i worked at Skymint, Pure Options, a testing lab, and a "micro" grow over 4 years. Fuck em all to hell and back.

Two types of owners in the Michigan cannabis industry.

"I can't name a single Great Lake but don't worry, I know this market bc I was rich in Cali/Colorado once upon a time you silly Midwesterners! Ope!" *blows money on ridiculous marketing and new investments instead of following labor or OSHA law or fixing existing problems*

and

"Me and 6 of my burnout boomer retiree friends are gonna start an LLC and sell weed again WOO GLORY DAYS!" *invests tons of money* *too stupid to figure out how to follow regs or take criticism from workers* *goes out of business* "Oh no! This market is so tough! No room for lil guys!"

Some owner probably touched your buds with his bare hands because he felt like he could and should. The plants in the grow room were showered in metal shavings from a contractor drilling into the roof. The trimmers were laid off before the package even finished testing. The lab won't fail their biggest client's products bc companies can still "lab shop" for another lab if they do. The kitchen the edibles came from has pest and mold problems. The workers come in sick and handle the weed bc they can't afford to stay home and rest. The budtender stocking and selling your merchandise feels unsafe when customers threaten to kill them and the manager is only concerned about losing business and doesn't care.

Everything I just said is something I've personally witnessed working in Michigan Cannabis for about 4 years. I was finally fired for "taking too many breaks" with no warning from a trim job (a very physically demanding job to do 40 hours/week) and called it quits and never looked back. Ended up getting really sick and haven't had a job since, but my resume is horrible looking now.

EDIT: Welp, it's been fun. This was all someone who isnt me and these are just allegations. I never expected 21k views and 28 shares (at this time) quite honestly! My favorite part is when people ask questions then don't understand my answer. It happens to me kind of often. It's mostly a problem on my end, I'm sure! People were nicer than I expected, honestly.

I hope if you came into work today and someone showed you my post, you got a good laugh. IYKYK, right? If you're an owner or manager (doubt it but who knows, people talk), maybe try to listen to workers and take their feedback into serious consideration. Invest in them, they are not "labor" or "capital" they are humans. "Safety" is not the same thing as "quality". Assuring one does not assure the other.

AND SOLIDARITY WITH UNIONS FOREVER! PEACE AND LOVE FOREVER IN THE MITTEN! WOO!

EDIT: Okay, I've decided to post some evidence!

https://imgur.com/a/DfXK3Ij

Don't forget you can pinch to zoom!

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Sounds like those places have a bunch of problems. However, and this might sting, you don't sound like the type of person who's cut out to work for someone else. You should be your own boss.

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Based off this post, I think that is fair to say. There's a song I love that has a line "Cynicism isn't wisdom, it's a lazy way to say that you've been burned." And I have been! I'll take that L for what it is. There are also a lot of extenuating circumstances to my story that have nothing to do with stupid job shit. The future of my work won't be in cannabis, I can tell you that. So people reading this should understand the perspective I'm coming from, and decide for themselves what to make of what I say. I don't judge anyone who writes me off as "some crazy burnout on reddit" cuz that's pretty accurate lmao.

I'll say this. The turnover in the industry is crazy. HR was dangerous to talk to bc they were in direct contact with owners usually. That's if there was an HR department. People got fired for "no reason" or "insubordination" or "not a good fit" regularly at most of the places I worked. It doesn't take much. Very few positions were stable. I'd compare it the bar/club industry which i've worked in a tiny bit and know a lot of friends in. Sink or swim, a bit? I sank.

Someone should survey cannabis workers of different positions and compare salaried workers vs. wage workers and see what the average length of time people have been in their positions. There's not much chance for advancement no matter where you are and the threat "lots of people would kill for your cool weed job" is always over your head, even if it's not always explicitly said.

You ever meet a trimmer that's been employed over a year continuously? Sort of joking but also not. It's agriculture, there are booms and busts and layoffs. Ask your favorite budtender next time how many dispos THEY have worked at. And then tip them really well! If you chat up a budtender, wasting people waiting's time and socializing, you'd better tip lmao.

Keep it real. I like the "own boss" idea.

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Yooo Nana Grizol. Old folk punk kid here.

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All of this is sooo facts

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I will suggest that perhaps the people who seek out employment from a cannabis dispensary may not be the most energetic, reliable and dependable type. Just saying.

