Great job, great coworkers, poor management - Brewer Anheuser-Busch Employee Review

I can only speak to Merrimack facility. When I say that the pay an benefits are amazing there is a catch. Nationally an excessive focus on cost per barrel has led the company to cut corners as well as manpower. The company is unwilling to admit that they are understaffed, which is affecting employees work/life balance. People are being forced to work 12 hours shifts several times a week so that the facility doesn't have to staff a few more people to get the work done properly and safely. At the same time the Merrimack facility is currently laying off most of its workforce roughly once every 4-6 weeks in order to manage that cost per barrel. Managers pay lip service to problem solving tools and safety issues because addressing them properly costs money that isn't in the extremely tight budget.