Full-Time | $15.16/hour + tips
Tips typically add approximately 4–6/hour
Generally 30–40 hours per week | 4–5 shifts
High Plainz Strains is hiring a full-time Budtender for our Fort Lupton dispensary!
Budtenders help customers understand our products and choose options that fit what they're looking for while providing accurate, professional service in a regulated retail environment.
Previous cannabis industry experience is helpful, but it isn't required. Strong experience in retail, restaurants, bartending, serving, hospitality or other customer-facing work can translate very well to this position.
We can teach cannabis product knowledge. We're more interested in finding someone who communicates well, enjoys working with customers, is dependable and wants to learn the products well enough to become genuinely good at the job.
What you'll be doing
Budtending is a combination of customer service, product knowledge and responsible retail sales.
Responsibilities include:
- Greeting customers and learning what they're looking for
- Explaining available cannabis products and product categories
- Helping customers compare products and make informed purchasing decisions
- Learning our flower, concentrates, edibles, vapes, topicals and other product offerings
- Operating the point-of-sale system and completing transactions accurately
- Handling cash with accuracy and integrity
- Checking orders for accuracy
- Stocking and organizing products on the sales floor
- Learning current promotions and loyalty programs
- Maintaining a clean and organized retail environment
- Following company procedures and Colorado cannabis regulations
- Working with the rest of the retail team to keep customers moving efficiently during busy periods
Good budtending isn't about knowing the most cannabis trivia. It's about listening to customers, understanding the products well enough to explain them clearly and knowing when you need additional information rather than guessing.
Schedule
This is a full-time position, generally scheduled 30–40 hours per week over 4–5 shifts.
Pay and tips
Base pay: $15.16 per hour
Budtenders also receive tips from customers.
Tips currently average approximately 4–6 per hour in additional compensation, although actual tips vary based on shift, customer traffic, hours worked and other factors and are not guaranteed.
What we're looking for
We're looking for people who are comfortable talking with customers and interested in becoming knowledgeable about the products they sell.
Strong candidates are reliable, communicate clearly and can work efficiently when the store gets busy. They should be comfortable handling money and able to follow procedures consistently in a regulated environment.
Experience in any of the following can translate well to budtending:
- Retail sales and customer service
- Serving or bartending
- Restaurants and hospitality
- Specialty retail
- Cash handling and point-of-sale systems
- Cannabis retail
Previous cannabis product knowledge is useful but not required.
You also don't need to make cannabis your entire personality to work here. You should be interested enough in the products to learn them well, enjoy helping customers and take the responsibilities of working in a regulated industry seriously.
Colorado cannabis requirements
Applicants must be at least 21 years old.
Employees must hold an active Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) Employee License before beginning regulated cannabis work.
Candidates who already have an active MED license are encouraged to apply, but having one at the time of application is not required. Candidates who are eligible and willing to obtain one before beginning work are welcome to apply.
Employees are responsible for obtaining, maintaining and paying for their required MED license.
Benefits
Full-time employees have access to our benefits package, including:
- Medical insurance through Kaiser Permanente
- Dental insurance through Delta Dental
- Vision coverage through VSP
- Supplemental accident, illness and gap coverage through Transamerica
- Colorado SecureSavings retirement program
- Paid sick leave
- PTO/vacation beginning after six months of employment
- PTO that increases with tenure, up to four weeks per year after five years
- Performance and wage reviews
- Participation in our regular customer loyalty program, including 10% back in loyalty rewards on eligible purchases, subject to program terms and applicable law
Learn the business and build your skills
Budtending can be more than learning a menu and completing transactions.
A strong Budtender develops product knowledge, learns how different customers shop, becomes proficient with retail systems and promotions, understands the compliance requirements of cannabis sales and learns how a successful dispensary operates.
Employees who perform well and demonstrate reliability, product knowledge and good judgment may have opportunities to pursue Lead Budtender, management or other positions within the company as openings become available.
Advancement isn't automatic. We want employees to build the skills necessary to take on additional responsibility successfully.
About High Plainz Strains
High Plainz Strains is part of Nature's Herbs & Wellness, a locally owned Colorado cannabis company that has been operating for more than 15 years.
We're still privately owned by the same people who started the company, with longstanding roots in Northern Colorado. Over the years, we've grown to include retail dispensaries, cultivation, extraction, manufacturing and distribution.
That gives our retail employees exposure to products and knowledge from several different parts of the cannabis industry. Our stores carry products from across the Colorado market as well as products manufactured within our own operation.
We're continuing to grow our manufactured product lines and expand their distribution into other dispensaries around the state. For employees interested in making cannabis a longer-term career, working in retail provides direct experience with customers, products and the part of the industry where purchasing decisions actually happen.
Location: Fort Lupton, Colorado
Employment: Full-time
Schedule: Generally 30–40 hours per week, 4–5 shifts
Store hours: 8:00am–10:00pm, seven days per week
Base compensation: $15.16/hour
Additional compensation: Tips, currently averaging approximately 4–6/hour
Apply through this posting with a current resume.
High Plainz Strains / Nature's Herbs & Wellness is an Equal Opportunity Employer.