Pros
The culture of the associates made the atmosphere very enjoyable. There was a very strong passion for learning the trade that we sold and it made for excellent interactions and conversations as well as impassioned improvement opportunities.
Cons
Bought by an investment company, Northern Brewer lost it's way. I had 5 different bosses in 1 year and they lost another one right as I left. When I started, everyone who worked there would tell you they loved their job. Now they will all tell you where and how they are searching for a new one. The upper management is ran with a very "old-school" dictator like approach that makes it very difficult to make real progress through continuous improvement. There is no room to grow for management as they only hire from the outside and never promoted from within at the management level while I was with the company.