marijuana budtender

inventory specialist

order picker

dispensary manager

floor manager

Planet 13

There are so many corners that are cut at Planet 13 in regards to employee satisfaction, longevity, and job security that it could take a month to fully summarize exactly why a majority of the staff apart from management and sales associates are so disgruntled with working at Planet 13. Employees are constantly laid off during slow seasons, union busting is frequent, and even managers are fired so that supervisors can take their place for fewer dollars an hour. HR is rarely spotted within the main building itself and training in almost every department is scarcely utilized as inefficiently as possible. Incentives and benefits are difficult to come by unless you are budtender due to the fact that position generates the most revenue for this business and even then; that is the most expendable position for many.  Despite some of the opportunities for career-building, Planet 13 as a whole focuses on expanding itself as a company well before paying any tribute or appreciation towards many of the team that make its success possible in the first place. There is no sick leave, slow PTO accrual, a vacation time only generates after being committed to the business for over two years. Every dollar that could be used to inspire a fulfilling motivation towards working in tandem with the company's success is instead invested towards more profit of the executive's wallets, gimmicky expansions or displays, and efficiency of its own sales above any quality-of-life improvements. While Planet 13 may have much more to offer to those unfamiliar or curious about working in the Cannabis industry; it comes with many set backs that serve as a disillusionment towards not just itself but for the future of dispensary work across the United States.

Was here since opening and let me tell you may journey here wasn’t all bad. The team In Charge at the Santa Ana location clearly have no final say on anything. Which at times became and may still continue to be frustrating. Especially when It came to promoting or department transfers. Look this place is a great place to start but please, don’t expect to be there for long. Make sure you have a back up plan ready. California Management needs to have more control and final say on the operation. Micromanaging from another state shows just how much they don’t want to bother getting to know the employees of each of their locations. The core team has been thru so many people . And people are definitely tired of the mistreatment and mistrust from Headquarters. The only time corporate ever cared was when we had an event in store or some celebrity drop. But a majority of the time the social media person never promoted delivery or a majority of the in-store specials/daily deals. Or the website never being accurate and having departments take on responsibility of other departments due to lay-offs. Corporate needs to do better with the treatment of there employees you can’t have a lay-off every few quarters.

i have been employed with Planet 13 since their start in late June of this year. This was my first job in the industry and I was very excited to go to work until about August 2nd. That is when the first set of massive layoffs happened. The sales clearly were not looking good the first month, and that is nobody’s fault but corporate. It’s unfair to lay off over 60% of your staff because marketing and research could not do their jobs. it is not the fault of anyone but corporate that they did not bother to research pricing/demographics before opening “california’s largest cannabis dispensary”, yeah you’re the largest, but also now the most disliked. 
the sales floor is an entire mess, the management is not entirely sure how discounts work, and they have argued with me about it. for reference, i worked in processing, so i was well aware of who gets what discount. the communication amongst departments was awful.

on the day they let me go, they sent me to another location to get fired. they didn’t see an issue with firing 60% of staff in the middle of a global pandemic. HR told me it was their “worst day ever”, meanwhile they get to keep their jobs. it is really so cruel to promise people a full time job with health benefits only to lay them off 3 months after opening.

The reason the prices are so high is to take advantage of tourists. And that's exactly what they do. Bait & switch technique to get people in the doors.  False prices online showing what looks like great deals for everyone...nope, just locals. "Largest dispensary in the world.."  More like the largest 💩 show.  Ownership likes to walk around without masks on, have employees taken out in cuffs for minor violations in front of peers and customers to intimidate other employees. Most if not all employees are so high while they work. Including management. You can literally walk around for 8 hours and get paid for it.  Nobody has a clue!!  COVID-19 running through the place like wildfire and they do not even let anyone know to take precautions when someone tests positive...they seem to hide it. Do not be fooled by the size of the place and all the products. Employees are pawns for ownership, the GM and management have no management or leadership experience. They only care about your $$$$ and nothing else.  Fantastic budtenders and team that get taken advantage of by ownership.  Oh and by the way TIP YOUR BUDTENDER!!!  They are well educated in cannabis and do not make commission.

