How to Combat Budtender Turnover
Many entry-level retail jobs experience a high turnover rate, and the cannabis industry is no different. Dispensary budtenders are categorized as an entry-level foray into cannabis, and unsurprisingly 55 percent of these employees who worked at any point over the past previous 12 months had departed by the end of that time period in the U.S. and Canada according to data firm Headset . There are quite a few factors that may play into this phenomenon, especially in the early days of legal cannabis when budtenders were often overworked, underpaid, and constantly in danger of being raided and rendered unemployed by the federal government. But today, with cannabis closer to federal legality than ever before in the U.S. and fully legal in Canada, operators are rightfully making a more pointed effort to retain their budtenders by making them feel valued, respected, and heard in their vital role as knowledgeable ambassadors between cannabis products and interested consumers. Why Cannabis Bu...