Working at Allagash

Medical Coverage

Allagash offers two health plans for employees through Harvard Pilgrim/United Health Care, and pays 100% for individual coverage in our high deductible Health Savings Account (HSA), as well as making regular cash contributions to the HSA. We pay 50% for a traditional Point-of -Service plan. Generous employer contributions toward spouse, domestic partner and family coverage are also available in both plans.

Dental Coverage

Our dental plan through Guardian offers a range of dental care services, including no-cost preventive services.Individual coverage is covered at 100%.

Vision Coverage

Our vision plan through DeltaVision provides annual eye examinations, plus coverage for corrective lenses, contact lenses, and frames through a nationwide network.

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

We offer both Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA which allow you to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for eligible health care and dependent (child or elder) care expenses.

Life Insurance

Allagash provides basic Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Coverage equal to two times an employee’s annual salary, up to a maximum of $200,000, for no cost. Employees may choose to purchase additional life insurance, including spousal and dependent coverage.

Disability Benefits

Both short term disability (STD) and long term disability (LTD) benefits are provided at no cost to eligible employees.

Profit Sharing

During years where Allagash has a profit, a portion of the proceeds are paid to every employee via a discretionary profit sharing program.

Retirement Savings Plan 401(k)

We offer a 401(k) plan that includes funds that rate highly for ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) criteria on both a pre-tax and/or post-tax basis (Roth) with a company-matching benefit.

Some of the fitness and lifestyle benefits we offer include:

• On-site gym, with cardio machines, weights, and showers onsite
• Covered bike rack
• “Gear Library” with surfboards, stand-up paddle boards, snowshoes, a toboggan and a canoe for employees to borrow!
• Discounts at the Allagash store on beer & merchandise 
• On-site CSA drop-off
• Access to a substantial collection of books on brewing history, technical skills, communication and management topics and diversity, equity and racial justice

Varied Schedules

Depending on your role or department, you may be eligible for 4 day work weeks, modified full time (30-35 hour per week) schedules, regular part-time (20-29 hours per week.) Work from home options are available for traditional “office” staff- HR, Marketing, Finance, etc.

Education Reimbursement

Allagash Brewing Company offers eligible employees a robust education benefit, including tuition reimbursement, up to $5,250 per year, to help cover educational expenses at an accredited college or university.

Earned Time

Our Earned Time Off benefit looks like the following:

• 0-5 years – 18 days
• 5-10 years – 22 days
• 10+ years – 24 days
• 8 paid holidays per year for all employees
• *Part time employees earn pro-rated PTO based on number of hours worked.

Parental Leave

Six weeks of paid parental leave is available to eligible employees for the birth of a child, or placement of a child for adoption or foster care.

Sabbatical

After ten years of employment, and every 5 years thereafter, employees are eligible for a 4 week paid sabbatical leave- fully paid.

Volunteering

16 hours of individual paid volunteer time per year to each employee at an organization that is important to each individual (including peaceful protest for climate or racial justice,) as well as opportunity to participate in company sponsored volunteer outings and efforts at regular pay.

Matching Charitable Contributions

To support employee charitable gift giving, we will match employee donations up to $300 per year to an approved non-profit charity.

Green Commute

We offer reimbursement for those using public transportation, or bicycling to work.