Super Cool Toxic Workplace E7: White Flags & Caveats

Hand & Heart Media

DISCLAIMER: The names of Mikkeller C levels & employees have been changed to placeholder identifiers. The context of these people and their changed identities is consistently and constantly reiterated throughout the course of the program. If you experience any confusion about the identities of the individuals discussed and any further confusion that this podcast focuses on any other individual/s other than the Founder / Operations Lead / CEO / HR or Owner, please contact [e-mail]. Since the publication of this podcast, Mikkeller and Hand & Heart have agreed H&H will deliver an independent and external reconciliation program for former and current employees of the company who have experienced a bad workplace. This is addressed in Episode 11 of this podcast, you can read more about the program by visiting www.handandheart.eu/mikkeller. A media offensive backfires for Mikkeller, as they respond to breweries withdrawing from their Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen - some doing so on the grounds of their lack of accountability and transparency in handling workplace allegations. The Danish press labels the ensuing events a ‘’shitstorm’’, and the company ends the week with it’s first formal apology and acknowledgment of problems at Mikkeller. We are left to wonder: what if that media offensive had worked?