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Imagine passing a drug test, having two years of general labor experience, and telling the company you're willing to work overtime and then not get hired. That
by MeinBlutIstBlau 5y ago
Imagine passing a drug test, having two years of general labor experience, and telling the company you're willing to work overtime and then not get hired.
That is the level of pettiness general labor jobs are at. I've had several interviews and never had a drug addiction, willing to work for damn peanuts and they still wouldn't give me a job. I'm not saying I was a perfect candidate, but for real, getting a general labor was way harder than it was to do white collar jobs. Companies just don't hire anybody at those salaries. Then they complain when they only get people who can't pass a drug test. Yeah cause they quite literally are the only people in the world willing to put up with your BS as an employer right now.
Or the best part, these companies are in garbage cities nobody wants to live in anymore. I'm sorry, but a single walmart and 5 fast food restaurants does not make a desirable place to live.
- eru 5y agoYes. And my point was that companies hiring programmers put up with much more bullshit from the likes of me, because they have to, if they want to hire enough people. Programmers are coddled. I have never had to do a drug test for work (though I never worked in the US). And most of people in software that I know would avoid places where they would have to take a drug test, just out of general principle. (Unless the money was really good, of course.) Workers in most other industries have it much, much harder. Just as you describe!