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Pretty sure half of my office at my white collar job wouldn't show up if they started drug testing. But I imagine if we interviewed 20 people for a position, w
by Y7ZCQtNo39 9y ago
Pretty sure half of my office at my white collar job wouldn't show up if they started drug testing.
But I imagine if we interviewed 20 people for a position, we would most certainly not have 18 no-shows.
- ransom1538 9y agoYes. However, you don't worth with concrete cutters or 1k volt lines.
- monocasa 9y agoSomeone who smoked a joint a couple days ago can absolutely work with concrete cutters or 1k volt lines.
- enraged_camel 9y agoIt's not about whether they can or can't. It's about the massive liability for the company if they fuck up on the job and cause property damage or bodily injury.
- Y7ZCQtNo39 9y agoYeah, but a non-pot smoking worker (vs the pot smoker), both sober while on the job, are equally as likely to make a mistake.
- opportune 9y agoThat could be true in a causative sense, but not a correlative* one. Not that it's ethical to do so, but by testing for marijuana smokers, businesses/insurance companies may by proxy be testing for other traits likely to cause accidents
- mgbmtl 9y agoAre the same standards applied for alcohol?
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- AnimalMuppet 9y agoCan someone who smoked a joint 30 minutes ago? Can someone who smoked a joint a couple days ago be trusted not to smoke one 30 minutes before starting work with the concrete cutters? Trusted enough to bet your company on? (Because you know that if the worker smokes a joint just before working with the concrete cutters, and someone gets injured or killed, the owner loses the company in the lawsuit.)
- literallycancer 9y agoWhat's insurance?
- monocasa 9y ago> Can someone who drank a beer a couple days ago be trusted not to drink one 30 minutes before starting work with the concrete cutters? Trusted enough to bet your company on? (Because you know that if the worker drinks a beer just before working with the concrete cutters, and someone gets injured or killed, the owner loses the company in the lawsuit.)
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoOK, fair point.
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- s73ver_ 9y agoYeah, but your job likely doesn't involve hard, physical labor, and you're likely paying more.