The staff announced in a statement on Tuesday that Jean Broillet IV, founder of the popular Tired Hands Brewing Co., had “exited all day-to-day operations” at the Ardmore craft brewery after receiving a lot of publicity about toxic workplace conditions . statement On Instagram.

In the hundreds of disturbing stories posted on Instagram by Brienne Allan, the brewery and production manager of Notch Brewing, Massachusetts, the craft brewery is one of many breweries and beer industry leaders.

On May 11, Allen came to Instagram with his experience of sexism in the industry, and then asked an open question, inviting others to share their own stories.

Allen’s post triggered a series of anonymous responses, including various workplace complaints from well-known breweries, from tired hands to the Hill Farm Brewery in Vermont and Philadelphia’s own Evil Genius beer company.

As of Tuesday night, hundreds of allegations were still posted in a series of Instagram reports Alan’s story.

Anonymous claims for tired hands claim that the brewery does not bartend women, and Broilet has formed a group of employees who drink during working hours, and they accept the services of employees without tipping.

Others claimed that tired hands refused to provide employees with personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic, used intimidation measures against employees, and did not hire or promote people of color in the workplace.

“Tired Hands” employees said on Instagram: “We, existing employees will stay where they are and continue to operate, because we are looking for new leaders to build a stronger culture here.” “Recently about our industry. Stories have popped up so that we can deal with our experiences in a unified way. We are united with anyone in the brewing industry who has experienced toxic workplace abuse, racism or sexism, including our past and present.”

In a post deleted on Monday, Jean Broillet wrote that he and his wife and brewery co-founder Julie Broillet “take personal responsibility for any allegations that may be true. responsibility”. Julie Broillet stopped working at the company in March.

Before founding Tired Hands Brewing Co. in 2011, Jean worked at Victory Brewing and Iron Hill Brewery. The 50 best breweries in the United States in 2010 selected by Paste magazine And with the help of popular beers such as HopHands Pale Ale and Technicolor Splendor IPA.

The staff with tired hands thanked Allen for the allegations against the brewery, but did not comment specifically on any statements related to the company.

She explained that within a week, Allen suddenly found herself in a potentially difficult legal situation. Interview “Good Beer Hunting”.

“I have many breweries reaching out to me, and I have many friends calling me and telling me their stories as if I were accusing them,” Allen said. “I basically told everyone on the Internet two days ago: If there is a story about you and you don’t want to hear it, please tell me and I will write it down.”

The news about “tired hands” was released a week after Philadelphia Magazine published a story about the former yard winemaker. Filing a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit Oppose the Philadelphia Brewers.

The accusation is Part of a general trend of dissatisfaction in the craft beer industryThis has caused more and more complaints about sexism and racism.

At the time of resignation, it is not clear what role Jean and Julie Broillet will play in future “Tired Hands”.