Admittedly rather long ago.
Employers already do a drug screen.
Which employers? What percentage of employers?
I just did one 2 days ago for a Tech support job. It’s not like I’m going to be messing with any hazardous stuff. I’ll be answering Internet questions on the telephone. And, yes, they test for alcohol. A few years ago my fiance almost didn’t get a job because they found evidence of alcohol in her test results.
Are such tests capable of distinguishing between occasional, social drinking and "hard" drinking?
And I’m ok with that.
I am appalled and truly astonished. What has become of America?
Regards,
What's it to you? A company should have the right to not hire left-handed people, if they want to have such a stupid policy...it's none of my business.
I don’t know if the tests are able to distinguish between hard drinking and social drinking. But if you are looking for a job, that is not the time be going out partying. While you are looking for a job, take a few weeks off drinking. I mean, I don’t drink. I don’t do drugs. After the drug test, and they make your offer letter official, that’s when you go have some fun and celebrate. And it’s what I plan on doing this weekend. My first day at my new job (which is paying me $500 a month more than my current job) is March 19th and I could not be more excited.
I have had to do a drug test for every one of the jobs that I’ve gotten in the last 12 years. Dell (building computers), FedEx (loading trucks), Walmart, (again, loading trucks at distribution center) my current tech support job (helping stupid people get their laptops online), and now my new one. I know the drill. Grab a bottle of water on the way and chug it down. Inform the tester of prescriptions you are currently on.
Businesses have a right, and a vested interest in keeping druggies out of there. If someone that is on pot or drunk is driving a forklift in the warehouse, he could seriously injure or kill someone. Hell, when I was at Dell, one of the material handlers ran a forklift through a wall into the trainers office. He was asked if he was hurt, and 20 minutes later he was sitting in the clinic down the street waiting to give a sample. By the way: He did fail the whiz quiz, so he got fired. So... Businesses keeping drug users off the company books, I am ok with. Cops smashing down doors, killing people and arresting people for simple possession, I am wholeheartedly against.
I found this site that you can look at if you want to. It lists all companies that do drug screens.
http://www.testclear.com/dtcompanies/searchcompany.aspx
You can search by company name, or state, or just view the whole list if you want to.
Looks like an extensive list.