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Sanctuary Medicinals

Stay away from this one, the people are nice at first but then you see the unraveling of the chaos and manipulation tactics that are deep within the the "brotherhood" of sanctuary, I started seeing this just after a couple of weeks after working here. It seemed like such a great place at first and I felt like this could be a great place to start a career. But soon after those realizations I left due to the over abundance of safety issues that my fellow employees and I had to deal with. The culture is toxic and plastic, typical corporate feel. Although I must say the benefits such as the recreational discount was excellent. Nothing better than smoking your own bud you nurtured to adulthood. It is sad to see such a great place perform badly due to a few loose strings, toxic people, and poor organization. Just for those who are not aware, as a newly trained Cannabis Tech, we were expected to do things that are VERY unsafe.  All in all, great benefits but such a horrible place to work. But, if somehow you land the job, remember to stick to the plants and stay away from the toxic people. If you can do that, you will thrive. I on the other hand could not bring myself to deal with the manipulation tactics and ridiculous and inconsistent hours. Oh and the schedule is very confusing, good luck trying to understand it. I rated 3 stars because as much as the people sucked, the plants were amazing to work with and each strain has their own uniqueness about them. 

Working at this place will put you in a honey moon phase that will quickly turn into cliquey arrogance. 75% of the employees are great to work with and be around, but management does not communicate with each other at all, and fails to relay important information pertinent to the task at hand frequently. There is a huge power struggle and the compensation for the amount of work you have to do and the amount of hats you have to wear is unfair and unappreciated. 

Management is never there, security is relaxed, people’s things get stolen all the time, there’s constantly high school drama, and people playing very offensive music at high volumes and it being allowed. HR there is practically nonexistent along with the ability to progress in this company, or Sanctuary follow through with any verbal promises made. 

Company will verbally tell you to travel to other locations and pay for your gas/mileage and does not. You are assigned many tasks in which credentials are not provided for you or merely do not exist. The internet is run by Google Nests and 10 of the upper management have remote access to the camera systems that they watch frequently in every room. Their excuse for a lot of things not provided are provided with the excuse of them being a (coming on 4 years) ‘start-up’, if you work here, get everything in writing and do not divulge any personal information to anyone or get tricked into the politics and power struggled that rules Sanctuary Medicinals.

If you need an entry-level job in the cannabis industry, that's where this place can be worthwhile. For a cannabis company, they offer a lot of roles within their organization. Working here is a great introduction to working in legal cannabis within Massachusetts. 

However, most roles pay minimum wage. Trimmers get incentive pay because trimming gets monotonous, and requires a little extra effort due to its nature. None of that is a secret, please see their current job openings. I was hired in January 2021, and was done working there in August 2021. Never had a goal to work for, never got any sort of performance review, just an exit interview, which I am somewhat thankful for. Had to "hold my nose" through a lot of workplace drama as well. 

Employees are always reminded to be grateful for the popcorn machine, the slushee machine, the coffee machine, yet no safe drinking water, locker rooms smell gross, and you'll definitely want to be vaccinated....

The employee discount is pretty sweet, but I can't justify getting paid minimum wage, even with all the "luxuries" they provide at the job site. 

Seeing massive amounts of cannabis, whether it's fresh cut plants, bins of weed, kilos of concentrate, is always cool. But I couldn't stay due to financial reasons.

Definitely not the worst company to work for, but certainly far from being the best.  

Typical day would be normal opening and closing duties as any other dispensary. But they have now implemented cold calling patients, which is very inappropriate. Corporate gets upset when you tell them their methods don’t work to get people in, or if their sales aren’t working. I haven’t learned much besides the fact you’re stuck in there for sometimes 12 hours a day with no ability to even leave the building, or let alone even use your phone. The workplace culture is very toxic as you have corporate breathing down your necks to make sales that are unobtainable due to high prices, bad sales, and competition right down the street having better product at a better price. They will literally watch cameras to make sure you’re doing everything they ask, and if not will send an email and screenshot with timestamps asking why you are or aren’t doing whatever. You also never get appreciated for any success you do bring to the company, they will look for something you did wrong and instead of getting praise for helping, they will just belittle you for something else they’ll micromanage to find.I don’t enjoy anything about working there besides my coworkers are enjoyable to be around, but overall a terrible experience to say the least.

