Vangst

09/03/2026

Don’t just take our word for it.

Swipe for real reviews from people Vangst put to work — pulled straight from Google and Indeed, unedited.

Cultivation. Packaging. Post-harvest. Retail. New shifts every week, and after 360 hours your employer can hire you on with no buyout fee — which is why so many of these reviews end with ”temp to perm.”

No experience? Several of these reviewers didn’t have any either.

Interested in starting a new career? View all of our current open positions at https://vangst.com/job-board/

08/28/2026

In July, operators were asking us what a harvest crew costs. This month they're asking how fast we can badge one.

Croptober is here. Our new issue runs the timeline most facilities don't run until it's late — why the real deadline for locking crew counts was August, what the next ten weeks should look like week by week, and how one Phoenix craft producer built 35% of its post-production team through temp-to-perm.

Read Issue 03 of Proud to Work in Cannabis: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/croptober-still-doesnt-wait-your-hiring-pipeline-vangst-yvgkc/?trackingId=%2BlcusbLgTVGFmRnXJ3%2Bztw%3D%3D

08/19/2026

Hiring now: hourly & temp jobs near you. One quick application puts you in front of employers who need people this week.

08/13/2026

🌿 Croptober is just 4–6 weeks away — the make-or-break harvest season for cannabis is almost here.

The crews get booked and the best gigs get claimed before October even starts. Our new blog digs into why the harvest creates one of the sharpest labor crunches of any industry, and how to get ahead of it — whether you're staffing a harvest or looking to work one.

Don't wait until you're behind. Read it here 👉 https://vangst.com/2026/08/11/croptober-cannabis-hiring-season/

08/11/2026

Customer Story: How Grow Sciences built a production team that flexes with demand 🌿

In cannabis post-production, the workload never holds steady — harvests come in waves and headcount that's right one week is wrong the next. Grow Sciences, a Phoenix-based craft cannabis company, needed a staffing partner that could scale with them.

Three years into their Vangst partnership, Director of Post Production Daniel M. has FA-carded talent on demand, the flexibility to take on new projects and co-manufacturing, and a team that's now 35% Vangst conversions to permanent roles.

"Absolutely — we've had tremendous success with Vangst." — Daniel M., Director of Post Production, Grow Sciences

Read the full story 👇
https://vangst.com/2026/08/11/grow-sciences-customer-story/

07/27/2026

Finding qualified talent was Honey Green's biggest bottleneck.

Two years with Vangst later:
→ 10+ temps converted to full-time
→ Time-to-fill down significantly
→ 100% of candidates pre-screened and agent-carded

"Less time recruiting, time-to-fill significantly reduced, over 10 full-time hires." — Bradley Harrison, HR Director, Honey Green

Full story: https://vangst.com/2026/07/23/honeygreen-vangst-customer-story/

07/20/2026

How LTRMN built a cannabis production crew it can count on 🌿

LTRMN, a small cannabis manufacturer with big production goals, always struggled to find temp workers who were truly committed to the vision. Then came Vangst. ~5 years in, Floor Manager Fotios Lycouridis has a crew he can count on: the same trusted team week after week, many hired on directly, and production goals consistently met.

"Vangst has helped us meet our production goals." — Fotios Lycouridis, Floor Manager, LTRMN

Read the full story 👇
https://vangst.com/2026/07/15/ltrmn-vangst-customer-story/

07/16/2026

The crop's ready. Retail's about to spike. And you're 30 people short.
Every cannabis operator knows the feeling.
Hiring full-time for a seasonal peak means paying for it all year. And one compliance miss can put your license on the line.
A staffing partner flips that:
→ Trained hands in days, not weeks
→ Scale up for harvest, scale back after
→ Payroll, workers' comp & badging handled
→ Try before you buy = a low-risk audition for your next great hire
Seasonal demand isn't a one-time problem. It's the business. Build for it.
How it works 👇
https://vangst.com/2026/07/15/seasonal-cannabis-hiring-staffing-partner/
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Illinois runs one of the largest adult-use cannabis markets in the country, and the operators supplying it — cultivation centers, craft growers, infusers, and hundreds of dispensaries — are hiring year-round.

04/23/2026

🚨 THIS IS BIG 🚨
Cannabis just got reclassified to Schedule III
Translation:
More growth
More funding
More jobs

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