Job Fairs

[Hay Dude]

I am randomly CDL drug tested. The young lady who took my sample took great trouble to seal my bottle ’o pee and have me put my John Hancock on the label, then put it in a hole in top of a sealed box. I asked why all the nonsense and she said people break into the clinic and tamper with the samples.

 

[Jstpssng]

I took a drug test once or twice many years ago. It wasn't a concern for me.

 

[MoKelly]

We used to have hair sample drug tests.

That was a long time ago.

MoKelly

 

[JethroB]

I asked our HR manager once how many applicants failed the drug test. He said about half. HR hired about 25 people a week, mostly unskilled at $12/hr. Tests were done onsite with immediate results. Why even apply? He just shrugged IIRC.

 

[PuffyC]

I’m still not sure how random drug testing is even legal. Seems like a huge violation of privacy, not to mention nobody seems to care if your mind-altering drug of choice is alcohol.

 

[Hay Dude]

I’m still not sure how random drug testing is even legal. Seems like a huge violation of privacy, not to mention nobody seems to care if your mind-altering drug of choice is alcohol.

Agree
I cannot believe the intrusion on Americans lives by regulatory institutions.
But if you want to transport large amounts of cargo, there's really no other way.
Its a safety issue.

 

[Citydude]

I’m still not sure how random drug testing is even legal. Seems like a huge violation of privacy, not to mention nobody seems to care if your mind-altering drug of choice is alcohol.

You can't be serious. So people have a right to be impaired in a work place? Thats idiotic.

 

[PuffyC]

You can't be serious. So people have a right to be impaired in a work place? Thats idiotic.

Who said anything about it being OK to be impaired at work? My point is that what you do on your own time is your business, not that of your employer. Or maybe you think drug tests only detect what you’re under the influence of at the time of the test, and that the tests are only done during work hours? You can be stone sober on Monday and still fail a test for something you did Saturday night.

 

[Hay Dude]

So all of us drivers and operators get tested for weed and other substances and states legalize marijuana

 

[Citydude]

Who said anything about it being OK to be impaired at work? My point is that what you do on your own time is your business, not that of your employer. Or maybe you think drug tests only detect what you’re under the influence of at the time of the test, and that the tests are only done during work hours? You can be stone sober on Monday and still fail a test for something you did Saturday night.

Well we are talking about job fairs, you know, work?

I fired a few people with the same attitude. I could care less what they did off company property. If they were too dumb to show up Monday morning after a weekend of whatever impaired, they were fired.

People deserve a safe work environment.