Pabst reviews

3.1

58% would recommend to a friend

(99 total reviews)
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Paul Chibe

59% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Pabst has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 99 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Pabst employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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99 reviews
1.0
May 28, 2014

Terrible Company

Recommend
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Pros

A few great Brands that are a lot of Fun to sell. Sales team in the field is very good(area sales manager and below) Local Marketing reps (FMR's/FMM's are great).

Cons

The ownership is a joke. They bought the company in June 2010. Since then they have had only 1 intention, to sell the company for more money than they bought it. I liken it to the worse kind of house flippers. They bought a sky rocketing brand in PBR(buying a house in an upcoming neighborhood), put some money into neglected regional brands (new paint), but tore out installation and copper wiring to sell (bonus programs, internet, vacation time, laid off people in critical sales areas) that the new owner wont realize when they buy. The company is broken with severely defective leadership in marketing, sales, and logistics.

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Pabst Response
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Update 5/5/2016: The Company was purchased in November 2014 (6 months after this review) and since that time, our new owners have completely invested in our existing brands, innovation, expanding our portfolio, and in our employees and their development. We're happy to share that these investments have resulted in: - Creating more structure and focus to our teams, without micromanaging. Instead, we've provided the framework for our employees to own their respective business areas and act as business entrepreneurs. We've received great feedback from our teams with this new way of working and will continue to listen to employee feedback to find an optimal mix. - Aligning bonus structures to reward individual performance with personalized key performance indicators (KPIs), metrics, and transparency. - Promoted more than 50 people into new roles. - Invested in employee growth and career progression by creating a Learning and Development department and started training sessions. - Added additional elements to our compensation packages to be competitive (and in some areas above) the market. As an example, we were an industry leader in creating a paid Parental Leave policy that exceeds individual state minimums! We are confident that the company has become more stable, successful and innovative since November 2014. If you are still an employee of the company, we hope that you've seen these improvements. We're always open to continued feedback and encourage all of our employees to speak with their manager or a member of leadership and share their thoughts so we can continue to become better.
2.0
May 2, 2018

PBC is Good not GREAT

Recommend
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Pros

Free beer, fun co-workers, great brands, good car allowance, amazing POS.

Cons

They are constantly doing layoffs/restructuring. In the two years that I was with the company there were three major restructuring that happened letting hundreds of people go. You never feel safe at Pabst Brewing Company. As the restructuring happened the thinner the Salesforce was and the more expectations were expected out of you for no additional compensation. They talked about going from good to great all the time but being able to do anything good was nearly impossible with the amount of workload given to thier employees. They are always launching new brands that could be successful but not having the right tools in place for the launch caused unsuccessful sales.

1.0
Aug 21, 2019

DO NOT work here!

Recommend
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Pros

Free beer, work from home, that's about it.

Cons

Where do I start. - Company is a sinking ship. Sales have been horrible for years now and it will not get better - Individuals in higher marketing roles who have absolutely no creativity whatsoever are all over the place and are absolutely clueless when it comes to marketing brands - They are laying people off all the time and it will not slow down - The inappropriateness and harassment is absurd, do not look into this company if you are a female - The brands are just not good, they old and stagnant and unfortunately are not going anywhere

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