So me and this disgusting human got hired same time and within a month she and the shop brat teamed up to get the most educated (at the time) person there FIRED simply cause they didn't like her...they teamed up and set her up to make it seem like she was a lieing drama starter... So they set up a get to know each other dinner and smoke sesh just to have the dude and this horrible persons daughter act as if like he was making unwanted advances to the daughter just to have this chick do what she thought was right and brought it to HRs attention after days of having bitch face in her ear about how uncomfortable it made her but she didn't have the guts to speak up so being a very proud feminist she decides to just help her out and turn him in cause at this point this trap / story has progressed to seeming like he took FULL ADVANTAGE of this dumb lady's daughter and was now practically STOCKING her and it was "TERRIFYING"...so like any good human she steps up as a manager of shop and goes and makes a formal report with HR well it wasn't sonething they could take her "word" on so they start doing there HR stuff top priority being sit and get story from tracy....easy right??? Nope this conniving old bag DENIED EVERYTHING said she had "no idea" what she was talking about even having her daughter come in and "back her up" and with that she was terminated for causing unnecessary drama and making up false statements of sexual harassment... HORRIBLE JUST DISGUSTING...and for absolutely no reason in my eyez ,was she ruff around the edges..yes...but she also new in small town Washington after growing up in BROOKLYN and that was it they didn't like her so they teamed up against her for simply being a little pushy on us keeping up on budtender education MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OUR JOB and it's always evolving and knew info breaks basically daily...........oh it gets worse this immature POS is now after the dam always m@keing up lies to HR,,. While being a the definition of a two faced LEING SHIT TALKER and complaining to hire up about made up shit while acting like she's just a angel and )over us all so much while twisting more lies...Oh I should mention that I work for my tribe and I'm also a tribal member and so is this person and there are people who aren't too fond of my boss and are using her as some mole trying get this man fired. Every little thing he does is wrong it just makes no sense and then I got a promotion right after we just switched our buildings. Thank you! We upgraded and literally that week or that day shit I start my new position and immediately she starts yelling at me how I'm not her boss and how she doesn't want to be a supervisor but she got offered the spot and that's the only reason why I have my spot mind you all of this is taking place in front of a brand new staff member his first day And he's got this old rag literally throwing a fit like a child calling the boss man to cry and make it out like I was the one being a hanus bitch try to get me in trouble and fired after 3 years of KISSING MY ASS like truly every 5 min of our shared shift...oh ur so beautiful,your so funny, your so stylish i usta have to tell her to please stop im not a unicorn i dont shit glitter and her compliments were excessive but sill nope she just amped up her fakeness till the day she flipped and now HATES my guts for ABSOLUTELY no reason literally had her oneday super encouraging me go take this promotion taking about i eared it and deserved it...to now sabotaging everything I do I fix something. She destroys it and then acts like she doesn't know how that happened. I put lights up. She took them down and said that they were ugly and they were just just a mess all over in the cases even though they were strung up Nice until she took them down and made them look like crap. I'm making display something. She takes it down. I move something to a spot where it looks way better. She takes it down. She's purposely sabotaging me and it's absolutely disgusting. Insubordination is probably the most disgusting thing, especially when she's being backed by my tribe and there's nothing I can do about it honestly It's getting to be a bit much. I should even be able to go to the state. We had an employee go to HR and complain to her but because her cousin works for HR. She told her she broke the non-disclosion whatever the privacy laws of that and she told her she went and made a complaint to our HR department and because it was her family he got called out and they the HR department person. Janelle actually told her his name That's fucking illegal. No matter which way you work for a tribe or not that is still illegal. What's the point of an HR department if they're just going to go, turn around and tell the person that you have a complaint about ...If I wasn't a single mom and doing this all by myself I would quit I wish I could get this lady fired cuz I truly love my job. I've always told myself that if I'd gotten to the Kansas industry, it was going to be forever. This is my career but she has family on my tribal council so therefore they are all having her side because they all don't like my boss and they don't really want him to have his position. They think that he's a white guy and he doesn't belong even though he knows more about the weed industry than they could ever even fathom. I can't believe that this is happening and this lady needs to hurry up and die. Fuck you Tracy. Go to hell,.,. nope you know what I'm not gonna go there and say DIE but move on CLEARLY you don't like your job or anyone that sadly has to call you a coworker and trust and believe I speak for everyone when i say we don't like you either ur the wrench thrown into our fine oiled machine this last week you took off was AMAZING the team truly thrives without your negativity and hate grow up and leave where your not welcome

I’m part of a rapidly expanding dispo chain and was asked to run an errand to another store the other day. They have this poor woman working ALONE with no security, not even a door buzzer, no panic button. I told my higher up who reached out to his and he was told that they “can’t afford” security for that location right now. But they can afford to open 2 new locations every month…..There’s literally product all over the walls able to be robbed, it’s in a very isolated industrial area, and they won’t even let her have access to the camera system to see outside or if anyone is coming. It almost seems like they want to get robbed for insurance money or something.

