Who Is Hiring In The Rec/med Industry-need A New Job

[muir]

it would be helpful as shit if the MED had an educational program the way there is for licensed real estate agents.

 

[LocalGrowGuy]

it would be helpful as shit if the MED had an educational program the way there is for licensed real estate agents.

As soon as it is more profitable for the state to educate consumers as opposed to enforcing immoral, outdated and draconian rules and regs, they'll do what you posted.

I think the answer is: never. Too much money in it being illegal. Cops don't want to deal with crazy druggies, potheads are much easier to arrest.

 

[Mr.Sputnik]

Wow, METRC is almost exactly what I do at work now in a 600,000 sqft warehouse with 30,000 SKU's and track our product on our trucks across the country.

Look at the METRC site, the dude is using 2 RF scanners. Who uses two RF scanners? He probably has 2 holsters too ha ha ha.

Hey Muir, I can't find anything on Lexus Nexis. Would you happen to have a link to some training litterature or manuals for purchase or download? Thank you, this has been helpful.

 

[LocalGrowGuy]

Wow, METRC is almost exactly what I do at work now in a 600,000 sqft warehouse with 30,000 SKU's and track our product on our trucks across the country.

Look at the METRC site, the dude is using 2 RF scanners. Who uses two RF scanners? He probably has 2 holsters too ha ha ha.

Hey Muir, I can't find anything on Lexus Nexis. Would you happen to have a link to some training litterature or manuals for purchase or download? Thank you, this has been helpful.

I hope I am not hijacking Muir, but:

http://www.metrc.com/
http://www.metrc.com/#!support-tools/c2gj



Quick search, YMMV.

 

[muir]

Wow, METRC is almost exactly what I do at work now in a 600,000 sqft warehouse with 30,000 SKU's and track our product on our trucks across the country.

Look at the METRC site, the dude is using 2 RF scanners. Who uses two RF scanners? He probably has 2 holsters too ha ha ha.

Hey Muir, I can't find anything on Lexus Nexis. Would you happen to have a link to some training litterature or manuals for purchase or download? Thank you, this has been helpful.

not sure if this is the most current. just did a quick search. I was at the MED last week and was told that there maybe some marijuana business programs at the community college. not sure, just passing the info along.

 

[Mr.Sputnik]

METRC got back with me and said I need to be a badged employee with a facility to receive a training manual or support.

 

[We Solidarity]

METRC got back with me and said I need to be a badged employee with a facility to receive a training manual or support.

Unfortunately, unless you know someone in the industry, you have a slim-to-zero chance of coming into administrative work. Most mmc owners have a business background and know where to look for help like that, or know someone personally whothey can trust that can already do it. The job you're looking at is a high security position you're in charge of all the numbers, weights, and plant counts. Not a job for random randy.

All the star players on my team came through either the storefront or the trim table, in this industry fresh blood is always better, experienced growers have always been a headache. Keep to craigslist for the most immediate openings, be ready to be a trim bitch or work retail until your opportunity shines. Without a reference you're a stranger, you need a trial period first. I've seen many many trimmers move up into the position you want simply because they showed up passionate for the plant and ready to learn.

 

[Seamaiden]

I'm curious, do you get bonded to do this kind of work? Any kind of insurancing? Background checks?

 

[LocalGrowGuy]

I'm curious, do you get bonded to do this kind of work? Any kind of insurancing? Background checks?

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[xavier7995]

Unfortunately, unless you know someone in the industry, you have a slim-to-zero chance of coming into administrative work. Most mmc owners have a business background and know where to look for help like that, or know someone personally whothey can trust that can already do it. The job you're looking at is a high security position you're in charge of all the numbers, weights, and plant counts. Not a job for random randy.

All the star players on my team came through either the storefront or the trim table, in this industry fresh blood is always better, experienced growers have always been a headache. Keep to craigslist for the most immediate openings, be ready to be a trim bitch or work retail until your opportunity shines. Without a reference you're a stranger, you need a trial period first. I've seen many many trimmers move up into the position you want simply because they showed up passionate for the plant and ready to learn.

Thats my take on it. I do have a business background, curious what the weed job headhunter folks will come up with. There is zero reason for anyone to pay me more than 10 bucks an hour walking in off the street though.

I wonder....do you need a med badge to volunteer your time at a dispensary? Couldn't afford to work for what they pay, and leery of being in a database until I no longer may need to pass a background check, but seems like a way to potentially get some experience.

 

[LocalGrowGuy]

Thats my take on it. I do have a business background, curious what the weed job headhunter folks will come up with. There is zero reason for anyone to pay me more than 10 bucks an hour walking in off the street though.

I wonder....do you need a med badge to volunteer your time at a dispensary? Couldn't afford to work for what they pay, and leery of being in a database until I no longer may need to pass a background check, but seems like a way to potentially get some experience.

I think you have to be badged to be behind the counter but a red card or purple card is generally not required, in my experience.

 

[AllNine]

As a base employee you need a employee level badge. It's blue. It's simple to get as long as you meet the criteria. If your a higher level. Employee, like a master grower lab tech, coo, you need a key badge. It's green. If your a owner it's red. As far as metrc, it's simple it you can handle basic GUI interface and data entry it's easy. Once you get a job, your employer initiates web based training. Could be one or more class's depending on what your doing. MIPS OPC ect. All metrc is web based.

