Some cannabis businesses add employees, others mull layoffs in response to coronavirus crisis

Wurk’s founder and CEO, Keegan Peterson was featured in today’s MJBizDaily article about how cannabis employers are responding to the COVID-19 outbreak and what it means for their workforce.

Source: MJBizDaily, Margaret Jackson 

Marijuana businesses navigating staffing issues during the COVID-19 outbreak are taking different tacks as they strive to keep employees and customers healthy and safe – while keeping close tabs on their companies’ bottom lines.

Some businesses are seeing a spike in sales, but others are concerned about the economic and financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

Strategies different cannabis companies are using or considering include:

• Ramping up hiring to ensure existing employees aren’t overloaded or forced to come to work when they’re sick.
• Furloughs, layoffs, terminations or a combination to conserve cash.
• Adjusting store hours and shifts.

Read the full article here.