Company details

HEADCOUNT

25-99

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Healthcare & Life Sciences

WEBSITE

http://www.cansativa.de/

About the company

Cansativa is a German medical cannabis platform and pharmaceutical distributor, focused on market access, warehousing, and distribution to pharmacies and wholesalers. The company says Cansativa was founded in 2017 in Frankfurt am Main and operates from Frankfurt and Mörfelden-Walldorf. Public company descriptions also highlight GMP and GDP certifications and a large pharmacy network for medical cannabis supply in Germany.

Locations and presence

Cansativa is headquartered in Mörfelden-Walldorf (near Frankfurt am Main) and publicly references operations across Frankfurt and Mörfelden-Walldorf. Hiring is centered on these locations, with several roles flagged as “mobile working” or hybrid across the Frankfurt and Mörfelden-Walldorf area.

Palpable Score

65.5

/ 100

Cansativa offers credible early-career entry points through working-student roles and at least one explicitly “Junior” posting, plus real training-budget language in job ads. The score is capped because early-career outcomes data is thin beyond a small number of reviews and onboarding mentions, and salary ranges are not consistently published across roles.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

14.0

/ 20

The company lists working-student roles such as “Werkstudent/in im Vertriebsinnendienst” and “Werkstudent*in Office Management (20h/week)” as direct student entry routes.
Cansativa has advertised a “Junior IT Admin (m/w/d)” permanent role, which is a clearer 0–3 year signal than most listings on the same page.
The company’s current live Personio roles lean more specialist (for example production cleanroom roles requiring PTA/MTA training), so access is present but not broad across functions.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

15.0

/ 20

The company runs applications through an ATS (Personio) with consistent job pages, responsibilities, and a standard apply flow rather than email-only hiring.
Cansativa has applicant feedback describing a “transparent, fast, and targeted” process and quick communication, including at least one accepted offer report.
The company also has applicant feedback asking for clearer instructions for video interviews (Microsoft Teams) and noting access constraints at the site, which adds friction for less experienced candidates.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

14.0

/ 20

The company puts a “Weiterbildungsbudget” (training budget) into multiple job ads, alongside benefits that support stability while learning (30 days leave, pension, JobRad, corporate benefits).
Cansativa has a working-student employee review describing “echtes Feedback” from managers and supportive colleagues, which is a concrete coaching signal rather than generic culture talk.
The company has a public onboarding mention from a senior hire (Group Head of Legal) describing day-one onboarding sessions across several areas, suggesting planned orientation exists beyond single-team ramping.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

11.5

/ 20

The company publishes hourly pay for at least one role (cleanroom production role listed at €16/hour), which is better pay transparency than many scale-ups provide.
Cansativa describes “attractives Gehaltspaket” and variable compensation for some commercial roles, but does not consistently publish salary ranges for most full-time postings.
The company offers a benefits bundle that reads like long-term employment infrastructure (pension plan, monthly €70 via Lofino, JobRad, corporate perks), but without ranges it’s hard to benchmark junior pay fairness.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

11.0

/ 20

The company has one working-student review explicitly describing growth (“Hier kann ich wachsen”), responsibility, and strong feedback loops, which is a positive early-career outcome signal.
Cansativa has very limited public employee-review volume on major platforms (for example Glassdoor shows no employee reviews yet), which blocks validation of retention and promotion patterns over 12–24 months.
The company’s public footprint shows ongoing hiring across operations and customer-facing roles, but there is no published conversion rate from working student to full-time, nor a repeat pattern of junior promotions visible from the sources used here.

Useful links & resources

Cansativa Careers Cansativa Jobs (all roles list)Cansativa on LinkedIn