I started working at a cannabis dispensary while in the pandemic because I was sick of working in food service, however i couldn’t make ends meet plus rent was going up at the same time.
- I’ve consistently been a fan of smoking cannabis so I figured I’d supply it a shot working at a dispensary… At the time I had a neighbor who was working at the same dispensary that I’m working at now! Well that neighbor of mine is no longer here, they were instrumental in getting me my current task.
They gave me a fantastic recommendation to the hiring supervisor at the time. It’s been a mix of fantastic plus bad things working at a cannabis dispensary, then periodically the buyers are the nicest people in the world, but other afternoons they can be the meanest buyers I’ve ever dealt with in a retail type environment. On top of it, we have to deal with all of these complications related to regulatory bodies with conflicting state plus federal laws. Just like any other businesses, cannabis dispensaries cannot lie about their financial systems plus how their software systems integrate. That’s why our dispensary is going through the process of a System plus Organization Controls Audit. An SOC Audit is basically a series of accounting reports that are done to ensure that supplier systems relating to financials are working properly. Any software or outsourced data is sufficiently audited to make sure everything is working properly. These SOC Audits are essential for providing buyers of cannabis dispensaries with faith that money is being handled properly.