We’re in CA and I think it’s literally illegal to not have security at a dispo??

Anyone ever dealt with anything like this???

Also any hot tips or resources for unionizing? 🙃

Hey everyone! I’d love to get into the cannabis industry as a fun gig for myself in addition to my full time job. My worry is - I’m a nurse for my full time job. Since cannabis is not federally legal I worry about my original job learning about this. Should I just drop this idea or am I being paranoid for no reason? Or other ways I can get into the industry that are more secretive? lol.

Can a job legally not allow you to sign up for their rewards system just because you are an employee? I am spending my money their like any other customer! I honestly do not want to shop at my own company anymore! Ps I work in AZ.

I am curious what budtenders usually pull in after tips. I see a lot of places paying about 18-18.50 an hour. After tips are included what would you say you average hourly roughly?

Hello guys I'm thinking of doing budtender training from learn brands please tell me it is worth doing certification courses to get into this industry especially Dispensaries.

After 6 months as a budtender I learned terpenes are not digested in a way they get into the bloodstream.

So all these customers buying blueberry indica and stativa passionfruit gummies are being lied to.

How do you deal with ediables being labeled stativa and Indica? I'll play along with it, but if they're not working for a person I'll give them the talk.

I sadly work in a very high volume store so I can't give the full talk to anyone buying ediables as I help tens of dozens a day.

Hey guys. The dispensary I work at has a lot going on most of the time. And occasionally when I work in the order picking side. I have a co worker who (often times coming over from somewhere she isn’t scheduled) will basically hijack the speaker we use to play music and play exclusively Spanish rave music very loud. To the degree I can’t hear people when they want my attention.

I never confronted her or my leads. I simply asked for a few minutes to get away from the noise because I really just can’t hear myself think. I come back and she asked “got a problem with my music?”

I responded “no it just not for me, makes it hard to think”

“Is it because it’s Spanish?”

“No, it’s just very loud and makes it hard to focus”

“Well maybe the music you listen to isn’t what I like”

“I never said it had to be. I’m saying it’s loud and making it hard to focus on the orders”.

She leaves for a momen and I just turn the music down a bit. When she comes back she just blasts it up again.

How can I approach this without looking like a bad guy? I know people have their tastes I’m not really upset over the music. It’s more that I can’t think or focus while it’s blasting like that. It would be different if it were quieter and we bounced around to stuff everyone likes yk?

I(21f) am BRAND new to the industry, not new to partaking, I just started at a local dispensary in my town (Oregon), and so far my ONLY question/complaint is the sexism, is this normal with every industry, or is it maybe my area? I feel sometimes, and many other female coworkers agree, that male customers will push us aside to speak with the male budtenders as if we aren’t there, I’ve had so many men who are cold to me, straight up ignore me when I great them, and rush over to the man as soon as they catch a glance of him. Do any other female/fem presenting budtenders experience this as much?

In my state all products are required to list the leading 7 or so major terpenes in them.

I find this a great help in determining the high most people will get from them. It's how we determine a hybrid to be indica or stativa leaning

My friend brought some concentrate back from Michigan and I noticed it listed THC and CBD percentages, but no terp profile. Come to find this is common practice in most states.

Absolutely no judgment or hate. Just wondering how you guys do without.

We also only get samples of 1/25 products, so we can't know them all personally without breaking the bank.

I know generally it's seen as glorified-retail and shit is getting worse, but most of these posts/comments seem to be from people living in non-recreational states. So I wanted to see if Californian budtenders were having the same types of issues, with the same level of severity.

Can anyone shed some insight on what being a budtender is like nowadays in California (particularly the Bay Area)?

Hello budtenders! I live in a state where weed is pretty much still ilegal and I got a disposable from a friend. I´m just worried if its fake so as there are not real dispensaries in my area ain't have any reference to tell if legit or not. what do you think?

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I've (24F) been a budtender for almost three months now. I'm still learning and trying the products we sell little by little, and obviously I have made mistakes as a novice.

I want to be good at what I do even if it won't be a forever job, however my coworkers (all male while other female coworker is on maternity leave) seem to pretty much cast me aside since the beginning. They don't talk to me at all unless it has something to do with work, and very often give me dry responses if I try to join in on a conversation or just plain ignore me.