This is the only place I have ever been where I can honestly say that you could get blamed for someone else dropping a box on their head from across the room from their own actions, and then also get blamed for falling down a narrow stairwell while carrying a cumbersome 50 pound box IN THE SAME MEETING as if you're at fault for it. 

Management will gaslight you into thinking they're doing you a favor by demoting you without warning after your manager never told you what you did wrong, this is also after they told you it wasn't a demotion and that it was totally optional. And then HR will terminate you and straight up refuse to give you an answer as to why.

The coworkers were great people when I was there, a lot of people are quitting though because the pay here isn't very good either and they want more money and/or less drama and I don't blame them one bit. I heard it was cliquey here, and I can absolutely confirm that it's 100% accurate. Stay away.

If you’re looking for somewhere to get started in the cannabis industry that’s all this place is really good for. Very low pay for constantly understaffed work. The quality of the weed has gone down so much, they barely do anything to the buds anymore and it all looks very factory processed, so if you’re looking for a company that values quality over quantity you’re looking at the wrong place. There’s a lot of favoritism and also barely any room for growth. They won’t always communicate to you what you could be doing better then throw it in your face the moment you try to go for a higher position. Like just tell me what I’m doing wrong and I will improve on it but I can’t improve unless you tell me, I’m not a mind reader. The pros of this place is the people that work here. It’s the only thing that would get me through the day. This place is filled with so many people with so much potential that is actually being wasted staying here. Do yourself a favor and find another job. 

This place is a mess. The zero tolerance policy creates a tense environment where people are afraid to speak to each other. They promise regular raises and chances to earn store credit but rarely deliver on either. If you make a mistake they hold it against you and won't give chances to learn and do better. They do not set clear expectations. Their attendance policy makes the place a revolving door that is consistently understaffed. The Healthcare plan is barely accepted anywhere. Whoever is in charge of payroll doesn't know what they're doing. They did not withhold the proper amount from my paychecks for taxes; resulting in me owing hundreds of dollars to the irs. I am not the only employee this has happened to. 

Let me start by saying, do not work here. I’m currently getting out and I have to say it’s the most toxic work environment I’ve ever experienced. Corporate management watches cameras all day and listens, that’s right, they audio record everything and will call you out if you offend them in any way. They micromanage you to death and will never ever compliment what you are doing. In addition they will do everything possible to keep you from getting a raise. They make you stay in a position for a minimum 6 months even if you are heavily qualified for a position that opens up. Truthfully I went into this job knowing the nightmare scenario I would experience but I needed to be closer to home. Thankfully I’m able to escape this purgatory. Beware this company is not worth the mental anguish it will cause you.

-Management that is constantly undermining each other and employees, resulting in turnover of GM approximately every 3 months
- No real training program to speak of
- Broken promises of benefits, reviews, raises amid chronic under staffing 
With the amount of money this company is raking in daily, and the minimal amount of staff they are able to function on, as well as the INSANE profit margins, they should be paying these people AT MINIMUM a living wage plus benefits. However, it is just another sad example of how the cannabis industry is going to be a bunch of walton family trust fund mother people making a dime off of the working man's back. AND the weed is really not good.

The work itself was okay, but the environment was extremely toxic. Often times it’ll just be you working with one other person and the management at the store didn’t always help. Often times if I opened I would be absolutely by myself unless going out of my way to ask, even though they have access to the store cameras and can clearly see how overwhelmed you are. Management was fraternizing with subordinates, there was also a huge lack of communication when it came to changes being made effectively, which would lead to issues and or people receiving write ups. There isn’t much room for growth unless you don’t make any mistakes or just happen to be someone’s favorite. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Manager on duty 26 salaries reported	$16.77 per hour
Trimmer 15 salaries reported	$16.13 per hour
Assistant 8 salaries reported	$18.00 per hour
Harvester 6 salaries reported	$17.25 per hour
Sales associate 14 salaries reported	$15.61 per hour

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