I think if someoneās an actually good, mentally stable employee they can within a few years find a reasonable income. You can get yourself a 50-60k job making wax.
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I have 3 years of lab tech experience under my belt. I started out as a lead C02/Alcohol extractor and winterization eventually worked my way up into the distillation lab doing pesticide remediation through chromatography and a lot of other stuff. Company I worked for stopped doing concentrates and just focused on cultivation so I am looking for other opportunities. I been doing cultivation for the past year and am pretty good at it but my knowledge of expertise is in concentrates. Will be checking out your list to see what I can find. Iām in southern California.
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Hey All, The Thread Is Updated: 11/26/21
What area of So Cal area you in? Iāll keep an eye out for you.
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Iām in adelanto San Bernardino county
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1/21/2022 Update Highlights:
- (2) new listings in New York looking for Extraction Technicians
- Cresco Labs looking for supervisor in Massachusetts
- Manoa Botanicals in Hawaii still looking for Laboratory Manager @ $70k/yr
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1/28/2022 Update Highlights:
- (9) listings in Denver, Colorado looking for various positions
- (2) new listings in Arkansas looking for Extraction Technicians
- STASH Cannabis Company is looking for a Lab Manager in Colorado
- Rove in Missouri is looking for a Lab Technician @ $19 - $29/hr
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Hawaii!!!
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Wanna guess what a gallon of milk costs over there?
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Acreage holdings Syaracuse New York is looking for a bachelors degree. I couldnāt even submit my application on indeed without it. Iāve reached top pay in my area for a diesel/heavy equipment mechanic with a GED. $90k.
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Really sad to see so many companies requiring college degrees in a field that colleges simply donāt know enough to teach. Iāve been skimming this thread and it doesnāt look like I would qualify for very many jobs without a degree. Good thing I own my own business and run my own lab because I would be fucked if I had to rely on a degree that wouldnāt even prepare me for this industry. Thank fuck for that C+ I made in my last chem class in highschool!
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then be a hawaiian dairy farmer. my uncle moved there and was an executive for mauna loa selling macadamia nuts. Better than when he was in columbus ohio marketing jays chips.
Iām in charge of hiring for my team. I can tell you first-hand, I can generally rely on candidates with (relevant) college degrees being able to:
- compose an intelligent email
- document ideas (ie take something in their head and put it on a piece of paper)
- be on-time
- follow instructions
- cohesively integrate in a team
Thatās not to say that I donāt find these qualities in non college graduates. But I tend to find more folks that are much more individualistic, take longer to integrate with an existing team, and generally are more difficult to on-board.
That being said, Iāve hired plenty of non college graduates (thank you trades!) and theyāre great at what they do but so many of them want to just be left on an island to do their job and have little interest in transitioning to a management or leadership role. This is despite me explaining that being accountable for a group of people instead of only being accountable for themselves is waaaay more valuable to the company and I can more easily justify the pay raises they ask for 
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Iām definitely interested in a job on an island, someone else can make a trip ice a week with food, dry ice, solvent, and clean jars.
I would take a black market job, a white market job, someone in the middle of the country that has the money to pay someone to come teach them how to safely and efficiently run their shit!
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Iām seriously considering ceasing to teach anything to college graduates. Iāve worked for lots of them and they all have two things in common. They wonāt pay what my experience and skills are worth and they pay too much for knowledge that is mostly not useful.
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Bro, I donāt even put my degree on my resume! If thatās what theyāre looking for I donāt want anything to do with them!
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While I agree that the āsoft skillsā were beat into our heads in school and they were required to progress through (I dropped out as a senior in comp sci), I firmly believe the drive lies in the individual. I think college can filter out some that donāt, but Iāve met some LAZY ass college grads. I really feel itās a case by case, but I only have 1 year experience as an employer of 3 so take my experience as a manager with a grain of salt.
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70k for director at manoa just isnt worth it. Iām in Hawaii and was expecting that to be listed a lot higher. Definitely fighting for second or third place in dispos here and an uphill battle theyāll need to raise that listing if they want to gain market share.
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Yea its marked as ādegree requiredā Surprised it doesnāt let you submit an application.
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