As long as company pays for it and time spent, its okay.
Wonder if drug tests are actual testing on which can shatter one's mind lol.
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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Don't be on drugs at work. That's common decency. If you are on drugs at work you should be fired.
Wouldn’t that depend on what you do? Like what if you’re a painter?
A house painter still needs to be functional to do their job. You don't want an intoxicated house painters spilling paint, doing a bad job or falling off ladders. If you're talking about an artistic painter, I don't think many of those painters count that as a real job or would be counted as a real job.
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Sure, it doesn't matter what I do on their time. But, if my time starts affecting company time, then it becomes a problem. It'd be a pretty bad look if I showed up to work wasted.
For the record, while my job doesn't involve particularly heavy machinery, it does involve moving heavy loads, and it's public-facing.
Not all jobs drug test in the USA, if you get onboarded for a job that does eventually test, refuse, and if they have an issue with it, decide if it's worth your time to fight them over it or walk away and start the slow job hunt grind again. You don't have to work for a company that tests, that is ultimately a choice you make. A common issue however with finding jobs that don't drug test is that you're going to be footing your bills for all standard healthcare plan costs and such. No biggie if you value your urine privacy!
What a bootlicker comment. "You don't need to be drug tested if you don't want to, just be prepared to leave most jobs on the spot losing any job stability and never have health insurance. No big deal" How's the leather taste?
My last job didn't test, the one prior didn't, and my current one doesn't. Job stability is as stable as being able to get hired, and I pay for health insurance like everyone else. My Jordan's are like yours, so neither of us wear leather.
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I would think it would be considered a HIPAA violation, though I'm sure "Safety" is given as a reason for why it's allowed. And it's possible there are some privacy protections given if you fail a drug test, but I'm sure it's pretty obvious what happened to anybody involved with the hiring ("They interviewed great, but for some reason after they took the drug test we're not able to hire them on. Huh, I wonder what happened.")
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Lots of jobs where I'd really like people to be drug tested though... Heart surgeon? Teacher? Taxi driver? Basically any operator on machinery?
Come to think of it, do you want the administrative guy who handles your salaries to be stoned out of his ass?
I honestly agree, when you work, you gotta be sober, period. What you do in your free time is your thing but asking a little bit of responsibility and not arriving off your cracker at work really isn't that crazy.
If you don't like your job, get another job
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