Ever in the headlines thanks to unshakeable controversy, brewer and bar chain BrewDog have committed itself to sharing half its bar profits with all bar staff and give around 750 workers shares worth £120,000. After recently being valued at £1.8billion, over 1,500 hourly staff can expect to earn an extra £3,000 to £5,000 a year in cash.
Co-founder and current chief executive James Watt has also claimed he will give five percent of the business to salaried workers in an apparent attempt rehabilitate the brand's tarnished image. BrewDog has previously being described as a business which runs of a "culture of fear".
Just last year, the Scottish beer company had to apologise to former employees, after Mr Watt was alleged to have fostered a toxic culture in which workers were bullied and "treated like objects". The open letter by over 60 former staff members said:
