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When I first saw this I thought "holy shit, another drug testing thread". but then I saw that it was quite old.
Where I work, one particular employee was fired from a manufacturing position where he had to work with hydraulic presses. He reached into the platen area, lost a finger, got a piss test while they were trying to put his finger back on and tested dirty. He was terminated and later rehired after a rehab program. Later he failed a random and was terminated again.
Another failed a random one month. Was able to argue that he was using an over the counter flu medicine and was reinstated. The next round of randoms he won the lottery again, tested dirty and was gone.
Many an employee passed pre-employment screenings and then failed randoms. I doubt they started using after they got the job.
And lastly, every employee under the random policy was subject to testing. New hires, probationary, 20 year people, leads, supervisors, managers. One day a supervisor refused a random (voluntary resignation under the policy) and was back in the same job position a week later. Since that episode, we no longer have a random policy.
No random policy and the pre-employment screen is a joke. BTW, every employee that has lost a piece of finger, hand, foot etc. has failed the post accident test.
I used to think drug screenings worked, but now I'm doubtful. In the end there is no substitute for good pre-employemnt interviewing and on the job supervision.
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