Literally had a conversation with my manager about traveling to Chicago. Weed is legal there and he felt it important to remind me that the company has random drug tests. I told him we operate in Denver and sell THC gummies. He told me HR recently told him that we have a 0 tolerance policy that they’re looking to ramp up.
We also have trouble hiring because people fail the drug tests…
Wait, you work for a company that sells THC products but the employees are not allowed to use it on their own time?
How will you know what to recommend if you don’t try them?!
Exactly !
Land of the free!
ooohhh THAT’S what they meant!
I thought they were talking about a company testing new drugs, and couldn’t figure out what the problem was.
Right? Seems to be an US thing.
It always is! Then they’ll backtrack and try to claim it’s actually a better system when it gets pointed out most other equivalent countries don’t have such problems.
Who?
Companies do drug tests now?
…management too?
Apparently American companies do. My wife works in HR for a US company in Canada and has to continuously tell US management that they can’t do random drug tests in Canada outside of safety critical roles.
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You have the right to work or starve to death if you want!
With new capitalism plus subscription, you can also pick who your Master is!
“You can quit anytime!”
What sane people hear: “This is the most basic, barebones aspect of no longer living in a feudal society, or at least trying not to.”
What market fetishists hear: “This is the peak of workers’ rights, and they should be grateful for being allowed such a privilege!”
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The plus side is that instead of being a literal slave, you get to be a wage slave instead
I recently found out that after 55 you can withdraw from your 401K without penalties if you lose your job.
It has (I recently turned 55) given me a peace of mind I have never known before. If I get fired, I know it will not be the end of my world, and have my wife’s health insurance to fall back on.
Crazy how we live so many years with this specter of doom hanging over us.
