Marijuana Trimmer (Duncan) ad on Craigslist

VIANARCHRIS

VIANARCHRIS

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In case anyone wants to take advantage of the incredible wages...

Broken Coast Cannabis is looking for part time trimmers to work Wednesdays to Fridays 8:00am to 4:00pm. The job entails hand manicuring marijuana buds. Experience is an asset but not necessary. Applicants must be open to learning new procedures and good manufacturing practices. Pay starts at $13.50/hr but is negotiable based on experience and will be determined after a 3 day probation period. Please attach resume in as a PDF.
 
bcbreeder

bcbreeder

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Broken coast has advertised for trimmers a few times,

Tilray pays the same bunk wages.

A living wage is higher in the cowichan valley,
Heck to park an rv down by the river is $600/month

What we need is a few people to get hired at these lp's
then out how much bs goes on at lp's

That's how we got all that great info on tilray bugs n diseases, and two wheeler deals

The reason lp's only pay low wages to their staff is to pay the high priced salaries
Of management, these executives like phil loucas (tilray)
Hillary black (tweed, bedrocan).
Have sold out their former activism for phat cat salaries
And the others pumping and dumping
 
itsmehigh

itsmehigh

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Devils advocate........trimmers are a dime a dozen, it's low impact, entry level, mindless Un skilled labour position. The only reason people get $20+/hr is because it's illegal work and has risks. You all think that sitting on your ass trimming cannabis should be a high paying position? It's all relitive, if your entry level positions start at $20/hr where does it stop? In the end the patients are paying. Im all for fair pay, but why should an entry level Un skilled position pay more than most entry level trades positions? Personally I think that trimmers should be payed like farm labours, paid by the lbs. $20/lbs is fair compensation. A good experience trimmer should have no problem trimming 1+lbs per hr. Being payed by weight also acts aa incentive to work faster/harder.

Itsme.
 
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CannaReview

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If you want productive workers you pay them proper wages, its simple as that. Just because the job is low impact with little skill set requirements doesn't mean the workers have to be paid to the lowest common denominator. Besides trimming is so monotonous people should be paid more to just for that. $13.50 per hour these days is ok for high school students living at home.

For $13.50 you gonna get $13.50 of this is how much I give a fuck effort.
 
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itsmehigh

itsmehigh

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CannaReview said:
If you want productive workers you pay them proper waves, its simple as that. Just because the job is low impact with little skill set requirements doesn't mean the workers have to be paid to the lowest common denominator. Besides trimming is so monotonous people should be paid more to just for that. $13.50 per hour these days is ok for high school students living at home.

For $13.50 you gonna get $13.50 of this is how much I give a fuck effort.
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I agree, you get what you pay for. I'm a firm believer in being payed for performance. I've worked multiple MMAR/MMPR/BM sites, the majority of trim crews take their jobs seriously, but there are people who will take advantage of the situation. You can't just give someone off the street top trimming wage without a performance evaluation. It's like any other job, you get hired at a lower wage and as you grow with job experience your compensation grows. It's Econ/bus 101, do you pay your grow store employees top wage on day one? Just because illegal black market pays $20/hr people think that a legitimate legal position should be entitled to the same, it's apples and oranges. There's no comparison to the previous Mmar to the new MMPR, trimming is an entry level non educated position and should be compensated as such. In my model a hard working trimmer could easily make $20+/hr in a paid by weigh system. The harder you work the more you make, it's called incentive, not entitlement.

Itsme.
 
doingdishes

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itsmehigh said:
I agree, you get what you pay for. I'm a firm believer in being payed for performance. I've worked multiple MMAR/MMPR/BM sites, the majority of trim crews take their jobs seriously, but there are people who will take advantage of the situation. You can't just give someone off the street top trimming wage without a performance evaluation. It's like any other job, you get hired at a lower wage and as you grow with job experience your compensation grows. It's Econ/bus 101, do you pay your grow store employees top wage on day one? Just because illegal black market pays $20/hr people think that a legitimate legal position should be entitled to the same, it's apples and oranges. There's no comparison to the previous Mmar to the new MMPR, trimming is an entry level non educated position and should be compensated as such. In my model a hard working trimmer could easily make $20+/hr in a paid by weigh system. The harder you work the more you make, it's called incentive, not entitlement.

