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Guinness was way ahead of their time and in many ways the Google of their day (building accomodation, high pay, great perks). My granddad worked there so all my
by OisinMoran 2y ago
Guinness was way ahead of their time and in many ways the Google of their day (building accomodation, high pay, great perks). My granddad worked there so all my dad's brother and sisters learned to swim in the Guinness swimming pool!
Funnest tidbit is that the widget to get a good head from cans won the best invention of the year, the year the internet wax invented.
For an excellent piece on many more interesting bits about Guinness, check this out: https://www.thefitzwilliam.com/p/no-great-stagnation-in-guinness https://www.thefitzwilliam.com/p/no-great-stagnation-in-guin...
- mcphage 2y agoI don’t think I’ll ever be interested in Internet Wax.
- fuzzfactor 2y agoAre you saying it's too challenging to polish a turd? not my downvote btw
- rob74 2y agoIt also apparently pioneered the practice of companies getting tax (or in their case, lease) concessions for "investing in Ireland"...
- wodenokoto 2y agoSince you called them the google of the day, it’s only fitting to mention that Guinness in “The Guinness book of record” refers to the brewery. And much like how we use Google to settle discussion in pubs today, the book was published to do that very same thing, back then.
- eleveriven 2y ago"The Guinness Book of Records" is a fascinating aspect of their history