It's been a whirlwind the last few weeks for me. I came home from work one day and decided that I needed another job and bad. Well I ended up scouring the brewery websites looking for possible employment opportunities. I ended up on Victory's website and saw a listing for assistant brewer. I figured what the hell why not. So I sent my resume in not expecting a company like Victory to contact someone like me with only 6 months experience brewing. That was on a Tuesday night when I sent the resume and they called me on Friday while I was at work. My heart skipped a beat when I listened to the voicemail. I finally got to speak with them the following Monday and set up an informal interview to talk over my experience and my resume. I met with the senior brewer and the packaging manager over a couple beers in the restaurant on a Monday afternoon. Then I had to wait for a call about going back for a more formal interview process. I was patient but worried that after almost two weeks I hadn't heard anything. Then on a Friday I received an email requesting me to come for an interview with HR and Ron Barchett the Co-Brewmaster/CEO/Co-Founder of Victory. I went there on Wednesday at 10am got a full detailed tour of all areas of the brewery starting in the brewhouse then the cellar, the barrel room, and then finally the bottling/kegging lines. Unfortunately the the CEO could not make my interview (actually a little sigh of relief on my part because I was most nervous about meeting with him) and I just did my formal interview with the director of HR.
So long story short. I went, I interviewed, I sent references and I got a job offer! I'm psyched about working for a company that believes in efficiency and has a serious eye for quality control and improvement.
It didn't hurt that the director of brewing operations at Victory was formerly a brewer where I work currently. So he knows exactly what I was dealing with and knows that if I can brew where I work, then brewing at Victory will be a cinch.
Ooh yeah and I get free beer at the bar after work, and three cases or two sixtels of beer to take home per month. :bottle:
So long story short. I went, I interviewed, I sent references and I got a job offer! I'm psyched about working for a company that believes in efficiency and has a serious eye for quality control and improvement.
It didn't hurt that the director of brewing operations at Victory was formerly a brewer where I work currently. So he knows exactly what I was dealing with and knows that if I can brew where I work, then brewing at Victory will be a cinch.
Ooh yeah and I get free beer at the bar after work, and three cases or two sixtels of beer to take home per month. :bottle:
. Always favored the Hop Devil as a result, but no doubt...they make some great beers. Congrats!
