I work at a smallish brewery in Greater Vancouver in an area pretty well known for its multiple breweries. The business is not doing super well due to market trends (less people drinking beer, higher prices, all the usual) but also due to a series of really stupid decisions on the owner’s part (too many to list and don’t necessarily want to give too many identifying features of the biz for obvious reasons).
Yesterday at our quarterly staff meeting, after our manager spent about 10 minutes going on about how much better we’re doing in sales compared to last year, she promised us a “summer staff party” to thank all the people that will be leaving at the end of the summer. The catch? It’ll be at the park down the road (free venue) and she wants it to be a POTLUCK. Like, we bring our own food.
So basically they want to throw us a party, but for the cost of the provided beer (it costs roughly 83c to make a pint) and our labour and money for bringing food to feed our coworkers.
I’m likely not going; me and some coworkers have speculated that any budget underage will go straight into her pocket. Great management.