harvester

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director of compliance

cultivation technician

Standard Wellness

In the cannabis industry you start from the bottom and as you learn and perform well you generally get a bump on pay or title. However, this company really just always claims to be tight on their monthly budget, managers ignore you and most everyone there is new to the cannabis industry besides the cultivators. It seems like quality isn't a priority anymore. Their flower is all machine trimmed, effectively knocking it's THC content down to 11-15%. Lab tests will claim it's stronger but patients will tell you otherwise. Processed products are poorly thought through- there's always something missing whether it's CBD, CBG, THCV, CBN, CBC, etc.... Those products also don't contain real terpenes besides their RSO, which also happens to be prohibitively expensive.They need to continue hiring people who actually care about each and every finished product's effectiveness. Don't ever show them your full potential or you'll be used. Then, when you're burnt out they'll go and hire somebody for you to train who happens to make much more than you even though it's their first time dipping their toes in the industry. Oh yeah, half the time you're sitting on your hands because they sent the items you "needed yesterday" to their HQ in Ohio or it was plain forgotten by management that makes 2-4x what you make. It'll be remembered as your fault and they'll continue to push. This company really does not care about their customers unless they haven't got them customers on the hook yet. Wake up and stop pushing mids, anyone can make wine, same concept here. Stop making empty promises and start giving employee recognition. It's not all about how many hundreds of thousands of dollars you take home each year!!!! You'd have better luck working for a local company that isn't trying to cover things up and actually invests in their employees.

The company is too focused on growing and spends too much money expanding rather than paying its employees a livable wage or improving things like benefits where the company is already etablished.

Upper management announced cost of living adjustments and a year later no adjustments. The only people who can afford the benifits are managers. 

Virtually no real training either for entery level employees, it's all trial by fire with a little mentoring. Upper management could really use some leadership workshops as well. They hire people on as tempd and will drag them a long as long as they can so they don't have to offer benifits. 

They refuse to hire part time employees let alone a janitor. Everyone does the work of at least three people.

Managment constantly demands more from cultivation, but hardly will supply them with the tools or resources to do so. They deliberately won't hire people with growing experience seemingly because upper management views them as a threat to the status quo. 

Unless it directly impacts managment its difficult to get resouces that improve working conditions. It took constant back and forthing from the outdoor crew and the lead resigning to get a watercooler in the filthy break room. The AC broke in one of the trailers and it was never fixed making it impossible to work in during the summer.

The main building was supposed to be up and running by the end of 2022, it's still just a frame. So they still operate out of modified shipping containers and construction trailers as of 2023. 

If you are looking at getting into the cannabis game Standard Wellness isn't the best option in Utah, but its an easy foot in the door. 


The Forest St. Louis has potential but struggles with poor leadership, lack of structure, and minimal training. There are no clear SOPs, and management often relies on lower-level employees to complete or explain their own tasks. New hires receive little guidance, leading to confusion and frustration across the team.

As part of an MSO, communication is a major downfall — staff constantly have to reach out to regional management across state lines, which creates delays, mixed messages, and a general lack of consistency. Hours are inconsistent, disciplinary actions are uneven, and morale is low due to poor communication and leadership disconnect.

Upper management and HR seem more focused on profits than on creating a supportive, organized, and motivated workplace. With stronger local leadership, better training, and consistent structure, this could be an excellent company — but right now, it’s disorganized and lacking direction.


Don't work for standard wellness or any if its affiliates like the forest dispensary. They offer great benefits but that's about it. Upper management is a joke, they do not care about their employees or customers. They are micromanagement this company from states away. They're only concern is making their money back on their brand new cultivation facility in Vandalia MO. They have a new dispensary in KCMO and the turnover is high already. No proper training & no proper tools to succeed. they also raise the prices on products just a tad higher than the competitors bc they want every penny, they don't care about their patientsor customers. HR will not take your complaints seriously and they will just let management do whatever they want with no accountability. DO NOT WORK HERE!! UPPER MANAGEMENT IS SHADY AS HECK!

Whatever you do don’t work for this place and don’t buy their product they only care about the money ! Worked there for almost a year and the closer and closer I got to a year the place seemed like it was going down hill. They lie to their customers, they take a strain like outer space and literally just slap a new name on it so you could potentially be getting the same stuff just different name they had to buy a radiation machine so the bud could even pass testing . Work wise the actual people I worked with weren’t bad it’s just management but there’s nowhere to really move up in the company unless you wanna move to a different state . They offer bonuses every quarter if we meet certain goals but sometimes they just straight up don’t pay you I was supposed to have one 4 months ago . Sooooo many better options out there 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The facility,the science,the employees.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Low pay,high performers are targeted by less motivated coworkers.Some people are held to a different standard than others.took 5 months to get 90 day probationary benefits enacted,narcissism is rewarded over fairness

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It stinks.middle managers and supervisors sit on their tails and target the ones doing the labor

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Understaffed,power struggle for positioning creates scapegoats out of talented and motivated workers

If you want to do the work of 2 or 3 people but get paid very low, go for it. Managers will throw you under the bus before actually trying to solve a problem and then when you offer constructive and effective problem solving, you are shot down. My manager worked against the team by dismissing their ideas and questions. I absolutely loved my job, was good at it and enjoyed my coworkers. The negative manager made it a hostile environment. The company doesn't know how to treat their employees. High turnover there.

The owners know nothing about the medicine they’re having people grow. The management have no experience with cannabis either. The was never a healthy culture established from the beginning. They falsify strains, have mold issues and do not cure their cannabis properly. Also, they are liars… all of them. Im not bitter im just disappointed.

What is the best part of working at the company?
You can work a lot of hours if you want

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Poor management.  It’s profit over people, every single time

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good workers, but they are just numbers to the “bosses”.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Get there, work, go home.   Coworkers made it worth it

Definitely taken a turn for the worse. Poor communication and “business decisions” throughout the company. Especially when new management tells the locals they’re planing on “big changes” laying off current employees and bad mouths the company. Good place if you want to get a foot in the door and learn about cannabis, other than that STAY AWAY!

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Harvester 4 salaries reported	$15.38 per hour
Shift leader 7 salaries reported	$23.07 per hour
Manager 1 salary reported	$65,000 per year
Director of compliance 1 salary reported	$112,500 per year
Cultivation technician 6 salaries reported	$20.17 per hour

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