I've been debating writing this review for a while and finally decided that it was important that I come forward and speak my piece: MedMen was incredibly traumatic for me mentally. The workload was manageable. However, the mental load was so incredibly taxing that it completely burnt me out and made me genuinely depressed. Dealing with egos all day, a culture driven by fear, and executives who have no understanding of the day-to-day operations of the business (or any understanding of the cannabis industry as a whole) completely fried my brain and made me completely doubt my skills, abilities, and resolve. To be honest, I'm still trying to figure out if I'm good enough at what I do or if I even enjoy doing it in the first place. My work has always felt like a calling to me and I'm incredibly disappointed that I don't even know if I enjoy it anymore. I'm still in recovery mode, trying to figure out if I'll ever be the eager, optimistic, fun-loving person I once was. It's a huge disappointment. The cannabis space should be fun and exciting, allowing us to shape an entire industry. Instead, MedMen made it political, childishly corporate (it's corporate in all the wrong ways without the professionalism that usually comes with it), and completely immoral. I've heard things from their leadership that no human being should ever say. And I've watched decisions get made solely because of unrestrained ego as well as fear employed as a tactic to make the founders as much money as possible as quickly as possible, at the expense of everyone else. So please do your research before taking a job here. Look at what their former CFO is suing them for. Read about the New York Medical Cannabis Industry Association cutting ties with MedMen amid accusations of racist and sexist remarks and financial corruption. The red flags are everywhere. Please protect your mental health and wellbeing. It's not worth it.
