Should employers opt to random drug testing of employees?

[Based Dave 96]

thoughts?

 

[Matt123]

I would say depends on several factors

-what industry are you in (determines level of risk to either yourself/someone else or potential property, liability etc)
- salary ( the more you make, you kind of have to expect an employer to be more involved in who they employee.
- suspicion if you may be on something during your work hours.

In my industry with different companies it went both ways.. every single one of then did an initial during the hiring process, and once it awhile would do a random, but unless you hurt yourself or damage something wouldn’t go past but better believe if you fucked something up… you heading to drug test shortly after .

 

[Duwop]

Weed shouldn't be tested for at all, everything else... Yeah I get it

 

[O.G.]

As an employer, if you cause an accident or get hurt not following the safety procedures in place, you are subject to a mandatory drug test, and future employment is pending investigation. Translation: Don't start nothin', won't be nothin'.

 

[Freeman]

Weed shouldn't be tested for at all, everything else... Yeah I get it

Why not weed?

 

[Duwop]

Why not weed?

It's only illegal due to bad propaganda from back in the day. I agree you shouldn't be high at work, especially if operating heavy machinery or driving...

But just for employment.... Many companies are moving away from testing for weed simply because it's being decriminalized and used recreationally in more and more states.

It's not even an illegal drug in most places anymore, so is kinda backwards to test for it for a job, cuz it's not like people these days have to go to the streets to buy it like a controlled substance. All you need is a valid ID.

 

[Sky Davis]

I loved seeing niggas sweat bullets over a random drug test at work meanwhile I’m like *shrugs* lol

 

[mryounggun]

No.

 

[Freeman]

I agree you shouldn't be high at work, especially if operating heavy machinery or driving...

Then testing should be fair at these types of jobs.

 

[Duwop]

Then testing should be fair at these types of jobs.

Fair enough

 

[RandomOne]

It depends on the job. I kind of agree that weed shouldn't be a problem. If you're high during off hours then that's your time

 

[mryounggun]

The issue is that drug tests don't actually tell if you're high. They tell if you have chemical remains of the drug in your system. If you have a job moving heavy machinery and head to work on Monday and get hit with a drug test, that blunt you smoked on Saturday night is still gonna show up on a drug test but that has no affect on the person's ability to do their job on Monday. That'd be pretty ridiculous.

If you have a job that actually requires no drug use within a certain timeframe of performing the job, thereby giving it time to get out of your system, and those jobs wanna drug test, then cool. Pilots is a good example.