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found the hiring manager/c-suite. just stick to the sports subs man, looks like half your posts get removed lol. Just saying. Not trying to be a dick. No offense. Not attacking you. Hope I didn't hurt your feelings. Just making a guess. Only an assumption. Don't take it to heart. <3

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You just confirmed my hunch about you. Thanks for proving my point. I'm going to hop into those sport subs now......

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another country heard from! pull on up, take a hit at me!

idgaf, god reddit is fuckin brainworms dot com anymore huh

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relax brother, we'er all just a bunch of dipshits riding the keyboard and likely venting. Chin up and shoulders back and get some!

ThatIrishGuy1984

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Just a bit of general advice. HR is there for the employer, not the employee. This applies to all industries.

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How hard would it be for someone to begin the steps of becoming a caregiver in the situation? It’s a smaller start but could bring in some income.

SunnyAlwaysDaze

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Being a caregiver has kind of fallen by the wayside as price points drop. My old caregiver could no longer afford to stay in business because he couldn't compete with ounces that are between $50 and $100 at the shop.

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not to mention the other forms of consuming available at shops. I know lots of people who dont smoke flower, but will take edibles or hit a vape from time to time. They probably weren't caregiver targets before, but the point is that unless you want to get into making those products, not every one even wants flower any more. And making those products means more equipment and time as well.

Id also assume most "patients" before were just people who smoked weed for recreation, and got a card. With prices dropping so much, they probably don't see the purpose in maintaining that any longer. Care givers also use to be able to offload to shops pretty easily, which is no longer really a thing either.

My friend was a caregiver for a number of years before rec, and it slowly fell off for him as he had to do more work to find clients (care giver was also a ton of grey market TBH), and despite the stuff he grew being better than anything ive gotten at a dispo for a similar price, people just wanted cheaper stuff.

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That's a great question that I don't have an answer for. Licensing seems simple enough, and if OP has the passion to pursue it, I have a strong feeling they would take it very seriously

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I would imagine after that they would just need to do a little marketing and possibly attend events to get the name out. I haven’t been but Third Eye would probably be a good place to start.

Naive-Educator1731

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Third eye is legit, and caregivers can make a nice living selling their product..

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been interested in the caregiver model for a long time…. in Va, the model is still early and plant counts are still not that great, and im still trying to process potentially providing for a gun crazed NRA supporter, sickness doesnt discriminate and that means a lot to me

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Are you seriously trying to gatekeep an event that welcomes all? I don't think you get the culture

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I think the idea of bringing it up is to get more caretakers into the mix at this point. Multiple small events across the state would be nice.

710rosingodtier

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This. Seeing the farmers market style cannabis outpace the dispensaries would be amazing.

Naive-Educator1731

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Competition is always good. If that happens I simply bounce to the next guy up.. it wont matter to me anyways because ill simply grow my own , which im currently in the process of getting grow equipment anyways. It sounds like you live in fear, something that i try not to do

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You’re an idiot.

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There are definitely like minded individuals in that scene, so I would second that notion as a means to network

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Licensing is not simple for the "shelf" brands and businesses. Nor cheap. Caregiver is only like $100. You can have up to 5 patients and exchange the medicine you grow for compensation from the patients.

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Exactly. Those 5 people are also trying to get their free cut and in my experience did not have a lot of $ to buy after getting their allotment!

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If you are talking about caregivers in the Medical market, most left and went REC. When the same pound medically can go $2,000 and a Rec pound of that same strain grown in same set up could go for $4,000.

Most retailers don't have medical license anymore so you wouldn't be able to sell it to retail stores.

If you grow good weed and can beat the rec prices and quality, you could just go black market. Most the folks I know that use to do that in 2020/2021 have stopped because the retail prices have bottomed out.

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Right. They have to be in Metrc, caregivers couldn’t sell to med facilities unless they were tracked from the beginning.

Substantial-Bench243

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My exact advice and personal experience/ solution to these feelings

First_Beautiful_7474

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Sounds like you gave him a compliment. He can easily see the inner issues and what needs to be changed within a business. That’s a useful skill to have.

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Wtf for sharing their problems their not a “worker?” You seem to be the one who should be your own boss with that kind of attitude

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Perhaps you misunderstood. OP has experience in several aspects of the industry. OP has had some workplace issues and sees the ethical solution where management/ownership see the financial solutions. They would be better off using their vision and experience to manage their own grow, dispensary or other cannabis industry company than to be frustrated as an employee of another unethical employer

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Then do that don’t waste your time on Reddit? Bitching on a forum really will get you far in life

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Stay in school

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Already graduated and my bills are paid but go fuxk yourself buddy 💕

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you forgot the third type. We'll call them the Ethnic Crime Family "investors".

