Budtender jobs in Amsterdam

[Bob2]

my favourite coffeeshop dealer was morroccan, you know its a tough job when you got constant idiots like me buying, asking stupid question and wat not..

[DC]

Go to the center and take a chance at every souvenir shop ya see, then every bar, kitchen, hotel and after that......then coffeeshops. With no experience your best bet is in tourist bars with a terrace or their kitchen. Good luk.

[dwiggins]

Miggz, your post fascinated me for many reasons.
At first I thought it was a young one chasing his dreams of moving to a 'pot-allowed' society.
I've been with skiers, boardheads, surfers, whoremongers, actors, moving to where their perceived 'action' is.
They become English teachers, bartenders, waiters, strippers, and so on.
Think Tokyo, Waikiki, L.A., Colorado, Thailand, and Occupy Wall Street (lol).
Wasn't sure if I should feel sorry for you or cheer you on. But that's not it because you said you already live in A'dam.
Then you said your despair possibly taking you to the center to look for jobs which made me wonder, well why haven't you done that yet?
Also you mentioned that you need a job for school and expenses, for your life basically, and not necessarily to just smoke.
As someone who has only recently been visiting AMS, I can see why one would come to ACD for employment advice. (No, really.)
Some of the members have encyclopedic knowledge or our favorite substance and the CS culture. I thank them for sharing.
Some replies have been interesting, made me wonder what they were smoking but maybe I'm too nice or clueless.
I wish I had some advice for you other than the standard job-seeking advice.
Know the business/product line of the establishment. Find out the qualifications needed and get qualified.
Knock on doors. Get to know the faces. With enough attitude, knowledge, and luck, you should have a job soon. Good luck.
And if you ever get a budtender job, be nice to the tourists, specially the geriatric ones.

[spidergawd]

Go to the center and take a chance at every souvenir shop ya see, then every bar, kitchen, hotel and after that......then coffeeshops. With no experience your best bet is in tourist bars with a terrace or their kitchen. Good luk.

/\ /\ This is the best advice you can get Miggz. . Good Luck and let us know how you get on please.

[cattales1960]

Hi Miggz, welcome to the forum. As for having to go the the intro section first. when I joined almost 6 yrs ago, I did not go to the intro section. I didnt see it. What I seen were fascinating threads about weed and started posting there. It is not required. Good luck on your job ventures. You will never know unless you try.

[Miggz]

Thank you guys for the replies, as I said previously, I can't express in words how thankful I am to the people who wanted to help.

@dwiggins, I guess despair isn't the right word. My family is paying for school and other stuff for now. I want to take responsibility and provide for myself though. I came here realizing that at some point I will have to manage between school and work, and now I feel the time has come.

[Qemic]

....I came here realizing that at some point I will have to manage between school and work, and now I feel the time has come.

Good lad. May the force be with you.

[jimi62471]

*** *haze clearing *** reality check.. I just remembered .. the reason I never got to do this is because I was in the military, and then working my OWN way through school........TWICE...... but anyway.. ( bitter Jim leaves the forum to go back to work)

[geoffk]

Here's a link to the application for Siberie, Republiek, Supermarkt, Loft & Espresso. I had seen somewhat recently that they were hiring, but I can't seem to get to their blog right now.

http://www.thecoffeeshops.com/en/online ... itatie.php

Good luck.

[treetop]

Go to the center and take a chance at every souvenir shop ya see, then every bar, kitchen, hotel and after that......then coffeeshops. With no experience your best bet is in tourist bars with a terrace or their kitchen. Good luk.

+1

This is gold.

You might just find the streets are paved with the stuff should you only go looking.

[Kingdoc]

Hey fellaz,

I'm kinda in need of a job, however, I barely speak Dutch (can only understand simple conversations and perhaps ask a few questions, but that's it). My despair is so great that I was actually thinking about going to the center and taking a chance at every souvenir shop I see , but I'm also wondering if it is a good idea to extend my hunt for a job to some of the coffeeshops. So I guess what I am trying to ask is, does anybody have any experience with applying for a job as a budtender? Any idea if Dutch is an obligatory requirement? Do they look for people who want to work part-time? Does it pay well? Those are the questions that come to my mind right now, I'll add later if I think of anything else, and feel free to suggest stuff I've forgotten to ask about.

