think trimming the fat is going to lower your cost for a Budweiser. Prices will not come down, and all that money that was being paid to your so called fat and being spent in St louis is now going to Belgium. Someone that proclaims to have that much dwntwn smarts may want to look at taking an econmics class.

I feel sorry for anyone going though this process. Expect the HR person to be cold and indifferent. Even though the day before you may have doing work that made money for the company and being completely professional.
They bring you in a cold room and treat you as if you were nothing. Although they say it’s supposed to be “respectful”, you will feel like dirt. The people who are “safe” will gather around and watch for “victims”.
The real truth is slowly getting out about this process. Peacock and IV, hang your heads in shame.
These employees were the hardest working and had so much pride for their company. Peacock could have used a few less millions, maybe saved a few people from their demise. Brito bought a big fancy jet, he’s the biggest liar of them all. How many millions were spent on the Bud Light campaign, “drinkability”? It’s stupid and a waste of money - there was an ooportunity to have saved money to save jobs.

Do you people not get it? AB will be headquartered in New York City in a matter of 2 years. They don’t want to be here, they are not welcome here, and it is costly to come here. Get your severance while the severence is good. Moreover, when the company goes bankrupt, the lump sum pension goes away.

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What was the fire marshall hearing about?

I’ve said it before…St. Louis, should say goodbye to AB. Within five to no more than 10 years the southside facility will be proclaimed as another classic “loft” project if such is still the rage.

many jobs could of been saved totally agree with former budlight girl…it is ironic not one level of management has been let go in many departments, think of all the millions of $’s that could be saved and many many jobs! Baine Group wake-up!!! Harvard grads directing what!!! however, many jobs have been saved for the “good old boys” company has not changed, but the work a bees have been let go…go figure
dwntwn smarts- you are very ignorant,please there will be no cost saving to the end consumer…shafley should be the beer of choice, please support the local brewers

Personally, the way AB has treated their employees, especially the Brewery ones, Im not surprised about the way they are handling things. The Brewery Opertions employees are modern day slaves. Upper management is like a dictatorshiop who believes in managing by fear. The line supervisors have no lunch break. They have to eat when they can, and if that line is down, forget it! They expect the line supervisors to be available and on call 24 hours to come and “SAVE BEER” when necessary. I’m glad I left and have never looked back.

Stockholders, Stockholders, AB3

The fact that many people are missing is that, the decision was not made by any one person or family to sell AB to In-Bev. This was a decision made by large institutions who held a large majority of the shares. This decisoin was made because they believed this would make their clients the most money.

Years ago, when the AB board of directors made the decsion to go public they essentially lost all power on decison making. If the institutional managers decided that the board was not making the correct decisions, they would make sure it didn’t happen again.

Very unfortunate (to say the least) for all those involved in this matter individuals and communites alike. However, as stated by dwntown smarts ” the firm has been so fat and over employed for too long”. Unfortunately, this is problem many companies are realizing today.

Boy…the old mmt really had everyone fooled. Previous mmt flew by private jet and helicopter…Brito flies coach and ride Metrolink. He’s the bad guy?

The problem is that you can’t run a public company as if you are unaccountable and the previous mmt was…the board was a bunch of cronies rewarded with perks and distributorships for their kids. Case in point - of all of the people that could have run the company, the IVth was the best? Come on, be serious.

The folks at AB had it good…too good and it is tough when it ends but as we see with everything if it is too good to be true, then there is something wrong.

As people get laid off, previous mmt stays busy counting their money. If you want to blame anyone, blame the people really behind this (previous mmt.). If mmt would have kept the stock price up (by managing better…by cutting costs) this would have never happened.