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ha. i can't attest to that. could be though, you hear lots of stuff from customers, stoned off the clock managers, mobile trim crews on harvest days, and just the general chatter in a trim room or on cig breaks.

i'm grateful to not be knowingly complicit in anything criminal on the job, i watched my p's and q's budtending especially. none of the places i worked did anything like what i've read in a lot of the worst non-compliance reports, like losing bags of cash and packages of weed and stuff. If it happened I didn't see it.

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That part

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And that's exactly where I worked which helped me decide to never work in the industry again

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You totally nailed it. A lot of mid eastern people are pouring lots of money into the dispo’s in Michigan

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Just say the words you want to say or you just look like a racist and a coward.

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i did use the words i wanted to use, ya race baiter. check the upvote score board.

It doesn't matter what the ethnicity is, its the point that they have a certain amount of money, power, protection, and other unfair advantages that come with being associated organized crime families. Its not some secret or anything. No one is being racist by pointing this out. i didn't put anyone down.

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Lmao upvote scoreboard.

More racists cheering you on.

Just say it bro.

Also, Google the term ‘race baiter’ and sound more educated next time you use it lmao.

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i seem to have triggered you with the reality that ethnic crime families still exist and operate in America.

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Smug deflections don’t make you not a racist.

I’d be bitter too if I kept failing.

Maybe they’re just better than you, this ethnic minority you are broad-brush painting as criminals?

The one you’re afraid to say?

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I mean, that question is the type of question a racist would ask.

In this case, I would say you’re a shit budtender for sure.

You and the guy I responded to are the ones who keep injecting race into the convo, all I’m doing is pointing that out lmao.

Wild-Tangerine-2260

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Your embarrassing yourself and the only downvotes should be an indicator your wrong 🤷‍♂️

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Nah

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You see a lot of this in any start up business but the cannabis industry does seem to attract a higher concentration of delusional business owners. At least the state is holding companies more accountable recently. Their non-compliance reports are a lot longer than they used to be.

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the cannabis industry does seem to attract a higher concentration of delusional business owners.

honestly, spend some time in this sub and you'll understand why. this community is fucking dumb and emotional. its no wonder the actual business world runs circles around the broscience burnouts that are trying to run a business based on flawed ideology.

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just look at the number of comments talking about selling illegally on this post

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they're chasing the dragon into the wild green yonder. line GO UP

and then it go....where?

hehehe

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Worked in the industry for 3 years and have had nothing but a positive experience. I guess it's different from place to place. I've heard nothing good about some of the places you mentioned. What happened with the testing lab? That's generally a decent gig with skills that can transfer into several other industries like metals finishing, environmental science, or even public health.

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yeah its amazing how a good attitude and work ethic turns a lot of work experiences into positives.

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Bingo. If you take so many breaks you get fired then.....maybe there are other issues as well.

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Good attitude and work ethic only go so far when your owners are incompetent clout chasers who play favorites and micromanage to hell though

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That sounds like any owner of any business

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Something tells me that you likely enjoy every job you have for the most part. I have worked in many many different teams of 5 to 10 people and at any point you could do a survey of those team members and some would absolutely love being on the team and others would say it’s the worst team ever.

Your attitude matters more than anything and it sounds like you have a great attitude. You will be very happy and successful in life my friend.

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Thank you, and I hope it's true. I'm getting to that, "Old man yelling at the sky" stage in my life so I don't always feel like it's true. However, I can honestly admit I've been paid less to do worse. This is the first job I've had where human body fluids are pretty minimal. Lol.

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Body fluids are minimal, lol. Sounds like you’ve seen some shit!

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I'm glad. My experience is not everyone's experience. I had great days at every place I worked. This is just one post, just one person's story. I'm not saying nobody is allowed to enjoy their cool weed job.

