If I Owned A Brewery - Part 4 - Employee Appreciation

If you read my review of Black Star Co-op last month, you'll remember that they play their employees a living wage, so there's no tipping.  Nice idea, right?

Well, here's another idea: Employee Appreciation Night.

If I owned a brew pub I would do what the owners of Brewery Vivant in Grand Rapids, Michigan, recently did. They had a Employee Appreciation Bonus Night where 100% of the restaurant profits on food, drink and merchandise sales are being given back to the 35 employees as a bonus. There is some no doubt complicated formula that takes the number of hours worked to determine how much each employee gets.

That should put some smiles on employee faces!