Home Depot will no longer screen employees for marijuana: report

New York Post ^ | 08/30/2024 | Ariel Zilber

[SeekAndFind]

In every company I used to work for, I was asked to submit my urine sample before being hired.

I wonder of these companies still do this....

[Tench_Coxe]

I wonder how that works out when a tow motor structurally compromises shelving resulting in an unfortunate incident.

[chajin]

To misquote a former President, they aren’t getting all weed-weed up

[Jeff Chandler]

They are setting themselves up fp lawsuits. They should at least screen the employees who drive forklifts and handle the saws.

[rightwingcrazy]

Why bother screening when you already know what the result will be, or when you don’t want to know the result?

[Leaning Right]

> I wonder how that works out when a tow motor structurally compromises shelving resulting in an unfortunate incident. <

This policy change is good news for the stoners.
It’s also good news for the personal injury lawyers.

[SMARTY]

What ... those guys aren’t far enough ‘out of it’ already??

Ask one of them to calculate what you need for bathroom tile while he/she is high. Good luck!

[Alberta's Child]

This is one of a growing number of examples where an employer is damned if they do, and damned if they don't.

If they screen for something, they have to react to a positive test. If they don't screen in the first place, they are in a stronger position to plead ignorance when something goes wrong.

And to be fair, one of the problems with marijuana screening is that current testing technology doesn't do an effective job of establishing impairment. This is a big reason why law enforcement organizations that deal with motor vehicle safety have long been opposed to legalizing marijuana.

[SMARTY]

Wait till the fork lift guy backs into some little old lady!!

[gundog]

There’s “high,” and there’s residual THC in the system. Screening doesn’t distinguish between the two.

[Kriggerel]

MMJ and/or RMJ users plus power tools?

What could possibly go wrong?

[going hot]

The test should be offering stale doritos, or cold pizza.

[discostu]

Guess they finally realized you don’t need to be sober to tell people what they’re looking for is on the other side of the store.

Never been drug tested for any job ever.

[Indy Pendance]

It’s the non-recession. Cut costs. Bottom line.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

I switched to Lowes many years ago and this latest WOKEISM from Home Depot cements that choice.

[faithhopecharity]

oh great, the merchandise is already all mixed up on the shelves!

[nonliberal]

Because if you’ve been in a Home Depot lately, they are desperate for decent help.

[TangoLimaSierra]

...the company will also ban testing for marijuana following a workplace accident and in cases where there’s reasonable suspicion that an employee was impaired...

That's stupid. That's exactly when they should test.

Let the employees know that even though they are not testing normally, they will be let go if they cause injury or major damage and found to be impaired by any drug.

[PGR88]

It happens nearly every time I am on the highway now.

Traveling at 60 mph, I can smell weed coming from cars around me. The stuff nowadays must be really potent

[gundog]

Might work. I know a guy that worked in a place that sold steel. In his mind, this made him a “steelworker.“. He was also one of the biggest heads I’ve ever met. He worked the warehouse, and drove truck. One day, a sheet of steel fell over, and messed up a co-worker’s leg pretty badly. I think it was just “one of those things“....nobody in particular at fault, but they tested anybody near the event. He came up hot for weed. But....they tested him as a warehouseman, and bureaucracy being the stupid beast that it is, he didn’t lose his CDL or driving job. 🤷‍♂️

There is likely no fool-proof solution...and there are a lot of fools out there.