Oh, I forgot to say, I live in Amsterdam and I have almost no working experience.

Ah, yes! Any English-speaking job (even not as a budtender) suggestions are very much welcome as well!

Thanks.

It is worth a try, assuming you the right to work here.

However, practically speaking, I doubt anyone would give you serious consideration, due to your age (first job) and lack of Dutch. I think being a budtender is probably a more complicated job then it looks. A good one must know how to sell, really understand the product, and be a willing rule enforcer. On top of that, coffeeshops are not the kind of business willing to take a chance on a newbie. You will be dealing with more than customers: suppliers/delivery guys (both illegal), someone who needs to really enforce the rules (age, 5-gram limit, etc) and someone that can potentially deal with a robbery. If it was my shop, I would not hire a newbie for such a possible difficult job.

I do wish you luck!

I know an ex-pat who got knocked back from a dampkring job cos his dutch was s**t! so yea a grasp of dutch is needed for sure imo.

[wietroker]

Lot of misinformation in this thread and a few good tidbits of info.

As someone said, attitude is a must. You deal with so many idiots in coffeeshops its ridiculous but that's what the cannabis trade attracts, especially the closer to the centre you are which is where you'll have to stick with because as soon as you start to move out of the centre, Dutch is almost always obligatory.

In the centre, Dutch is not obligatory except maybe a few places. Most couldn't care less. If anything, as a native English speaker you'd have an advantage. Better to be English and speak nothing else than, say, Italian but with poor English. If you have more languages, even better.

Let's go back to the attitude. You have to deal with gansta wannabes, total morons fucked out of their head, cocky idiots trying to impress their mates thinking the coffeeshop is some kind of playground for them to enjoy and waste people's time at the counter, aggressive assholes and more. That's why attitude matters - you've got to be willing and able to show down with someone and get them to leave your damn coffeeshop if necessary.

Experience outside of coffeeshops doesn't really matter. Why? Because you can always lie about that. Coffeeshops operate on the edges of the law, they don't exactly do a full work history check, they don't do any of that. Bar work is probably the best thing to put down if you've never worked in a coffeeshop before. If you can't hack it they'll soon suss you out after a few shifts anyway.

If you're really serious and in Holland, then study for your social hygiene SVH. This is something that coffeeshops value highly and you can take the exam in English.

If you wanna know more, I can recommend the "Move To Holland" book on my site.


btw I just noticed you are willing to do anything and not just budtender. So go with your original plan to stop by every souvenir shop in the centre of town. The tourist industry is always looking for English speakers so get in there. I met an English guy in one of the souvenir shops on Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal. Ask anywhere and everywhere. Go down Leidseplein too.

[Kokozenmaster]

Hello Guys,
My name is Anthony and I'm looking for a job. Actually live in London but I wanna live and work in Amsterdam. I'm professionally a chef but I could would like to try a different field of work. It's so dull in London I want to move to Amsterdam. I don't know the local language but I'm fluent in English (as told by other people). Please let me know before the 13th of February 2017. That's my last day to make up my mind.

Yours truly,
Anthony Pires.

[Kokozenmaster]

Hello Guys,
My name is Anthony and I'm looking for a job. Actually live in London but I wanna live and work in Amsterdam. I'm professionally a chef but I could would like to try a different field of work. It's so dull in London I want to move to Amsterdam. I don't know the local language but I'm fluent in English (as told by other people). Please let me know before the 13th of February 2017. That's my last day to make up my mind.

Yours truly,
Anthony Pires.

[OneHighMofo]

This has been asked loads of times Anthony - unfortunately there are no regular posters here that would be able to help you.
There are plenty of English speaking bud tenders in Amsterdam, but I'd doubt you'd land a job there without being on the ground in Amsterdam looking. I'm afraid it's highly unlikely that you'll be hired remotely.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings.
My advice would be to move there and find work as a chef - then perhaps try to move into the Coffeeshop game.