I know I shouldn't care, but I've always struggled with being isolated by others since a young age. I just wanted to know if this was normal so I can move on from it and just accept working in silence.

I have a nail appointment later and I need ideas these will be my 420 nails. I’d like something cute and 420 but maybe not over the top I do have teenagers and don’t want them getting the wrong idea, however I am a manager of a dispensary and will be all decked out in 420 attire on the actual day!

I work in a dispensary in Oregon and I am a month in. Recently I made a huge mistake that I could lose my job for and so could my coworker even though he had done nothing wrong. I made the wrong sale to a customer which was the wrong flower and they walked out of the store and came back in 3 seconds later after checking the metric tag. I was shocked that I made the mistake but I wanted to clear it up. So I decided to switch the weed he had with the correct one which was on the same shelf. I was not trained how to handle this situation. My coworker had to help a customer and was busy. I asked him about the transaction after I completed it as it was the only opening to ask for help. I immediately was informed of the grave mistake I committed. I was very anxious the whole rest of the shift and knew I had just jeopardized his job and mines. I can’t sleep with my mistake and guilt on my conscience. Will I be ok? Will my coworker be ok? What should I do?

What do budtenders want from their managers? What makes a good manager? And a bad one?

I’ve been working at my shop for six months and I’ve noticed some really questionable things that I don’t think are normal or appropriate behaviors and I don’t know what to do. I generally dislike being around this manager and most of my coworkers would agree with me that he’s not a good dude. (1 of 4 mind you) we’ll call him Ass Face.

I was warned heavily about Ass Face before even applying. Anyways in this instance I wanna complain about the way Ass Face actively using grooming tactics on my coworker.

This man is significantly older than the girlie I’m referring to and just for reference she is deeply uncomfortable with this situation. He’s been showing her false data on a Google Doc and not showing her actual Green Bits data. He’s convinced her she’s a top sales person when I have access to said data and can see she isn’t. He gives her loads of extra samples, goodie bags, etc. and explicitly told her “don’t tell the others, they will get jealous.” Fucking creep. The preferential treatment is weird considering this man is a blatant sexist and goes out of his way to insult female employees. In the warnings I was given about this manager one of them was “if you see Ass Face on any social media block him immediately he follows and messages employees and customers.”I can talk this shit man…

It’s really disheartening and disappointing I got a job I like and am passionate about but I have to work under shitty people. Is there anything I can do? Should I call him out? Should I find a new job or leave the industry? I don’t know!!

-I almost technically don’t have an HR department it’s a website that I know almost nothing about

Hey! I am thinking about getting a MED badge so I can work as a budtender. I used to smoke everyday, but I haven't really smoked at all for the last 5 years.

I have no problem selling weed to people, but I'm just wondering if getting a badge would be a waste of my time because it'll be obvious I don't smoke. And I fear I would never get hired.

Am I making it a problem? Or am I right in thinking that they're going to not hire me because I can't tell customers what I like.

I’m pretty new to the industry I’m 6 months in and the nerve of some people blows my mind daily. The amount of “Karen” and “Kyle” behavior is nuts is it just my area or is it the temperament of customs? I hear the same things day in and day out: -“I need an ounce over 30% for $20, make it work” -“I hated this weed I’m not gonna buy it again and I need you to know that I’m not happy with it” -“Oh okay cool an India pre roll” gawks at male coworker “this is an indica isn’t it?” I could go on. Obviously customer service isn’t easy and most of my customers are awesome and nice to talk with but some people really get under my skin.

Im a budtender, but I'm also disabled. I have Bipolar, and sometimes im so low i can't function to work etc... well, weed consumption has thrown me into the lowest of lows.

The bad thing, i work with weed every single day. Its something that medical professionals have told me to quit forever now. And now im actually doing it im afraid being around it will cause me to get back into it.

What would you do in this situation? Leave? I really want to sit down with my managers, they are both really nice people. I want to have an open conversation about what I'm going through. Essentially if i try to purchase weed i want some support and pushback. Tbh i would love for them to refuse service to me in general... for those that dont understand severe bipolar comes with very addictive behaviors. Weed has been my addiction since i started working there. Please give me some feedback on what you think i need to do.