 

[cemchris]

Well I just moved from Texas in Jan to come up here and work and help out as a key badger. Just a couple of things.

Your experience doesn't mean shit. Period. To someone it does you are going to play the corporate employee roll and fuck that. Work for chump change and hate your job. All day everyday. This industry is all about who you know. You're better off rubbing elbows with people in the industry then answering a craigslist add. Homie said when he puts an add on craigslist in the morning for a new disp worker he will get about 120 replies before lunch. Then spends days weeding through all the people and is lucky if he actually finds one good employee out of it. Usually takes a couple rounds to find 1 person that lasts more then 2 weeks. That's just how it is. Everyone wants into the industry and with that many people willing to work, and doing a shitty job at it, the pay isn't going to be that great which I can't blame them for.

To put it in perspective we don't have any support people at my Job currently. There is 4 of us w/ over 100K in lights. The people next door to us have about 50 support people. I guess that's the difference between people who actually know how to grow and people who run it like a Starbucks. For example 1 guy who clones. Ok that's great but after a year guess what. All he can do is clone. Now you have to hire another person and so on ect. Granted between all of us we have 50+ years experience so it just an everyday thing for us. We just do it. No real thought in it. Sadly most of them are run like Starbucks it seems from what I have seen so far. There are some really choice ops out there though doing it right. The greenhouses downtown are sexy.

Again I'm only a couple months deep in the industry so I'm not preaching from a high horse but I'm no stranger to this or a bunch of lights at all. As soon as I was told I never have to trim a plant I packed my shit up and drove really fast.

We Solidarity - Funny I have seen the exact opposite. Trim people want to trim it seems like. That's it. I was told that was how it was a while ago. All the trim people wanted to get their foot in the door and inspired to be growers. They didn't seem to last. That doesn't seem to be the route anymore. At least all the trimmers I see. They are machines. I can see your take on "experienced" growers. A lot of time pride comes into play and its hard to get people like that to play ball and do stuff your way not theirs. It's true in metal work and all the other industries I've worked in. They like hiring unexperienced works so they can teach them from the ground up to do things their way. Still not having to train someone on "now pick the pot up and if its light you need to water" can be kind of nice right? But then again I'm sure most people overly exaggerate their "skills" as a grower and when it comes time to put up they shut up. Buddy said worst person he ever hired was a 3rd year Botany student. Fucked everything up left and right and was fired in about a month.

 

[xavier7995]

I saw rare dankness is looking for a metrc/data person. I wanted to apply but the advert was fairly explicit in them wanting industry experience specifically with metrc and then only for key badge holders. So if anyone meets that they should go for it. Made me sad as I have the skill set, it has just been applied to other areas for the past 10 years.

 

[Underthesun]

Been debating off and on for years if I should get into the industry, making $10/hr at first just hoping I will be able to move up. Seems funny applying for a trim job with an engineering degree and the last salary I had before being self employed was $80k a year with awesome benefits. Not too interested in admin work, but managing a grow house would be a long term goal.

I saw too many hand outs in the business world to the wrong people, watching people climb the employee ladder just because they were in the good ol' boys club with no accounting for actual work done. Got sick of busting my ass 70 hours a week, to watch the lazy boss's nephew get the promotion. I worry about this in the cannabis industry. No chance of moving up into a desirable position unless you are already in the club, work hard get ignored, work harder, then watch the lazy ass get ahead just because he and managment play grab ass all day and like the same sports teams. Am I wrong?

I'm coming to a cross roads in the next year or two, start up another business on my own or find a job again. I'd have no problem getting back into engineering but don't want to really. If you had two years to start planning and wanted to make your way up to managing a grow in the next 5 years what steps would you take? Should I act like an uneducated ignorant friendly hard worker since that is what I'm getting out of this thread.

 

[Underthesun]

Also, do investors ever get hired on? Say someone puts money down for a new facility or upgrades, but requests a particular job.

 

[xavier7995]

Should I act like an uneducated ignorant friendly hard worker since that is what I'm getting out of this thread.

Honestly that is the way it seems to me. Act dumb to get in the door and then go from there. The good ol boy network seems to be prevalent everywhere and I cant stand it.

Maybe take a different route and start up a greenhouse building biz. I am getting to be of the opinion that running your own thing instead of going to work for someone else is the only way to go if you are not good at playing the work politics type of thing.

 

[All9]

Wow, METRC is almost exactly what I do at work now in a 600,000 sqft warehouse with 30,000 SKU's and track our product on our trucks across the country.

Look at the METRC site, the dude is using 2 RF scanners. Who uses two RF scanners? He probably has 2 holsters too ha ha ha.

Hey Muir, I can't find anything on Lexus Nexis. Would you happen to have a link to some training litterature or manuals for purchase or download? Thank you, this has been helpful.

Might have been at a rec and med facility hence the 2 scanners. just IMO.

 

[CalVetgreen]

Huge cannabis job fair --- Bay Area April 8

 

[Underthesun]

^Yeah, Leon Russel. Nice profile pic.