Favoritism is HUGE here. All workers are out for themselves and there’s no sense of a team in any department. I’ve seen them let go of hard workers over small technicalities while others could get away with it. Managers are filled with empty promises with hopes of a promotion that never happen. They will tell you how great you are but then change face once you do something that they didn’t like. Company only cares about money and is losing money because they only want to sell their products. Losing money means layoffs. The management is terrible. One manager is always in a ticked off mood. Another refuses to face any sort of confrontation and will give in to pretty much anything while doing the least amount of work he can. Another will sit in a dark office and not be seen unless he’s cleaning up around the back. Another manager has a gambling problem and openly talks about it at work along with all his home life problems. You are completely alone there. Nobody has your back even when you think they do. Don’t upset them because once you do, they’ll pull all surveillance videos and try to catch you on ANYTHING even if others are doing worse offenses. 

At their Bell location grow house they work there employees like robots. Always CHANGING RULES every 3 months. Except there HARVEST Team to get BURNT OUT. They don’t care for their employees. There management lies and manipulates their employees causing confusion on rules and regulations. Hardest part of the job is dealing with management not caring to be leaders. Management can never take responsibility for their actions nor care for their employees that work hard every day. Management is horrible they expect their employees to have positive attitude but there leads can have negative attitude. They want respect but they can’t respect their own team and company. There is no joy about this place. They expect there in employees to be perfect and work in a fast paced environment. Even though we are dealing with cannabis. Management killing employees dreams and passion of working with cannabis. 

Hostile and stressfull work environment
No inclusion within the team
Management is rude and full of empty promises will not help you succeed or progress within the company
Other employees being left in charge with no leadership or management skills Unfair work environment 
They tell you you have to work a certain amount of hours but will let others get over on leaving early 
Favoritism is big in this company 
No growth or development within company
say the promote from within... they don't
They have a very high turnover constantly hiring for the same positions so if you see them hiring I absolutely wouldn't apply!!!
employees not paid fairly, company would rather pay famous people and make pointless merch. 
HR is not here for the employees only the business open door policy is a lie!
They will demote you no matter how long you have been with and dedicated to the company.





It's a growing company with a lot of movement and opportunity. They could take care of their people a little better. They don't pay the best, they don't have great options for employee meals. In fact, if you work nights it's vending machine if you didn't brown bag it. Restaurant is good but the hours are bad. In some departments, the samples are aplenty but other departments get the short end. Stoners gossip, so there's a lot of it. I wouldn't go so far as to call it a toxic environment though. Discipline is not consistent. Many infractions go uncalled and the policy is unclear to many in charge. On the plus side: We have fun. A ton of laughs, great environment. The music is always loud and people are having a good time most of the time. As I stated before, there's a lot of opportunity. If you're a good worker and show up on time, you'll advance if there are opportunities in your department. No question about it. Promotions happen all the time there. 

Depending on which department you work in on the cultivation and packaging side, you will have days or weeks of consistent routine work, and sometimes days where managers have to make tasks up for you to do. Super corporate, and the people who make decisions are people behind desks who will never see your face. General managers, investors etc. don’t bother learning their employees names. Don’t apply as a trimmer as you will be stuck on the same wage your entire time there, while still doing work for other departments where the pay is substantially more. The work culture is great and there is many different types of people working in the cultivation facility, but this place will chew you up and spit you out unless you are truly passionate about cannabis, but for some it is not even worth the pay.

If you want to learn about the industry and get your foot in the door, they do a great job at educating you. Career wise not great:
1. High turnover, people get fired consistently so they are always hiring.
2. Positions open quickly but only because people quit or get fired.
3. Favoritism; some people can get away with things that others cannot.
4. Low pay; they get rid of whole departments to dump more work on you and continue to pay the same low rate. They flip flop with pay rents. A few years ago they paid more to budtenders. Now they pay significantly less; same with other positions.
5. Micromanagement. No one wants to work for someone always nit picking and watching over your shoulder or telling you to sign for everytime you use the bathroom.
6. You get sample products but they are also old and from the prior year. 
7. Employees are overall unappreciated and undervalued. You can go above and beyond and get nothing that appreciates your worth.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Marijuana budtender 61 salaries reported	$16.02 per hour
Inventory specialist 5 salaries reported	$17.00 per hour
Order picker 8 salaries reported	$17.00 per hour
Dispensary manager 1 salary reported	$19.50 per hour
Floor manager 2 salaries reported	$24.00 per hour

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