I have come to the realization that I am terrible at hiring people.
- I interview a person and immediately want them on my cannabis dispensary team.
I see a smart, determined, friendly person that is a good fit. After about two weeks I realized I had a problem. My staff was showing up late, stealing my products and terrible at customer interfacing. I fired and hired tons of people over the past few months. I just wasn’t getting any better. Anybody that I hired who managed to show up on time and be nice were terrible at selling. I couldn’t figure out what to do for the longest time. A friend of mine also owns a cannabis dispensary. She said she used a cannabis consulting service when it came to forming her diepsneary. She needed help with the marijuana application and permit. They helped with the paperwork and legal side of the business. Apparently marijuana business consultants have multiple branches though. So I called them up and told them I needed help with hiring. My recreational marijuana consultant was great. He told me to take a step back and he would get me a team. The guy hired a whole new team of budtenders after a few weeks. Next he had them undergo cannabis training at a nearby facility. They did tons of practice selling to each other and really bonded as a crew. They are actually smart, determined and friendly people. The cannabis consultant really saved my butt with that. I never would have found these people.