They regularly give out bonuses rewarding good work, but the problem, again, isn't just wages. Tripling someone's salary because they are doing the work of three people doesn't make doing the work of three people any more feasible - you just get compensated more, which means the department has less to offer to whoever is filling the vacancy you're covering, and then there's no money left to boost their burnt out work force.

Team building exercises don't cost a ton of money, just fyi. Things like group meditation or yoga aren't exactly in the same financial ballpark as increasing 100 employees salaries by even just 25%, nevermind being compensated for the work they're actually doing.

Look at UVM if you'd like a real life example. All of their long term, good staff, have left because the traveling nurses are getting paid 1.5x as much as they are to incentivise them to work in Vermont to try to fill their vacant positions. So you can pay more, but that doesn't linearly increase productivity or efficiency. The way UVM handled it is hurting its staff.

Anyone actually know a Howard center employee in this comment section besides me?

People are leaving right now because they are being forced to work/fill in other positions because of the staffing shortage. There is as I've seen mentioned elsewhere quite a large list of requirements to get positions there, and that's part of the issue as well.

But the biggest issue is that the employees are extremely overworked, exhausted, and still having to deal with constant mental health crisis. They do all sorts of team building/relaxation exercises but they've got about half the people they need for the minimum amount of positions to be filled, and that's causing a ton of burnout. All the way from the bottom to the top of the administration, there's just no one to hire going by their own stringent criteria and the ones they did hire are leaving (or switching departments) for easier positions.

I don't think "paying them more" would fix this issue as simply as some want to believe.

You should still be able to dispute the charge if thats what youre after - credit vs debit doesnt make a difference

Sounds like he can actually get some shit done in this role. maybe even moreso than if he was president (assuming congress wouldnt have let anything through). We shall see

So I cant go out into the woods and make myself a mcgriddle? Damn.

Its like fat. Its a long term energy store for the tree.

The north part of the state, essentially franklin county, is the worst in this regard. Things are much more diverse near/in burlington.

> but if dealers want to keep up they should start thinking about what people like about having a dispensary and then work with that.

My thoughts exactly honestly. Convenience is a huge factor, people will need a reason to do something else. Currently high prices and quality are a good enough reason for some, but obviously not everyone.

Personally I really dont like 'dealers' having flowers from other dispensaries/growers as so often happens, youre literally getting whats not good enough to enter the market or overstock lol. I think personal growers and the such will have to make quality as high as possible for it to be worth it if the dispensaries get their collective shit together lol. Food is something id much rather leave to dispensaries and government regulation, same with cartridges. Too easy to make something that makes people sick or does harm imo

No kidding, my point was that everything Ive heard about the dispensaries so far is that they are low quality overpriced product, but I can understand why that is not the case for some people. Different people have different standards/needs. But theres a reason craft marijuana is a thing.

Yes I figured, I was using friends in a loose way. My point was your issue is with the service, not the product. So find better service.

If thats your experience you have shitty friends lol

Thats ridiculous.

No, but I feel like theres a lot more resources for alcoholics than for people with a gambling addiction. Neither of the things should be illegal, but they should be regulated to minimize harm to the public and the individual.

You were not kidding..

I think New England associates themselves with them, perhaps not the other way around. I remember going to a quaker museum or.. a place where they live, maybe a reenactment, in elementary school in new hampshire.