The reason I was given is that I couldn't keep up with pace of the training and was falling behind. i never would have kept up with the pace of their workflow. They let me go after 30 days, and when I filed for unemployment, they claimed I "intentionally underperformed" was trying to defraud them for unemployment. ultimately they could not provide evidence of this. AGAIN, that's my side. you're welcome to go track down the lab manager that spoke to me directly not more than twice during my entire time there. I already know I'm an idiot and everyone replying to you agrees so fuck it, go ahead and roast my lazy ass now i guess

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Ive always been a Michigan advocate but this is where IL tops Michigan imo. The testing is much better in IL. Metal shavings in your weed? Yikes.

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So what? That means everyone growing in Illinois has to remediate the flower to pass testing...

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Not every brand has to but it’s def true a lot more will. There’s some really high quality craft brands here now

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It’s ok! I’ll take the downvotes lol. I love Michigan and no hate at all. I still will shop Michigan, if people want to take it as an insult that’s fine. I appreciate your post, just trying to inform others.

YggdrasilGenetics

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Yeah, that threshold is absurdly low. I'd assume virtually all flower is remediated.

PerplexingHunter

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Great! That means a majority of your flower gets remediated there!

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True, which is why I mainly go to Michigan. But lately there’s been a few craft brands that have really impressed me a lot. So mainly been buying that and I’m very optimistic for future of IL. I love Michigan weed too, nothing wrong with either as long as the quality is there.

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Give me the weed with metal shavings all day! 🙄

PerplexingHunter

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Yeah because one guy who’s worked at 4 different companies in a 4 year span (red flag in itself) is your trustworthy source for every grow in the state! You’re delusional just like the rest of this sub.

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Enjoy your metal shavings.

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Can you say that again?

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To be Frank, and coming from an ex hiring manager in HR- the whole, I worked for four companies in the last four years part is pretty crazy sounding in itself.

What were you doing as an employee that caused you to either lose your job, or job hop that frequently due to unclear expectations from your employer? Genuinely curious.

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I’m going to be very blunt with you.

Your response just now was nonsensical and entirely too long.

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sounds like you never should have asked. i guess someone else can make sense of it some day, in the museum of reddit at the smithsonian

love it. love it. peace!

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Bro. 🤦‍♂️

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EDIT: AIGHT. fuck ya then. downvotes = i do a dirty delete cuz fuck yall. Just tellin stories and people don't want to hear it sometimes I guess. Oh well! Reddit is my least favorite platform lol, if you want to know something, don't ask me. now lets crank this message so full of downvotes nobody can see it LMFAO

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Dude. I don’t know what point that you’re trying to make. I’m on your side!

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I know I know! And so says every HR person I've ever met haha, so maybe that biased me a tiny bit. You wanted to know what I did as an employee, right? Well, there ya have it bud! You can read this as and friendly sincere, I'm welcoming you to. I don't have a problem with you. Sorry for not being clear, I guess. This is part of why I get fired so much lmfao

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I can attest to your situation. I have been in the industry on the retail side for almost four years, and it is just as demeaning and soulless as you describe.

I have seen and heard the most disgusting and misogynistic things, witnessed threats to people’s lives and property, and I’ve personally been the victim of lots of workplace bullying/harassment. From getting mooned and spit on (yes, this happened at 3Fifteen), to hearing my coworkers get called racial slurs, it’s not for the faint of heart.

I truly love what I do, but the amount of BS that we have to put up with is just so over the top at times. There are days with nothing but sunshine and rainbows, but then there are days you wished you’d learned how to MMA fight.

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I'm so sorry. I fully agree with retail being high highs and low lows. Shifts that feel like a staff party and everyone goes home with hella tips and shifts where the cops get called because someone threatened to shoot you. see THIS is why I tip my damn budtender every time! I don't judge anyone for not, we all need smoke now and then, but after what I've seen I don't buy unless I can afford to tip. Make me wait 90 minutes, I will not even care lmao.

People get REALLY out of pocket on their dispo trips, I swear to god! Keep it under control until you get outta the parking lot at least! Lol. Retail can be fun and rewarding, since there isn't a lot of oversight besides shift managers it's one of the more relaxed things I've had the chance to do. Except for curbsides in a rush in rainstorm where everyone is calling while they wait asking what's so slooowwww hahaha

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You could replace the word cannabis with just about any other that equates working in any type of "service" industry in this country. You just described every restaurant job anyone has ever had anywhere. Ever worked in a food processing plant? A brewery?

I am not saying it is a good business practice; I'm just saying that isn't unique to the cannabis industry, but I am sure you know that.

