Pros
THE TEAM: Our office had an amazing team. Extremely diversified, each one of us had a different background and truly wanted to see Origin House prosper. Unfortunately, upper management made that difficult (see cons) THE INDUSTRY: Since it has been legalized recreationally, there are tons of opportunities in the Cannabis industry. It is an exciting time to be part of it, especially if you’re a consumer. DRESS CODE: Not suit and tie here. Casual environment. LOCATION: Some locations are great, especially in Southern California.
Cons
This is the most sincere review you will read here. POOR LEADERSHIP/TURNOVER: Upper Management is a JOKE! No leadership and incompetent higher level! No respect between the Directors and Managers/Coordinators/Consultants. They are so incompetent that one of our offices contacted the President of the company to restructure. I’ve seen 8 employees quit in less than 6 month! ORGANIZATION: No organization! You can spend 40+ hours working on a project and upper management will tell you “We’re not pursuing this idea/project anymore”. No questions asked. No explanation. Here goes thousands of dollars and hours wasted. Now you would think that would happen only once but it happened multiple times. Complete waste! COMMUNICATION: Origin House has offices in Canada (Ottawa and Toronto) and California (Oakland, Irvine, Santa Monica and more). Although we have to work with other departments, there is absolutely zero communication between them. Many of them are late for meetings and have zero respect for each other. Lots of hypocrites! It is unfortunate because we all depend on each other. NO INCENTIVES: No incentives, no bonus, no promotions, no leaders, no 401k nothing! Just a bunch of C-level executives throwing tasks at you and traveling around Canada and The U.S. SALARY and BENEFITS: Salaries and benefits are average for California. The company was just purchased for $850 million yet we didn’t even receive a $5 gift card, a bonus, 401k, stocks options or even a free lunch! Really!? Pay your team; they work their butts off! Another thing, Can we have a clear structure for our salary? First we were paid via direct deposit, then we received checks from different banks and now direct deposit again… Everything about this is shady... C-LEVEL: This company was founded by a bunch of wealthy individuals who poured money in the cannabis industry thinking they will make tons of money. They hired incompetents Directors (Some of them were fired or quit) who had zero competences and structure for their departments . Most of us never met the CEO and the president is a young lawyer who clearly doesn't know how to handle the business. PS: We were asked once to write "nice" reviews on Glassdoor so do not believe some of these 5 stars reviews.
