However, there were also those that did quite a bit of hiring.
What’s interesting is that many companies at both ends cited the COVID-19 pandemic as one of the reasons for their actions. For some companies, the firing trend started back in 2019, before word of the coronavirus spread. On the other hand, many companies were negatively affected by the restrictions imposed due to the pandemic.
To better understand what happened and what we can expect regarding employment in the marijuana space in 2021, I spoke with
Kelsea Appelbaum, the senior talent manager at
Vangst, the Denver-based leading recruitment platform for the cannabis industry.