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Yes, you got it right there. Bar owners are a whole thing lmfao, don't get me started. People also go back and forth between service and manufacturing jobs in the cannabis industry. On the ground floor it's all the same people, most of em just scraping by and tryna afford housing and healthcare and childcare and education and hoping profits are good this quarter so that they don't get laid off.

That also means lessons learned in those industries can be applied in cannabis as well. So it's not unique, and I think that's pretty important to emphasize and normalize. This is WORK! Let's not let anybody get that twisted, hey?

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You’re 1000% correct based on what I’ve seen in my 2 years in the industry as well

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You just described every blue collar industry in America. Every food plant I worked on as a contractor was disgusting, no regard for people coming in sick or really employees in general. Mega corps with contractors walking around in racks with harnesses unhooked because "how else are they gonna do it". Our lower class society and their jobs are built with popsicle sticks and Elmer's glue.

CheechMeHow2Nuggy

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I second this. Pretty on point

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What did you get really sick from, of you don't mind me asking? There are serious health and safety issues occur8ng all over licensed cannabis, and depending on what it is, won't show up for years. There's a LOT that can be connected to workplace illness and workers compensation...

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Sorry to be the bear of bad news but the reality is this isn’t unique to weed this is every industry. You would have these same issues working at Walmart. I’m not being rude but blunt sometimes to get what you want you gotta put on a face and grind. I’ve never been afraid to just quit a job it really isn’t hard to get a new one. I think the problem lies deeper in not a passion for cannabis or the industry. I’ve had these issues working in every retail space you could imagine and Ubering. You will experience this everywhere in life.

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AHHHHH! A BEAR! RUN EVERYBODY, I'll get this one!

Sorry I have to do that whenever someone tells me my problem is "not grinding enough". I did not solicit career advice. I am going to be fine! My problems are in the hands of professionals, they don't really have much to do with weed honestly. Thanks for your concern about my work ethic. You're not my boss, so we're all good here.

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Ok I tried to be nice lol. I’m gonna guess your pretty damn lazy and have a problem every place you work. Lot of red flags

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Not sure the point of the post if not soliciting career advice. You said yourself you got fired for too many breaks. You blame all problems on everyone except you lol. Sounds like you need more then career advice

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if you don't understand the point, i can't really help you. sorry for the misunderstanding. take it easy. bye.

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And the constant overworked employees who do actually care, and watch the other employees sit back and not do shit for the same pay or even more. I love the job I have making edibles but there’s a lot of employees who don’t give af and will sit there and not do anything and still get paid. Because they are friends with the owners, so they won’t get fired or talked to. A lot of tension between employees happens with this. And it’s a lot of grown men too that don’t want to do the work (where I work) 😂

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Honestly, sounds very similar to the craft beer industry, which I was in for 8 years before changing careers.

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that makes sense. just like craft beer, there's a lot of very talented and passionate hard working people who just want a fair shake from their bosses and to provide an amazing product to their community

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Who is supposed to be in the industry?

PerplexingHunter

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Only people from this sub who have no idea how the business world works and spends half there check on rosin every week.

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Lol

Order66JasonGenova

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Their*

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Half a check, if 20ish a gram is half a check just stick with flower already. 20 is on the low end Ill admit

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ok

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Do you still use products from dispensaries in Michigan yourself? Are there any types of products that you avoid?

Thanks

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I do! I dab and smoke some joints and blunts here and there, most of my usage is MI dispo products. I boycott Skymint, but who doesn't?

I don't know if this needs to be said or is common knowledge, but pre-rolls are almost never made from "A" nugs or top kolas that developed well like the ones you get in prepack 8ths. Trimmers don't break bud down to roll! Way too wasteful! They're made from shake and anything else green that hasn't already hit the floor (we hope). So just don't get ripped off, that's all. They are worth the convenience to me for the same reason I don't buy a 2 liter from 7-11 when I only need a 20oz bottle. I buy prerolls when I go out drinking, to share with friends, hikes, etc.

