Today’s cannabis employees have high expectations, and the best employers are delivering. Benefits that seemed delightfully surprising in 2018, when mg Magazine published the first list of the best employers in the industry, now are de rigueur. Health insurance is offered by 96 percent of the companies that submitted briefs this year, up almost 10 percent from last year. Eighty-two percent provide education benefits, including tuition assistance or reimbursement (up from 67 percent in 2021), and an equal number provide a retirement plan or 401(k) program (up from 68 percent in 2021), often with the employer matching workers’ contributions. Seventy-five percent offer stock options or equity in the business, a significant increase from the 47 percent of companies so disposed last year.
