Three New Belgium coworkers enjoying a beer together

Do Right

By People

People are at the heart of New Belgium – and always have been. We embrace our coworkers and support full and meaningful lives for them, their families, and our communities. We define wellbeing comprehensively to include economic/financial, social, environmental as well as physical health. As we’ve grown (1,300 coworkers and counting), we’ve only strengthened our investments in the people who power our business – and, in turn, they’ve strengthened their commitment to keeping our business healthy and strong.

Key Practices

Financial Transparency

Open-book management for all coworkers, from the front office to the forklift.

Leading Minimum Wages

$21 minimum wage (applies to non-tipped workers).
CEO-to-median worker pay ratio of less than 15:1 (compared to the 268-to-1 average among large companies).

Robust Benefits Package

We continuously assess and evolve our benefits based on feedback from coworkers, economic considerations, and industry best-practices. Information included here represents current offerings in most scenarios, although exact benefits may differ.

Employees working 30 hours or more per week are eligible for full-time worker benefits. These benefits include things like the following:

We offer a full suite of more standard benefits such as living wages, fully paid medical, dental, and vision care – including same-sex partner and spousal coverage, HIV/PrEP coverage and transgender-inclusive health care – voluntary life insurance, a 401(k) match, and long- and short-term disability. In 2023, we extended our short-term disability to 100% income replacement for the first six weeks.
We offer many opportunities for both paid and unpaid time off, including almost three weeks of PTO in the first year of employment and more with passing years of service, 13 paid holidays, paid sabbaticals after 10, 20, and 30 years of service, paid time to vote, paid caregiver leave, paid leave for survivors of domestic abuse, and more.
At our Fort Collins and Comstock breweries, we operate onsite fitness centers. We also offer a $1,500 per person benefit to apply towards any wellness-related service from massage therapy to hypnosis for smoking cessation.
Coworkers can earn additional incentives by accessing our EAP or financial budgeting resources, participating in community service, and taking advantage of preventive health offerings. Dollars earned can be applied to wellness services, such as fitness center memberships.
An on-staff wellness specialist is available to provide support to all coworkers. In Comstock, a success coach is onsite once a week to connect coworkers to community resources ranging from continuing education and affordable housing to filling out applications and solving transportation challenges.
Our community partners include credit unions that provide financial literacy services.

A High-Involvement Culture (With a Hell of a Lot of Fun)

Trusting others in their respective areas of expertise allows us to make better choices so we encourage coworkers to assume greater influence and responsibility for decisions related to work at New Belgium.
Our Human Powered Governance system empowers coworkers to participate in key decisions and elevate feedback or input directly to leadership.
In keeping with our core principle of “having a hell of a lot of fun,” we have Gear Sheds at our breweries where coworkers can borrow outdoor equipment such as snowshoes, paddleboards, tents, and more to explore the world around them.
There’s no New Belgium without bicycles! Each coworker receives an anniversary bike after one year of service.
After five years, coworkers are gifted a trip to Belgium in celebration of our history, where they spend a week reveling in Belgian beer culture and creating lasting memories based on our co-founder Jeff Lebesch’s original trip that inspired him to start the company.
After 10 years, coworkers are encouraged to rest, recharge, and fill their buckets by enjoying a six-week paid sabbatical.