Just avoid botanical terpenes if you use carts. Shit's nasty. And I don't know what part of testing would catch a botanical terpene that was hazardous, if there were any. They should really be phased out IMO. Some have given me minor allergic reactions. I always ask for carts with hash, live resin, or "cannabis-derived" terpenes at the very least. Budtenders should have a good clue about what they have on hand. A good budtender who likes you (TIP! don't forget!) will warn you if you're about to buy something really crappy. Like a pound of fudge with 100mg of THC. Dumbest fucking thing I've ever seen. give me something I can actually dose out that doesn't need a fridge plz lmaoooo

Honestly I'm way less picky at the dispo than a lot of people you'll see on this sub! I have brands of concentrate I trust enough to just say "idk, 4 g of four different strains of that" and walk out without looking at them. "Anarchy Extracts" has never done me wrong. If I could even remember any other brands rn I would give em a shout out, but I also switch it up sometimes. Or take what I can get. Element is too costly for my blood, get me a 5g baller bucket of something brown and eye watering HAHAHA!

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keep that luck for urself. i won't need it.

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Looks like a lot of reading...aye anybody with a quick summary???

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so I know for the future - how long do you consider a post to be for it to be "a lot of reading?" because the standards since I joined reddit and started posting shit on the internet at large have vastly changed and people are kinda rude to me about it :(

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Still sounds better than the brick weed fulla stems & seeds that, at one point, was sprayed with Paraquat to try to get people to stop. Chill.... 'ere, take a hit.....

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dude...no. thats loser talk.

its 2024. we can have standards now. we deserve higher standards for this "medicine" that we are being HEAVILY taxed on.

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I’m not so sure sitting down and trimming is a physically demanding job.

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Tell that to your hands and forearms after a week of doing it 8 hours a day.

Minute_Expert1653

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Not to mention shoulders. Ugh….just trimming my own plants for a few hours is killer.

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ive been doin it for 2 years now. i still enjoy the overall process. The cost to how much i actually consume personally doesnt add up though. But i like giving it out to friends and family, and some times they kick a little back to help with the costs. The trimming is the worst part though lol.

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yeah, this is the worst part of growing lol. Hand trimming a pound by my self takes a few days with an hour or 2 as i can.

It can also vary greatly by strain/plant. Ive had plants that have lots of sugar leaves that need trimming, and others where there are very few sugar leaves in the buds and are a breeze. Add in potential variance in bud density/structure as well that can make things easier or more difficult. This is probably something an efficient large-scale grow pays more attention to in plant selection.

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4mo

Trimmers are the heart and soul of any successful facility. The company I used to work for had a band of people who travelled from facility to facility. Sometimes hundreds of miles away depending on what building was having a harvest. They stood up trimming for 14+ hours a day in a cold / dark grow room clipping from 10ft+ trees because the company believed in growing giant plants. I’d hear stories of some head growers that treated them practically like slaves. Not allowing them to leave regardless of the poor environment or shitty plants they’re chopping down. I don’t know OP or their situation but I do know a 4x cannabis cup winning grower, I’d be NOTHING without an amazing trim crew who went through more stress than they should have. Keep your head up OP, everything will be okay.

wheresmyinhalor

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4mo

Why would they be made to stand up while trimming?

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4mo

How else are you going to trim a branch off a giant marijuana tree?

wheresmyinhalor

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4mo

Branch by branch on a table?

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4mo

There is also a step called defoliation where fan leaves are trimmed from live plants to provide more light to lower branches. If the plants are very tall, this means standing on a step ladder and moving it from plant to plant

wheresmyinhalor

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4mo

Thank you for the explanation

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4mo

You're welcome! Some trim teams also will string up all the branches over a tarp and trim head/chest high and have kind of an assembly line. This method prevents issues that can happen when a large number of branches are tossed into a box to be trimmed individually. Namely, stringing the branches prevents compression and trichome loss that can occur from flat table trimming

EDIT: hand-trimming individual buds is typically done while seated

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4mo

Clearly you haven’t done this job before. Done feeding the troll.

wheresmyinhalor

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4mo

Not trolling. Genuinely asking questions

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4mo

Riiiight

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4mo

Pretend time.

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4mo

always hilarious watching weak people in this sub make trimming fucking weed into a bigger deal than it is.

some dude claims he "literally" tore a shoulder muscle doing it LOL.

HookerWithaPianist

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4mo

I think I tore my sack.

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4mo

It's right up there with working oil rigs, and digging coal.

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4mo

I literally tore a muscle in my shoulder while trimming for hours bc I was using poor body mechanics while sitting. Just because it isn’t the equivalent to hopping on a treadmill and running for miles doesn’t mean it can’t be a physically demanding job.

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4mo

Have you ever trimmed before?! That’s a very ignorant comment

wheresmyinhalor

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4mo

Thank you. I have been made to realize that lol