Dirtbag
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This is exactly why is wrong with the industry black and white today. In no way shape or form should a trimmer ever get paid $30 an hour. That is just silly.
Your inside, very little education, free food, smoke weed, listen to music, brainless work and you pay them $30 an hour??? No wonder trimmers heads have gotten so big in the last couple of years..
Can I ask how much per lb. are you getting to pay a peddling trimmer $30 an hour?
I get 24 per unit and I won’t pay but the very best 20 and once they start to taper off”7-8 hour mark” I send them on their way. Every trimming claims they can hold pace for 12-14 hour days but that is simply untrue. Time tested over and over, if your a trimmer demanding $30 an hour your head is to far up your own ass!
What can I say.. These trimmers are our friends and we like to treat our friends well. For what it's worth I'm not even growing for this group anymore, I'm just good friends with them all. The goal of the collective which includes dozens of growers and hundreds of workers is to make money for the growers yeah, but also to provide good paying employment for everyone. Trimming is one of those jobs that let's be honest, most people arent very quick or efficient at. So yeah I can agree most people shouldn't make much doing it. But when you have a solid group who is fast, efficient, professional, provides their own trimming machine AND takes care off all the drying and curing as well as dumping pots and cleaning the room, some have been working for you for 20 years AND they are your good friends who you grew up with, you pay them well. Treat your workers right. Believe me the growers make good enough money, some of these crops are north of 150 lbs. There is plenty to go around. And thats even with the current low market prices of 1500-1800/lb. average.
Also worth keeping in mind, $30 in Canada isnt the same as $30 in the US. Our minimum wage is going to be $15/hr this year.