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Grassroots-Cannabis

You'll probably make friends anywhere in this industry because you're awesome. So work somewhere you can make a career AND a network. Grassroots is not the place for successful cannabis careers. If you have a career anywhere else stick with that and don't bother with these folks. It's all the worst parts of a corporate job and all the worst parts of a cannabis job. 

They're so inexperienced in operations that it hurts. Truly, people are in existential pain. The corporate higher ups are afraid to make the wrong move so they make no moves. They're just waiting for the sale to Curaleaf to go through and don't want to mess it all up. This means your career is not going anywhere at Grassroots. And they really don't care. Truly some of the most selfish corporate team I've ever worked with in this industry. They'll cross boundaries and insult you and yell at you and talk down to you and ostracize you for not being a corporate troll. It's a 'drink the Kool-Aid' type work environment. If you speak up for the law, the rights of patients or the good of the industry you'll probably be ostracized by the corporate clique that's developed here. They truly don't care about you. You are a tool. You are there to do what they say, when and how they say it, no matter how illegal, expensive, asinine or insulting. 

If you're a weasel who enjoys playing power games, scheming and never completing any projects or building any experience then Grassroots is for you. It's an easy paycheck if you play their games. But if you want to get things done, create a career, accomplish goals and help the industry toward compliance and success then Grassroots will be a very difficult place for you. This place is going nowhere and corporate is simply watching the clock tick down to the execution of their Curaleaf sale. Your best bet is to keep applying or use Grassroots as leverage to get more money somehwere else.

The Market Director of Operations is very rude, likes to create drama, doesn't listen to anything the employees have to say, is anti women and anti LGBTQ and hires his firends for management positions.  For such a   progressive industry and business management  is very close minded. Management is like a good old boys club. Employees  like drama and unless you go out every night or weekend with them your not part of their club and they treat you badly. Also management knows that employees come to work high or drunk and they could careless which I feel is very  irresponsible since we are dealing with medical  marijuana  which this is a person's meds to make them feel better and but we allow high and drunk people to mess with it and say nothing. There is no training an employee is thrown into a job with no training but then management is mad when employees do something wrong but were never  properly trained. For what you do and  put up with the pay isn't enough. Plus side is I loved my job, what I did and the industry.  Just couldn't take the daily mistreatment and discrimination from management & co workers. Grassroots Cannabis  Chambersburg 
was just  purchased by Cureleaf hopefully this is a positive and  the company culture changes. 

I love working at Grassroots. I have a wonderful work/life balance overall, and truly enjoy the people I work with. In the past year Grassroots has grown from 150 employees to over 850 employees, and is currently the largest privately held cannabis company in the USA; it is very easy to be proud to work here! 

Compensation is fair. I would, of course, welcome higher pay, but I can't really complain. At the end of the day working for Grassroots (and in the cannabis industry) is very fulfilling, and I am excited for future growth opportunities! 

The downside is If you are not flexible to/someone who welcomes frequent change, the cannabis industry is not for you. Like most other cannabis companies, Grassroots is still a "start-up" by definition (though a very established start up) and with that comes constant exponential growth, rapidly changing legislation, construction delays, and other unforseen circumstances.. In this industry, change is frequent, and that fact holds true at Grassroots.  

Upper management has a strong vision for company growth, and this growth spurs the creation of new opportunities for employment (both externally and internally). They strongly support employees and are constantly working  provide the necessary resources and tools to set people up for success.

Horrible management all around. A lot of issues this company deals with would be avoided if they had a competent administrative team. This operation, as well as the other facility in the region, is organized by a hand full of individuals who have no experience in the cannabis industry outside of their current position. Despite the success that other facilities under this brand have accomplished, it seems that none of that has transferred to this branch. The biggest challenges this team faces are compliance, the inability to create a standardized method of controlling and preserving product quality, and an unstable management team that is replaced every few quarters. To say this branch has a revolving door is an understatement and the stress shows on the faces of the supervisors. In the time that I was employed, I watched the most capable managers and employees be removed or quit on their own volition. All of this nonsense created a negative atmosphere and a diminished culture that ruined my first experience in the industry. I wish I had heeded the warnings on this page before I applied to work at Grassroots. Good riddance. 

The Grassroots Cannabis owners have either never had a successfull run business in their lives or it looks like by the way it is being run things as if winging a first time business. (maybe? Who Knows? You gotta start somewhere) Nothing makes since the way they are doing business. Everyone wants to be the boss and no one has any business skills worth a darn. This makes for too many chiefs and not enough Indians. because of the lack of business know how. There is a disconnect. No one really knows what they are doing the majority of the time.(Incuding the owners and any management they tend to go through)  If any one having to do with this business actually had a clue the whole company culture would change drastically. 
The business name should be called Weed Be Gone  instead of Grassroots Cannabis because of how the product somehow magically diappears. Not a good way to run a business. At this time untill they truly get their act together or sell to someone who knows what they are actually doing. You might stir clear from this opportunity.

The lab technician assistant position was my first job out of school and it couldn't have been a more positive experience. I utilized and enhanced my lab skills, the people I worked with genuinely became my family and there was open communication about ways to improve the work setting through quarterly reviews. There is a lot of opportunity for experimentation and innovation making new products, and it is exciting to be a part of the process. Besides work, there were also work get-togethers and free food for lunch some days (before covid-19). I was impressed by their covid-19 measures: mandatory masks, cleaning four times a day and for a time we split into a two team weekly rotation. Overall a great work culture and fun job.

I love what I do and the nitty gritty of my position. I was personally able to advance but the politics of this place are questionable. Management tries to keep things hush hush and uses scare tactics to keep employees quiet. Honestly, I often feel like I'm walking on egg shells because you don't know who you can trust here. They don't take HR requests seriously and get rid of anyone who challenges the status quo. If you can look past this, facility is on par with many others in the MD medical industry but you'll probably be strung along about pay and advancement. They're looking for people who will work without questioning authority for as little compensation as possible.

Grassroots is a magnificent company, as long as you are with the "In Crowd". If you challenge or resist management, you will be targeted, and or outcast. 

When you reach out to your resources for assistance with any managerial issues; you are ignored or management and Executive leadership have been made aware. This also includes confidentiality with HR team members. 

Veteran employees are overlooked, and outside individuals are hired above those that are currently in top-tier roles. 

This is my personal experience, and have seen others go through similar situations. 

Other colleagues and staff members are genuine and easy to get along with. If you can get past the bureaucracy and hierarchy, you will enjoy working with Grassroots because of you co-workers.

I highly recommend running as far as you can from this job. The owners obviously don't know how to run the place. The "new management" kills the moral worse than I have ever seen in any place of business. Four employees have quit in two weeks because of this person. You will never go up in this company, unless you get a "lead" position which is basically nothing. So get used to be treated like you're replaceable. They make empty promises and are just down right disrespectful. The product they sale is horrible and some is very close to expiring. Not worth the stress it causes in your life. So again I repeat run run as far as you can!!

Management in general within this company, even upper management  is clueless. They will lie to you and tell you. A lot of times management doesn't communicate within each other and will tell you multiple different things. There is no room for advancement, and their managers are clueless, most of them don't know how to do the work most of the Patient counselors and inventory managers have to do. Also be prepared for drama, so many people will come and go from this company due to the drama.

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