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Why would an employer want to drug test employees? Do some still believe there is some kind of correlation between (prescription or self-medicated) drug use? F
by stephengillie 10y ago
Why would an employer want to drug test employees? Do some still believe there is some kind of correlation between (prescription or self-medicated) drug use?
From the article:
> In Colorado, “to find a roofer or a painter that can pass a drug test is unheard-of,”
Sure, it makes some sense for a few, select jobs like truck driving. But why would you care what your roofer or painter did last night, as long as the job gets done?
If a prospective customer refused to buy your product unless you could prove no employee used Percocet or Vicodin while working, would you drug test your company for them?
- fiatmoney 10y agoIt's a conscientiousness filter (particularly the pre-hire, never again variety). Also, at one point (perhaps even still) there were regulations on federal contractors above a certain size promoting drug tests.
- iamthepieman 10y agoIf a prospective customer refused to buy your product unless you could prove no employee used Percocet or Vicodin while working, would you drug test your company for them? This is what hundreds and thousands of U.S. government intelligence contractor companies do. Of course for many of the smaller ones the USG is their only customer.
- brandonmenc 10y ago> But why would you care what your roofer or painter did last night If I'm a roofer, I don't want the guy holding my ladder to be hung over.
- CyberDildonics 10y agoToo bad alchohol isn't on the panel
- Spoom 10y agoIt is for truckers.
- cortesoft 10y agoThey don't drug test for alcohol, and even if they did, it is only in your system for a matter of hours. As long as the person wasn't drunk WHILE taking the test, they would pass.
- Spooky23 10y agoYou care because you don't want to deal with workplace injuries and druggies stealing your stuff. Roofers are high turnover, low/moderate skill folks. If the business model requires reliable guys, you may consider it.
- vkou 10y agoBetter not hire any drinkers, then. They might steal your stuff, and pawn it for a fifth. No smokers, too. Nicotine withdrawal is hell.
- arca_vorago 10y agoIndeed, you can see just how blind and hypocritical people are when it comes to drugs. What I find particularly amusing is that its usually some baby boomer who takes 5 different prescription meds a day, smokes cigars and drinks scotch regularly that will say just how evil mj is... The drug wars are created and controlled black markets for the darker of the global threeletters. Combine that with pharmaceutical self interests and unsetteling profits that the public tends to forget about, our entire idea and classification of medication is extrmely primitive and far too influenced by politics and corruption rather than science.
- Spooky23 10y agoSounds like you've never worked outside of an office. Talk to a roofing contractor someday.