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piece work is great as long as you work fast...and well.
i think after the first day you'll get a feel for their work. if they're slow and you can tell they don't give a crap, they don't get a call to come back.
i am on the fence about your thoughts because i like both sides.
if you have an incredible worker who does 2 LB's an hour, why should they get the same rate of pay as the guy who's slower.
i like trimming myself. get coffee, doob's and tunes...good to go! it's not hard but it is monotonous and mind numbing. i couldn't do it for days on end though so I'd be out of that job market. every few months or so would be fine
 
itsmehigh

itsmehigh

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Trimming isn't a career choice, it's an entry level position. It's a stepping stone to get your foot in the door. Most employment opportunities start you at the bottom and your attitude and work ethic will either lead to advancement or dissimssal. The cannabis industry is no different. Hard work and attitude should lead to advancement, IMO trimming is a shitty job, if a person shows up when scheduled and has a good attitude at a lower pay, they would be considered for promotion to production. If you can't see the bigger picture of advancement in the company and an increase in wage/position your not welcome in my organization. If a person can show loyalty and dedication at a lower wage, it shows me that they are serious about getting into the cannabis industry and will be advanced. Honestly my previous experience, retirees are the best choice for trimmers. They look forward to getting out and socializing while making easy money sitting on their ass, they are tickled pink to make an extra $150 a day. Kids these days have no motivation to work and are extremely lazy, not my first choice in workers. If your goal in life is to have a career as a cannabis trimmer, I probably wouldn't hire you for lack of ambition and no goals in life. Trimming positions are simply a mechanism to weed out the good workers from the mediocre ones. Every business has these positions.

Itsme.
 
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CannaReview

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itsmehigh said:
Kids these days have no motivation to work and are extremely lazy, not my first choice in workers.
Itsme.
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Kid these days have no motivation to use a phone like a phone and less ambitions to get a driver license however most kids I know work pretty hard when they have jobs. Seems your stereo typing is already clashing with your running a cannabis company nirvana. 50% of people out there can fool you as an employer to giving them the job.

To me $13.50 says we don't think much of you as an employee and don't really care if you live borderline poverty.

Every business has these positions.
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And almost every business that does this wastes more money looking for that right employee since all they get is bottom of the barrel applicants with high turnover rate. A higher wage for a shitty job will get you a happier employee. With out having employees that think you as an employer care about them all you'll get is employees that don't give a flying fuck about your company.
 
itsmehigh

itsmehigh

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the reality is trimming is an Un skilled, Un educated entry level position that a trained monkey could do, and should be paid accordingly. Look at the greenhouse/agri industry where head growers with hort. Degrees are making $20+ per hour, you think that a trimmer is the same caliber as them and should be paid the same? I agree $13.50 is a shit wage, but you can't expect to be hired without a performance evauuation to prove your worth. When I started my last apprenticeship (2006) in a union shop starting wage was $13.50. I was a grown man that left a $30/hr job to start a career in the trades. It was tough but I saw the bigger picture of becoming a jouryman and advancing in the trade. I stuck with it got my red seal and journeyman wage $35/hr. Trimmers are the same entry level, do your time and prove your worth and you will be rewarded. It's not like there's a shortage of Un skilled Un educated trimmers out there, I'm sure at $13.50 they would have hundreds of applications of people trying to get their foot in the door. Regardless of pay trimmers have a high turnaround, if your ambition in life is to become a cannabis trimmer, your not the worker I'm looking for, it's simply a stepping stone to advance in the industry. How many times have you heard anyone say they wanna be a blueberry picker when the grow up? Same caliber of work. Entry level at best. Not a career.

Itsme
 
GardenGnome83

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itsmehigh said:
the reality is trimming is an Un skilled, Un educated entry level position that a trained monkey could do, and should be paid accordingly. Look at the greenhouse/agri industry where head growers with hort. Degrees are making $20+ per hour, you think that a trimmer is the same caliber as them and should be paid the same? I agree $13.50 is a shit wage, but you can't expect to be hired without a performance evauuation to prove your worth. When I started my last apprenticeship (2006) in a union shop starting wage was $13.50. I was a grown man that left a $30/hr job to start a career in the trades. It was tough but I saw the bigger picture of becoming a jouryman and advancing in the trade. I stuck with it got my red seal and journeyman wage $35/hr. Trimmers are the same entry level, do your time and prove your worth and you will be rewarded. It's not like there's a shortage of Un skilled Un educated trimmers out there, I'm sure at $13.50 they would have hundreds of applications of people trying to get their foot in the door. Regardless of pay trimmers have a high turnaround, if your ambition in life is to become a cannabis trimmer, your not the worker I'm looking for, it's simply a stepping stone to advance in the industry. How many times have you heard anyone say they wanna be a blueberry picker when the grow up? Same caliber of work. Entry level at best. Not a career.

Itsme
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I'm a journeyman as well, and I think these guys need to unionize. Grocery stores do it up here, why not the legal weed industry? Bennies, better pay, strong communities.
 
doingdishes

doingdishes

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ok but what if you only want to make a few extra bucks?
i wouldn't want to do it full time forever but as an occasional side job i thinks it's good. sit around listening to tunes, smoke and drink coffee.
 
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