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First, never quit until you got the final signed contract with everything cleared, including, background check, drug tests, etc.. Funny enough, one of my cowor

by aynyc 5y ago

First, never quit until you got the final signed contract with everything cleared, including, background check, drug tests, etc.. Funny enough, one of my coworkers from previous job did what the author did, he lost both jobs, so he sued both. I don't know the outcome (NDA), but he did managed to get settlement from my old company.

antihero 5y ago
> drug tests How common are these in tech in the US? If they were commonplace in London I am pretty sure the candidate pool would be slashed by about 95%
- aynyc 5y ago
  Many regulated industries have drug tests. I personally have been asked for drug tests in finance (capital market) and health care. I'm pretty sure defense contractors, as well as governments and some government-adjacent jobs might require it. Also, my understanding of the drug test I took isn't about cannabis, but more on the hard drugs.
  - athorax 5y ago
    Anything related to the Department of Transportation usually is pre-employment + "random" tests
- pjbeam 5y ago
  Extremely uncommon outside of federal government related things. Maybe some other niche industries but definitely not the norm.
  - Ancapistani 5y ago
    I believe this is highly regional. Drug tests are extremely common in the South and Midwest, when applying for an in-person position at least. I’ve not had to get one since joining “the tech industry”, but my family members who are more traditionally employed all have them every time they switch jobs and are at least theoretically subject to random testing - including those working at the C-level of very large companies.
    - antihero 5y ago
      I think that testing for drugs, especially cocaine, at C-level would be far more important than testing random employees, given the impact of their decision making. I've had and known friends with cokehead CEOs and it's fucking abysmal.
- wonderwonder 5y ago
  I think they are common in federal work places and workplaces that involve the operating of heavy machinery. That's pretty much it these days. It was more common up to about 8 years ago and then just pretty much faded overnight to my recall.
- MrWiffles 5y ago
  In 20 years I’ve never had a single one in the tech industry (which was easily ~16 of those 20). When I couldn’t find work after my parents died, I had to take a call center job at $10/hr, literally the ONLY non-manual labor jobs in that area that didn’t require a medical license. That job was horrible and did indeed drug test. For good reason too - average applicants were dumb as fuck to begin with, if they were on drugs too-some were even high or drunk at work-I mean my god…

by aynyc 5y ago

antihero 5y ago

> drug tests How common are these in tech in the US? If they were commonplace in London I am pretty sure the candidate pool would be slashed by about 95%

aynyc 5y ago
Many regulated industries have drug tests. I personally have been asked for drug tests in finance (capital market) and health care. I'm pretty sure defense contractors, as well as governments and some government-adjacent jobs might require it. Also, my understanding of the drug test I took isn't about cannabis, but more on the hard drugs.
- athorax 5y ago
  Anything related to the Department of Transportation usually is pre-employment + "random" tests
pjbeam 5y ago
Extremely uncommon outside of federal government related things. Maybe some other niche industries but definitely not the norm.
- Ancapistani 5y ago
  I believe this is highly regional. Drug tests are extremely common in the South and Midwest, when applying for an in-person position at least. I’ve not had to get one since joining “the tech industry”, but my family members who are more traditionally employed all have them every time they switch jobs and are at least theoretically subject to random testing - including those working at the C-level of very large companies.
  - antihero 5y ago
    I think that testing for drugs, especially cocaine, at C-level would be far more important than testing random employees, given the impact of their decision making. I've had and known friends with cokehead CEOs and it's fucking abysmal.
wonderwonder 5y ago
I think they are common in federal work places and workplaces that involve the operating of heavy machinery. That's pretty much it these days. It was more common up to about 8 years ago and then just pretty much faded overnight to my recall.
MrWiffles 5y ago
In 20 years I’ve never had a single one in the tech industry (which was easily ~16 of those 20). When I couldn’t find work after my parents died, I had to take a call center job at $10/hr, literally the ONLY non-manual labor jobs in that area that didn’t require a medical license. That job was horrible and did indeed drug test. For good reason too - average applicants were dumb as fuck to begin with, if they were on drugs too-some were even high or drunk at work-I mean my god…