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A former coworker went to work for the USDS. He left a few months later and had nothing positive to say. As a whole, they do not seem in any way to be competi
by ericbarrett 5y ago
A former coworker went to work for the USDS. He left a few months later and had nothing positive to say. As a whole, they do not seem in any way to be competitive with the compensation, talent, or innovation of private companies.
You still have to pass a marijuana drug test to work there, for heaven's sake.
- reaperducer 5y agoYou still have to pass a marijuana drug test to work there, for heaven's sake. I hate to break it to you, but that's normal in the vast majority of companies. So far, I've only lived in two states where it was legal, and in both the laws specifically allowed employers to test for pot. I'm in healthcare, and the company I work for tests everyone on entry, and people randomly after that. If it's ever legalized at the federal level, expect employer testing to be specifically allowed. Transportation companies, surgeries, heavy industry, and a lot of other companies will filter for this, either because they or their insurance companies don't want the risk.
- ericbarrett 5y ago> I hate to break it to you, but that's normal in the vast majority of companies. We're talking tech here—the Digital Service—and I've never worked at a company that drug tested their programmers. Not once, since the 90s, during the full-swing War on Drugs. Anyway, the marijuana test isn't the only antiquated, sclerotic thing about the USDS (and Federal employment in general). But it's certainly a representative example.