Within two hours on a day following record snowfall in Michigan, a career fair seeking up to 100 employees for a proposed marijuana grow facility in Pontiac ran out of its 300 applications.
A waiting list was created for the jobs that pay between $15 and $18 per hour with benefits kicking in after a 60-day probationary period.
As Michigan’s projected nearly $1 billion-plus-per-year recreational marijuana industry closes in quickly on reality, businesses, investors and future employees are making their moves. The state Marijuana Regulatory Agency began accepting recreational marijuana business applications on Nov. 1. The first licenses are expected to be issued within weeks and recreational marijuana could commence by March or April of next year.