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I think that one of the long term aftereffects of the Great Recession is that corporations have simply lost the muscle memory required to raise salaries enough to acquire and retain quality workers.
I've seen several more recent articles where hiring executives are bemoaning the lack of talent available with no sense that the company has even considered doing the primary thing that companies have done for decades when needing to fill jobs. |
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04-18-2018, 11:02 AM | #52 |
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dola; Like, I really don't mean to pick on this statement in particular, but it really gets to what I am talking about. "Pricing themselves out" implies that the salary is some sort of government-mandated maximum salary. It isn't. It's a corporate decision like any other. Under the free market, it seems that the response to no good employees being willing to work for a certain wage is to raise that wage until you get good employees. |
04-18-2018, 11:31 AM | #53 |
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I think there's a little of both. When I was looking for a new position (and I was looking for a good 2.5 months) I was afraid that I would be lucky to get within 80% of what I was making before; many employers just aren't willing to pay, or they want to pay more of an entry/mid-level salary for someone with a good bit of experience.
Now that I'm at my job, I can say that we've been looking for SysAdmins for a while, and it's been very difficult to find them at the level of expertise that we'd like. In this case I don't think it's just a matter of pay.
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04-18-2018, 11:38 PM | #55 |
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The other thing I've seen way too much of in IT (even been a part of it, unfortunately) is companies waiting 3-6 months to hire the perfect person with exactly the right experience, passing on lots of good but not perfect candidates and ending up either settling or having to pay an experienced guy way too much money. I'm willing to bet in most of those cases if you took somebody hungry with some relevant experience they could have trained up to take the role by the time the position is even filled.
My current team has sat on 3 reqs for over 6 months, interviewed dozens of candidates and now due to leadership changes and budget holes we aren't actually able to hire anyone, so we've got 2 people doing the work of 5. And pretty soon may end up with none. |
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Don't call the cops... it's legal
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looks like you need to plant a couple more than that!
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05-18-2018, 04:26 PM | #59 |
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looks like spearmint plants to me
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05-18-2018, 07:08 PM | #60 |
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... and so how much profit can you make?
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05-18-2018, 07:23 PM | #61 |
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Rudimentary math tells me that I’ll be able to double my equipment costs with the first crop. That’s with using LED grow lights which were a lot more expensive. The big advantage I have right now is that both the production facility and retail building are already owned by us. We are using a machine shop on the farm along with an old patch of pasture that’s been sitting dormant. Right now my sister rents out the retail facility to a psychic that has trouble paying rent. |
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05-19-2018, 08:29 AM | #64 | |
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05-19-2018, 10:55 AM | #65 |
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It will definitely be a consideration. Even with our machine shop, it’s always been kind of a community shop. Neighbors, friends, employees all used it pretty freely. So obviously that is going to change. |
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Thinking about this thread when I read the below.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...st-you-n887941 Quote:
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Great job.
I think in a year or 2 we should plan a FOFC get together on Lungs farm.
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07-04-2018, 11:18 AM | #68 |
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Will he charge us to sample his "crops"?
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07-04-2018, 11:28 AM | #69 |
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78 cents!
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That article sure is making the rounds.... And it's looking like a pretty solid move that I pulled the trigger on selling out earlier this year. The last of the milk cows left on May 31st. Things went a little slower than anticipated.
My dad has put the dairy facilities up for sale. My sister and I briefly discussed trying to purchase everything and convert it to cannabis production but after a little thought we could put up something specific to cannabis a lot cheaper than buying a dairy farm and then converting it to cannabis production. Selling the farm may be considered a sad thing but it'd sure as hell make a lot of problems go away like owing vendors money! I've got my outdoor cannabis grow going great and the indoor grow took some TLC as I received some clones from Colorado that were in pretty poor shape when I got them. Not going to be a huge crop this year but I think it's going to be a good jumping off point to start scaling things. Still have to get our retail outlet opened. The city police chief where we want to open has not been cooperative. Hopefully we can get through to him that what we are doing is in fact, legal. Indoor grow, even got my nephew involved! Outdoor: |
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with an outdoor grow...how do you stop people from just wandering in an picking?
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This is tucked pretty deep into our property. Really, there is about a one month window where it'd be worth stealing. Right now, no flowers have bloomed so it's pretty worthless until then. That and I'll bank on the fact that this has THC levels so negligible that it won't get you stoned one bit. |
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So ummmm, need any extra hands during that one month window?
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Hey, I was in Wisconsin the other day and was hoping I see some of your cows with a For Sale sign on them. I had a truck and everything...but I was terrified to get off I-94 once I was on it because I wasn't sure if the construction would let me back on.
