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The startup I worked for, MyNewPlace based in San Francisco, was acquired by RealPage in 2011. The execs were from Texas and when they presented to the MyNewPl

The startup I worked for, MyNewPlace based in San Francisco, was acquired by RealPage in 2011. The execs were from Texas and when they presented to the MyNewPlace team, they told us SFers with smug self-satisfaction that drug testing would be required as a condition of employment. I was not and am not a heavy drug user; I am anti-surveillance state. I helped a bunch of fellow devs (including myself) apply for medical marijuana prescriptions (cannabis was not recreationally legal in CA at the time) and when proffered the RealPage offer of employment, I resigned on the spot. This is my look of smug self-satisfaction that the RealPage execs are now under Federal scrutiny for monopoly price-fixing.

dylan604 2y ago
I worked for a video/audio/graphics production company that was purchased by a corporate entity. The new corporate daddy has a drug-free policy, and wanted to implement that with the newly purchased employees. I joked and said that anyone that passes that test in this type of industry should be fired. Like, you're just not trying to very hard to be creative if cannabis isn't part of the process. Ultimately, the tests were never administered after tremendous push back. The policy was not revised, but just not bothered with. The funny thing, is this was in a state that I swear will be the absolute last state to allow for any kind of legalized use.
kstrauser 2y ago
Bravo! I'm in the same boat: I don't partake, but neither do I want my boss watching me on my day off. Two related stories: 1. A friend went through the same process as you. The whole Bay Area team refused to take the tests. New corporate boss: "But we test everyone!" Local team: "Not here, you don't!" Faced with a choice between firing the entire new acquisition or getting some sanity, the buyer modified their supposedly inviolable policy to exempt CA employees. 2. I was the CISO at a prior gig when an enterprise customer was evaluating our service. They checked all the usual boxes and then asked, "oh, and you do drug test all your employees, right?" The CTO and I looked at each other and I had the privilege of being the one to say, no, we do not and will not test our employees. Either they're performing up to expectations or they're not. That felt great. I had a beer yesterday and I know I won't be in trouble for that. Why should I remotely care whether a coworker smoked a joint at the same time? We're both sober and working today. Edit: CTO and I laughed about it later. What counts as a passing score locally? Is there a minimum value, too, or just a max?
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dylan604 2y ago

I worked for a video/audio/graphics production company that was purchased by a corporate entity. The new corporate daddy has a drug-free policy, and wanted to implement that with the newly purchased employees. I joked and said that anyone that passes that test in this type of industry should be fired. Like, you're just not trying to very hard to be creative if cannabis isn't part of the process. Ultimately, the tests were never administered after tremendous push back. The policy was not revised, but just not bothered with. The funny thing, is this was in a state that I swear will be the absolute last state to allow for any kind of legalized use.

kstrauser 2y ago

Bravo! I'm in the same boat: I don't partake, but neither do I want my boss watching me on my day off. Two related stories: 1. A friend went through the same process as you. The whole Bay Area team refused to take the tests. New corporate boss: "But we test everyone!" Local team: "Not here, you don't!" Faced with a choice between firing the entire new acquisition or getting some sanity, the buyer modified their supposedly inviolable policy to exempt CA employees. 2. I was the CISO at a prior gig when an enterprise customer was evaluating our service. They checked all the usual boxes and then asked, "oh, and you do drug test all your employees, right?" The CTO and I looked at each other and I had the privilege of being the one to say, no, we do not and will not test our employees. Either they're performing up to expectations or they're not. That felt great. I had a beer yesterday and I know I won't be in trouble for that. Why should I remotely care whether a coworker smoked a joint at the same time? We're both sober and working today. Edit: CTO and I laughed about it later. What counts as a passing score locally? Is there a minimum value, too, or just a max?

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