Careers
Our Mission
East Fork Cultivars is a farm-focused cannabis and hemp company, with headquarters in the picturesque Illinois River Valley in Takilma, Oregon, and a satellite office in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 2015, East Fork strives to develop and preserve sustainable, sun-grown farming methods in order to produce high-quality, genetically diverse, CBD-rich cultivars while maintaining a resolute commitment to environmental responsibility, science-based education, and social justice.
ORGANIZATION Philosophies
Continual Improvement: The lean philosophy of continual improvement is at the core of our operations. This extends to the way we are organized, communicate with each other, and approach our daily work, recognizing that consistent, small iterations add up to big change.
Strong Teams: East Fork is organized into small teams, each overseeing a core function of the organization. These teams have clearly articulated missions, and work intimately together to get things done.
Effective Communication: Consistent, professional communication keeps our teams on the same page. We use modern tools, efficient meetings, and simple project management principles to keep information flowing.
Advice Process: We make a lot of decisions, from which seeds to plant to how we approach the market. Within our team structure lies a core principle: If you're going to make a big decision, solicit the advice from the people in the organization that it will likely impact the most. While not a perfect process, this principle helps improve decision-making and insures that multiple stakeholders are considered and engaged.
A Rising Tide – Compensation Philosophy
East Fork is a place for intrinsically motivated people, driven by a passion to improve the world around them. We keep compensation in a tight range, with a high, living-wage floor. As East Fork grows, that range rises, too. The rising tide lifts all boats.
All salaries and wages are clearly indicated on each job description
All employees or wages increase year over year in the following ways:
An individual employee’s movement up their pay band at a rate based on tenure, increased responsibility, and annual peer review performance assessments
Company-wide pay increases at a rate determined by increased cost of living and organizational profitability
Added benefits including increased health care subsidies and coverage
All employees have access to information regarding each position’s pay range, including manager and executive positions
Current Benefits
Employer-subsidized health insurance with vision coverage + voluntary dental options
Hourly team members accrue 0.04 hours PTO for each hour worked, equivalent to ten days (80 hours) PTO on first year of employment for full-time employees
Salaried team members are permitted unlimited PTO with a suggested guideline of no more than four weeks (160 hours) per year, including employee-elected holiday observations
Five days (40 hours) paid sick leave
Retirement savings plan through OregonSaves Roth IRA accounts
75% discount on purchases of East Fork Cultivars’ branded products + 40% discount on partner products
If you find a position that matches your experience and skills, please fill out an online application below. If we are not currently hiring, you can complete our General Application, which we will keep on file for future job openings. Attach your resume, a brief cover letter, three professional references, and any other relevant information to help us understand why you think you’d be a good fit at our company. We want to hear about your interests, passions and how your values align with ours and could contribute to our mission.
We especially encourage candidates to apply who have been personally impacted by cannabis prohibition:
Legally, whether through arrest, incarceration, profiling, or other forms of persecution of the candidate or close family member, and/or;
As part of the communities that have been disproportionately targeted by cannabis prohibition enforcement.