Also, why the hell are there so many Taco John restaurants in Wisconsin? And was this a factor in your plan to get into the hemp industry? (Seriously: can you sell medicinal CBD through mail order across state lines? I can get it in my state legally, but I don't like any of my local shops and my wife has a seizure disorder that CBD helps with.) Last edited by Drake : 07-19-2018 at 12:35 AM. |
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Can I trade you some magic beans?
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I'm sure you could have gotten on at some point! I'm in a Taco John dead area. I have a friend that would drive an hour and a half just to get some TJs. I never saw the allure. I've personally been Taco Bell free since 2015. I had an unfortunate incident after eating that stuff. Guess I shouldn't be surprised as they staff this Taco Bell from the local jail work release program. I don't have any product to offer yet. Harvest should happen in September. Here's a few reputable companies that will ship to all 50 states: https://www.thecbdistillery.com/ https://nuleafnaturals.com/ https://bluebirdbotanicals.com/ |
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It is actually legal to sell across state lines as long as the product is derived from hemp as defined by the 2014 Farm Bill as being <0.3% THC. There are some that would argue that it is technically still illegal but nobody is enforcing it. They've attached a Hemp Farming Bill to the 2018 Farm Bill that once passed there will no longer be any gray area. I've bought hemp flower that looks just like regular marijuana from https://tweedlefarms.com/. They send lab reports and a note to any potential law enforcement explaining exactly what it is and why it is legal to ship. I just wouldn't walk down to the local police station smoking a joint of this stuff. You would probably still be charged with possession and have to fight it in court. Easiest is to just buy the non-smokable oils, etc... Nobody will arrest you for that unless you have some really ass backward law enforcement. Last edited by lungs : 07-19-2018 at 11:38 AM. |
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Just talked to my sister and before my own crop is ready to process, we'll be working with a company and Colorado that will make our own private brand CBD Oil. So we may have something sooner than later. Pretty sure we'll be setting up a web shop, maybe I can convince her to have coupon code FOFC for an FOFC discount |
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SO you are growing Hemp with no THC? Or are growing different strains with different THC levels?
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I don't know much about other oils... I usually think of them as snake oils https://elixinol.com/blog/how-does-c...diol-cbd-work/ That link goes into some of the mechanism within the body. Research is still limited due to the federal status of cannabis. |
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Okay why the hell is heavy cream so much more expensive than half and half, sour cream, and butter.
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Looks like we are closing in on a deal to sell the farm. It's been in the family since 1942 when my grandpa bought it in order to dodge World War II (My great grandpa came within feet of getting blown up in WWI so he wanted to make damn sure my grandpa didn't have to go).
Dairy farms aren't a very popular real estate item right now but luckily we have some Dutch immigrants a few miles away that are bumping up against the regulatory limit for animal units so they want to start a second farm. So I am currently making plans on moving my cannabis operation for next year. Got a quote on a greenhouse and investors ready to pay for it! Here's what I've got going indoors: |
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So any personal stock? Something that is medicinal for, say, pain relief?
Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
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Nothing more beautiful than a flowering cannabis plant In other news, we made the Milwaukee newspaper. And tarcone, I can ship you some when it's done but won't get you high (but it may help your aches and pains!) Last edited by lungs : 09-13-2018 at 12:41 PM. |
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so...you are growing cannabis with no THC? what is the world coming to!
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There is so much Reefer Madness residue in that article, it's painful to read. I kept waiting for someone to say something like, "I'm not going let ganja goons congregate on my lawn! Next thing you know it will be the satan worshippers and the sex fiends!" |
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This is suburban Milwaukee. Very conservative. The Mayor got his say in that article, though most of the other members of the board were well educated on the topic and all for it. I don't anticipate any problems moving forward. If there are, we've got a pretty good attorney on retainer Last edited by lungs : 09-13-2018 at 11:00 PM. |
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One of the best analogies Ive heard was banning CBD because you are cared of pot heads is like banning a lumber store in a town because you are scared of pine beetle infestations...
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We passed! The state came through last week and tested my cannabis for THC. Got the results today and all is good. We definitely pushed the limit but in the end we got the certificate that says we can sell it!
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Great! Congrats! Goo thing they didnt test your private stock. Im kidding if the DEA is monitoring this board.
I would be interested in it for pain relief. Get away from ibuprofen. Tell me when you want to sell.
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That is a lovely cola, lungs. Was that done entirely with LEDs through veg and flower, or are you using some other supplemental lighting? Are you guys sending all of your harvest out to a 3rd party extractor for oil, or are you going to do any processing yourself?
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