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I can certainly see the reasoning, but it falls apart in application. A store clerk may be subjected to intrusive medical examination at any time; they are res
by DanI-S 15y ago
I can certainly see the reasoning, but it falls apart in application.
A store clerk may be subjected to intrusive medical examination at any time; they are responsible for a few thousand dollar's worth of stock. A Wall Street trader is unlikely to be subjected to drug testing - drug use is, arguably, a part of their culture - despite being responsible for millions of dollars of other people's money.
- pyre 15y agoIt probably stems from the idea that people in lower income brackets (possibly with less stable employment) are more likely to be drug users. For example, casinos drug-screen their employees, but I doubt that such drug screening happens to execs at the casinos who have more power/control over the money that the casino deals in.
- mikeash 15y agoI would just assume that execs don't get drug tested because execs are the ones who make these policies in the first place, and why would they drug test themselves?
- excuse-me 15y agoWall St does do a lot of drug testing - it gives the bank a get-out with their clients if they can fire an unlucky trader for drug taking. Of course successful ones are never tested. As Nick Leeson said - nobody calls you a rogue trader when you're winning!