Re:Pentagon cancels $10B cloud contract that Amazon, Microso...
by ericbarrett on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @02:59PM
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> I hate to break it to you, but that's normal in the vast majority of companies.
We're talking tech here—the Digital Service—and I've never worked at a company that drug tested their programmers. Not once, since the 90s, during the full-swing War on Drugs.
Anyway, the marijuana test isn't the only antiquated, sclerotic thing about the USDS (and Federal employment in general). But it's certainly a representative example.
I hate to break it to you, but that's normal in the vast majority of companies. So far, I've only lived in two states where it was legal, and in both the laws specifically allowed employers to test for pot. I'm in healthcare, and the company I work for tests everyone on entry, and people randomly after that.
If it's ever legalized at the federal level, expect employer testing to be specifically allowed. Transportation companies, surgeries, heavy industry, and a lot of other companies will filter for this, either because they or their insurance companies don't want the risk.