Going Back to Staples?
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
How did the interview this morning go?
I have an offer letter in hand and just need to complete the drug screening (which I'm doing in about forty minutes) and I'll be good to go! The guy seems very excited to have me onboard.
Awesome, congrats.
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@thanksajdotcom drug screening for a retail job? Is that common?
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@MattSpeller said:
@thanksajdotcom drug screening for a retail job? Is that common?
No, I think this was for FedEx. It is very common for drug screening in manufacturing and labor oriented jobs in NY, not sure about other states.
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@MattSpeller said:
@thanksajdotcom drug screening for a retail job? Is that common?
Extremely. The more entry level a job, the more there is drug screening. Hard to say you are hiring the best professionals if you are screening for something other than ability to do work. It's all agenda - companies often use employment policy to push social agenda in the US.
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@MattSpeller said:
@thanksajdotcom drug screening for a retail job? Is that common?
There is a discount on worker's comp insurance if your workplace is "certified drug free".... we are about to do this certification, and it's basically:
- owners sign off saying "all drug free here"
- post lots of BS signs and policies around the office
- DISCOUNT!!!!
It's all talk, no action. There will be no "screenings" here (maybe for new hires, but I doubt it). It's just a show of policy for the sake of mitigating liability in event of a workplace injury. If we had forklifts, sure drug test people... but we make / support software here, so whatever. Zero surprise to see Staples using drug screening to cover their own asses.
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@RojoLoco @coliver @scottalanmiller
Basically unheard of here, so strange to me.
I actually work with people who get tested all the time but for obvious and much different reasons.
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@MattSpeller said:
@RojoLoco @coliver @scottalanmiller
Basically unheard of here, so strange to me.
Welcome to the US. Where being drug free is more important then being competent.
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@coliver said:
@MattSpeller said:
@RojoLoco @coliver @scottalanmiller
Basically unheard of here, so strange to me.
Welcome to the US. Where being drug free is more important then being competent.
The hilarious part is, except for cannabis, 99% of tests won't catch anything unless you are high when you take it. As long as you stopped blowing lines by 4 or 5 am, you'll be fine for a morning drug screen.
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I have been drug tested for every single job I have ever had (other than roofing one summer when I was 15).
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@MattSpeller said:
@RojoLoco @coliver @scottalanmiller
Basically unheard of here, so strange to me.
I actually work with people who get tested all the time but for obvious and much different reasons.
Everything about America is shocking to outsiders.
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@IRJ said:
I have been drug tested for every single job I have ever had (other than roofing one summer when I was 15).
I've honestly never been tested. Ever.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
I have been drug tested for every single job I have ever had (other than roofing one summer when I was 15).
I've honestly never been tested. Ever.
That is unbelievable. I thought drug testing was practically mandatory here in the US. Maybe I just look like a druggy.....lol
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@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
I have been drug tested for every single job I have ever had (other than roofing one summer when I was 15).
I've honestly never been tested. Ever.
That is unbelievable. I thought drug testing was practically mandatory here in the US. Maybe I just look like a druggy.....lol
I don't think I have ever been tested for employment before either.
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maybe the NSA likes my pee?
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To clarify, it's FedEx testing, not Staples. Staples doesn't care.
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@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
I have been drug tested for every single job I have ever had (other than roofing one summer when I was 15).
I've honestly never been tested. Ever.
That is unbelievable. I thought drug testing was practically mandatory here in the US. Maybe I just look like a druggy.....lol
Try looking like me when you go to get a job...
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@RojoLoco said:
@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
I have been drug tested for every single job I have ever had (other than roofing one summer when I was 15).
I've honestly never been tested. Ever.
That is unbelievable. I thought drug testing was practically mandatory here in the US. Maybe I just look like a druggy.....lol
Try looking like me when you go to get a job...
To this day I swear my skype voice interview is how this company hired a fat smoker like me.
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@Dashrender said:
I don't think I have ever been tested for employment before either.
We require it. As well all employees including IT get full physicals for employment. We also do random onsite drug screenings of current employees.
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@Jason good grief, where do you work?
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@MattSpeller said:
@Jason good grief, where do you work?
At a fortune 100. We are across america, Mexico and a few other places. The work we do, well not I but the bread and butter of our company does can be quite dangerous.
