AB Inbev is closing 3 US breweries in early 2026

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Not much will change for the first year, except they'll let go most of your HR, Marketing, and Sales in favor of their own teams. Then a year later you'll realize that their sales people were not selling because they didn't know your products and your products compete with things they were already selling. Also you'll realize that the hiring/promotion freeze wasn't actually temporary while they integrated. The 401k 6% match is nice though so you tell yourself it's fine. Then at about year 2 the HR/sales issues start causing spreadsheets to turn red so they start micromanaging, solutions will have to use certain hardware IBM makes, or certain software components that IBM owns, etc. The offices become manager-heavy. Insane cost saving measures that cripple motivation will start. Any innovation grinds to ab slow trickle. By year 3 you'll look around and and realize all the skilled people left months ago. If you're waiting for retirement, it's fine to stay and just ride the wave of the mundane.

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