BrewDog's Fall: 33M Sale, Job Losses, Criticism

0:00On March 4, Brudog, the Scottish craft beer giant just sold to U.S. firm Tillray for $33 million, a huge drop from its $2 billion, pound valuation a few years back. The deal came with the sudden closure of 38 U.K. bars and the loss of 4.84 jobs announced in a company-wide call-on. Monday, co-founder James Watt shared his heartbreak online for the laid-off workers and the 220,000 equity punks who poured $75 million into the company over seven rounds only to see their shares wiped out. He admitted the firm grew too fast, diversified too much, and handled crises poorly. Reactions poured in online, mixing sympathy with sharp criticism. Some pointed to Watt and co-founder Martin Dickie's $100 million payday from a past deal that favored big investors. Americans called the mass layoffs a national disgrace, comparing it to past scandals and demanding answers on unpaid wages.

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