The reports of bullying by now-suspended Communications Chief Cedric Sinclair are the latest example of chaotic and bitter dealings at an agency tasked with overseeing the state’s $6 billion marijuana industry.
Three former high-level staffers at the state’s Cannabis Control Commission say they suffered workplace bullying by the agency’s communications chief, adding to a growing list of complaints about a toxic culture and poor management inside the embattled agency.
The former women staffers who complained about Sinclair all spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of professional reprisal. They described a toxic workplace environment where Sinclair allegedly belittled and antagonized women who worked for and alongside him. Another former employee, who held a director-level position, said she felt Sinclair acted like he had “a position of power over women in the workplace, and that's who he subjected to his abuse, to his bullying.” That employee quit in 2020.
Sinclair was a major force within the cannabis commission, according to several people who worked with him. One of the agency’s early employees, his role as head of communications grew to encompass not only media relations, but government affairs, “equity programming” and community outreach, according to hisAll three women who spoke to WBUR described instances where they said they turned in work to Sinclair, only for him to claim he hadn’t received it and blamed them for missed deadlines.
The emails provided to WBUR show the commission hired an outside investigator to review the woman’s complaints. The investigator concluded there was “no violation of the Commission’s policies,” according to an email from human resources describing the findings.
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