Hallo/Guten tag,

I’m a New Zealander thinking about moving to Germany in a year or so to continue into my cannabis career. I have 1 year experience in the industry in Canada, and now 1.5 years experience in New Zealand (2.5 years currently, over 3.5 years by the time I would move). I also have a Bachelors degree in Commerce and aeronautical engineering experience.

I am hoping to get some insight into what the job market in Germany is like, and what it is like financially to live in Germany, perhaps salary range potential (for example at an operations manager/technical manager level) or where to find it, and regular living costs for most cities? I would hope to earn enough to live a decent lifestyle and meet my own responsible investing goals, is this realistic?

In regards to immigration, reading from [https://www.germany-visa.org/work-employment-visa/](https://www.germany-visa.org/work-employment-visa/) it looks as though I could get a working visa fairly easily so long as I had a job offer, does that sounds right?

If I decide to pursue this path I would try my best to learn German before moving, that being said is there a large barrier to employment if you are first language English speaker with basic German?

Also this might be a difficult question, but how soon is it likely that the new government will legalise cannabis, and how soon might cannabis start-up companies be looking to hire for a setup phase?

I have always had a bit of an interest in Germany, and see this as a unique opportunity to move there and experience all Germany has to offer while continuing my career in a brand new industry.

Thanks for reading, I look forward to reading any response.

9 comments

  1. >Also this might be a difficult question, but how soon is it likely that the new government will legalise cannabis, and how soon might cannabis start-up companies be looking to hire for a setup phase?

    I wouldn’t hold my breath. Or ever.

  2. It isn’t even a given that cannabis will indeed be made legal. Assuming that it is there is a big likelihood that regulations will be so intense that there won’t be any startups at all in this field. There aren’t really any liquor startups either and it is super hard to get a license to distill alcohol which is kind of part of our culture for hundreds of years. I doubt it will be any easier to get a license for anything around the cannabis ecosystem.

  3. I would not plan careers in a field that currently could land you for several years in prison and we have nothing than vague ideas that this may change in maybe some years. Or not.

  4. Lol, what career exactly?

    Also, for the love of god, don’t use that website for anything. It is run by a guy in Kosovo and full of mistakes. Use official ressources only.

    If you would do that, you would also know that there is no “cannbis career” to have, not now and not in the forseeable future.

  7. Currently the German government is giving a license for medical cannabis to selected vendors that distribute to the pharmacies. I think this licenses are already given for the next years. Even with cannabis legalized for recreational use they might stick to that scheme. More Information how it is currently handle you may find here: http://www.bfarm.de

  8. >how soon might cannabis start-up companies be looking to hire for a setup phase?

    Not at all.

    People from far away countries are overestimating the legalisation way too much. It’s going to be a very tentative, tiny little baby legalisation.

    The business probably stays with the pharmacies, which is a strongly regulated market.

  9. “but how soon is it likely that the new government will legalise
    cannabis, and how soon might cannabis start-up companies be looking to
    hire for a setup phase?”

    – I would not hold my breath.

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