marijuana budtender

key team leader

sales associate

store manager

chauffeur livreur

Sessions Cannabis

So I’ve been with sessions for over a year now and I can honestly say the company has done nothing but go downhill. When I started, I used to be so passionate and excited about going into work everyday. And I formed so many genuine friendships with my coworkers, which is so rare to find. Then, they opened a store on every other block & stopped caring about the ones that got them started. When I was hired, I was promised so much. They said there was constant room for improvement, they’d be having performance reviews often which would result in pay increases, and that we’d get benefits after a certain amount of time. Literally none of those things happened. I have been told multiple times that I would be promoted in the near future, then they would go and hire someone new for the Key Lead position. Or they would promote somebody that has been there for half the time that I was instead. The management couldn’t care any less about the budtenders, except for the people that get them the most sales or will work ridiculous hours. They walk into the store and don’t even acknowledge that you exist. They didn’t even know my name till about 3 months ago. The discount is awesome, most of the customers are cool, so are your coworkers, the pay is decent but the rude, inconsiderate, money hungry management basically sh*ts on everything that’s good about this company. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great atmosphere to work , manager and staff are friendly! Customers are always curious of new arrivals or products that will best suit their needs so sometimes you will have to do your research on new products or strains but that is part of the job when you are suggesting cannabis to customers. The company also has some great incentives like free swag and discounts! 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Order day! There are always a lot of product to go out and when working alone it can be hard to get everything out ontop of servicing customers.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
All of the staff are very friendly and helpful when you need anything! The store layout is  unique with having all products displayed making it easier to know what you have in stock , percentage, terpenes etc. of batches coming in. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The job is very chill , depending if you work mornings or afternoons usually daytime shifts are not too busy giving you time to do inventory or what ever is required for the tasks that day. Afternoon shifts can be more busy than the day since most people are off work by that time. Daily tasks usually include cleaning , inventory, sales prep, stocking products if low.

While the in store management and other staff at sessions were amazing, there are a million and one things to say about the higher ups. Wether it be regarding the debit terminals being down or contacting any higher ups in any way, you won’t get a response. They come in to the store pretending to listen to their staff about concerns, yet they don’t actually take any into account. They’ve totally screwed over all of their staff who stayed with them during lockdown by giving them less than lockdown hours during in store shopping. The biggest thing? They run such a skeleton crew that you’re unable to take a bathroom break without screwing over your coworker. There is hardly ever anyone to cover breaks, so don’t expect scheduled breaks. They also seem to enjoy bringing in outside hires when there are people within the company capable of and willing to do these jobs. My time at sessions was truly a terrible time. While it started off amazing, after about four or so months I began having breakdowns when thinking about going to work. This place severely impacted my mental health to a point where I had to leave. 
10/10 do not recommend to anyone in the industry. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Absolutely terrible place to work, toxic work environment. owners and general managers play favourites with employees and will quickly throw people under the  proverbial bus. Also, a lot of employees become very clicky with each other and talk smack about people. Avoid working here at all costs.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Dealing with backstabbing employees. also, I was robbed at gunpoint during Christmas holidays and the owner did nothing to see if I was OK just sent me a text message. He saw me in person and didn’t even say anything. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
TOXIC, STAY AWAY.  You are not appreciated at all when you work for a company like Sessions. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The only thing that was enjoyable about this job was talking to some of the regulars, who were very nice people.

Being a budtender is awesome, just not at Sessions Cannabis. Head office and upper management are some of the most careless, unpleasant, toxic people I’ve ever met in my entire life.  Don’t expect to be treated like a human being with a life outside of work, or even think that you have an ounce of job security with this company. If you got an elevated cannabis knowledge and act like you’re totally pro-company, then you’ll be crowned golden child for a brief moment before they terminate you the second you’re not useful to them anymore.  They love to manipulate their staff and will try to create drama to pit people against each other. These people have no idea how to treat people and run a business. RUN as far as you can. Sure, you get free samples and the occasional swag pack.. but this is given at any dispensary since they’re handed out by cannabis licensed producer reps. 

The expectations from management have always been too high. We work alone most of the time so I've been left alone to receive and unpackage cannabis orders while still being expected to handle any costumers who come in. Costumers a lot of the time want to have their hands held and are upset when you physically don't have the time to take your time  helping costumers on every single sale. There is no work life balance, schedule is never consistent and my mental health has hit the gutter since working here. I've had to work 8 day stretches before without being asked if was okay with that or thanked for putting in so much extra effort due to us being understaffed. The owners of Sessions have no idea how to run a company and I have a feeling Sessions won't be around for much longer at the rate they're going. 

Working at Sessions had it benefits and negatives. 
Coworkers can be great fun, super nice and chill, customers are normally a joy, especially the regulars, and there is usually always something to do.
On the other hand, if you are not their favorite,  it will be hard to feel accomplished in your job and there is little to no chance of going from budtender to keyholder. 
There is a lot of nitpicking and criticism from managers and certain other staff. 
Job requirements frequently change and there isn't a whole lot of forgiveness for errors. 
Secrets don't exist here and while everyone is close like family, its a dysfunctional one. 


What is the best part of working at the company?
The customers. The atmosphere. You're able to learn quickly if you're technically inclined. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
If you have a bad manager. Quit. There's no point in bringing any of these issues to head office. They will ignore all the issues of the manager, and protect them. Letting good employees walk out instead. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Kiss the right butts of the right people, and you'll do fine. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
It's the same each day except for receiving day. Again. If your manager is lazy, you'll be a busy employee.

The people that I worked with were great but the management was almost totally absent during my time with the company. My training was incomplete, the few communications from management were either unhelpfully negative or contradictory. They staff their stores at the minimum (2 people at a time so no time for breaks) but expect to deliver customer service. They say they are trying to fix their staffing issues but they create a caustic employee environment with preferential scheduling. They hold onto staff that no show or cause friction and let staff go without reason. I would not recommend working here,

Working at Sessions seemed amazing at first but quickly started going downhill. The toxic work culture is very real, and managers seem to let the good ones go in order to please others. As someone else mentioned, it’s a revolving door of employees and the turnover rate is disgusting. The company is evolving way too fast without any sense of direction of where they want to go, and too disorganized. Nice to stay here for a couple of months as I would consider it the “honeymoon” phase, but after that, it’s not all that glamorous 

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