So I did training on the floor Monday and then reception on Tuesday. Then yesterday they had me training a different person how to do reception... It was only my 3rd day there... I said that to a coworker who has been here for 9 months and said welcome to this dispensary with sarcasm like this is a normal occurrence. I need training myself on the damn floor not to train others in reception.... im a little frustrated as I can only work 3 days a week at the dispensary rn since I have a second job where I work 4 days a week. So next week Monday thru Wednesday if im not training on the floor, ima be pissed. I need to learn the product and pricing but can't do that in reception.... sorry for the rant. It's just a bit frustrating.

Update! I only do reception now to cover breaks and deliveries for the guards. I absolutely love it here. The inventory manager has praised my work the past 2 shifts. Being on the floor with the product and customers is really fun. I'm not used to being on my feet 8 hrs a day thanks to my second job but I'll get used to it. I got my first goodie bag of samples, it was awesome. I got 2 different edibles, a gram of concentrate, a full gram of Alien Labs disposable pen, and 7gs of flower smalls. I believe we get these once a month. I worked 2 8hr shifts and made $55 in tips, which isn't bad considering it's pooled between all budtenders that worked that day. I was told tips made on the card pin pad are directly added to my check which I'm excited about since 1 lady tipped me $10 and another guy tipped me $5 the other day so at least $15 in tips that go straight to me on my next paycheck is exciting too. I wanna thank everyone who commented on this post with reassuring words. I am happy I stuck it out through the weird training process.

Is this promotion idea legal/ possible?

I work in Ontario, Canada for reference

I'm sorry I just need to vent. It really breaks me to see this industry being eaten alive by corporations that dont give a shit.

I'm so tired of corporate sleazeballs walking in to their cash cow and gloating about how much we make for them. Then they ask us a stupid question like "how do we pull in customers that can spend more money?"

Fuck you! I got in this industry for the compassion. I got in this industry to help people. Fuck youre average cart expectations. My goal is to get my customers what they want at the cheapest possible price I can manage for them. My goal is to have the worst average I can possible have because that means I got my people what they needed without nickel and diming them to death.

I got heated thus morning when I woke up and saw on our work app that they had announced the winner to our recent competition. I totally forgot about it because I dont care to upsell shit just so I can win a prize. If its not the product they need Im not mentioning it. But then I realized that the day prior a man walked in and needed gummies that were a smaller dosage than what our state normally has. He said he cant get the 10mg stuff and cut them in half because he swears sometimes the half he eats wont get him high but the next day the other half will send him to the moon. I get it. The toher gummies are mostly just sprays with THC and that coverage can be very inconstant. So cutting a gummy in half could result in one half being 8mg and the other being 2mg even though they look the same size. I said no issue. I have some gummies that are all 5mg but you get 20 in the pack for the same price so he'll still get 100mg but all half doses.

Long story short the edible that was being upsold like crazy was what this dude needed. And we were now sold out. So a lot of my coworkers were upselling as product to people that didnt need half doses just so they could win some gift card. But now I had no product to sell this dude that needed it.

I'm just so tired of this corporate greed.

Were at the point where our top performers are being told by management to "stop trying so hard" because our benefits keep getting taken away as well and when the top performer asked why do I keep losing benefits when I make so much for you guys. Boss literally told her to stop trying to hard. Its crazy a manager is telling people to just not try as hard. Work your wage basically. Jesus christ. Then that same day the assistant manager will try to help us "sell more". Nah fam. Big boss just told us to not try as hard. You can kick rocks with your inspiration speeches. Were not trying as hard anymore per the big boss.

It Doesn’t really warrant a thread, but I wanted to ask my fellow budtenders how you handle when a patient is asking for a smooth smoke. Especially when you are unable to smoke each one of the +100 strains you carry.

I think it’s easy to discern when something is super harsh, borderline unsmokeable. However, I also believe different people have different tolerances (sensitivities) to how harsh a smoke is. And also depends on the method of inhalation.

Do I just tell them the latter if I don’t actually know how harsh it is? Are there strains that are generally a smoother, less harsh smoke? (Are gassier strains a harsher hitting smoke?) do specific terpenes influence this? I’m sure the cure of the flower is extremely influential in this regard, can I discern this before smoking it via tactile or aromatic cues?

Thanks to anyone who chimes in.

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So a major dispensary bought my store since our owner was being a crook lol. Everything is changing and while it’s great to have new bouts of product the changes are hard. We’re not being communicated to about it just watching changes and I’m training someone to be the manager. Someone who’s never worked cannabis so that felt like a hard pill to swallow as I’m being demoted to budtender with this new company. Our tip share is bonkers now. I wish I knew about these changes as I’ve made big financial commitments and now I’m worried. I hate being so in the dark. My team is worried they’re going to be let go since this company thinks we’re over staffed. It feels unfair and lame right now.