Maybe but ‘lately’ its really very difficult to find someone willing to show up on time, do a full days work competently and stay sober. Its sad really.... Most people seem only to live for their next drug induced stupor.
And it’s more – less than, like, a weekend use, like maybe a couple of decades ago, to more of a lifestyle of near-nightly use, near-daily use.
From the Dallas Morning news a few years back:
Drug Testing Losing Favor with Employers
Those who want a job in America with Plano-based Electronic Data Systems Inc. must hand over a hair sample for drug testing – in addition to a well-crafted resume and solid references.
Across the Canadian border, however, hair samples aren’t required at EDS locations. “Because of cultural differences, it’s not as accepted there, and we would no longer be considered a preferred employer,” said EDS spokeswoman Leslie Hueholt.
“It would apparently impact our ability to recruit in Europe and Canada.”
I had to laugh at the NY Times on this issue. The NY Times editorial board is in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana use. Yet the times does drug testing for potential employees........
My question is, as more and more states legalize marijuana, will it still be kegsl to do drug testing?, wouldn’t it be discrimination against people using a legal substance to do drug testing in the first place???
Drug test welfare recipients.
Dave’s not here.
And now there are even employers testing for nicotine.
Working as an IT professional, I can tell you from personal experience that alcohol abuse is rampant across all tiers of IT workers. Our company has a random drug testing policy, so most of our employees get drunk. There’s a movement to stop testing for cannabis, but I’m afraid that would mean quality of work and productivity would fall out.
“As the unemployment rate drops across the country”
Chortle
The problem with marijuana is it stays in the system for up to a month after using. So testing positive doesn’t mean the person will show up to work stoned. And it’s not like they can just stop using for a couple of days and pass the test, so they just leave.
You shouldn’t need to pass a drug test for any job that doesn’t involve the potential for life risking injuries.
I always thought it funny that one of the masks for marijuana in pee was called “urine luck”.
I won’t work someplace that drug tests. I’d pass, but that’s an environment of distrust I don’t want to be in 40 hours a week. If people are getting the job done you don’t need to worry about whether or not they do drugs, if they aren’t getting the job done you also don’t really need to worry about it. Making people pee in cups doesn’t get you better workers, just gets you a lot of pee.
Don’t drug test unless they are operating moving vehicles. Or don’t drug test for marijuana, period. It doesn’t seem fair, especially where marijuana is legal. The guy who drank beer all night the night before passes, but the guy who smoked a joint a week ago doesn’t?? Unfair, really, just because the weed is testable longer.
Federal Government: “You must hire drug users, but if they screw up and hurt somebody, we’ll sue your ass for hiring a known drug user.”
Xanax is the latest “legal” drug craze. I’ve know waaay too many people taking it.
As the unemployment rate drops across the country
That’s because people have quit looking for jobs. So, once they quit looking, they are no longer counted as “unemployed”.