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Re:Ask HN: What is it like to work at Facebook in your 40s (... by boring_twenties on Thursday August 19, 2021 @02:54PM (#28237782)
Facebook might not be angels, but at least they don't facilitate the invasive and dehumanizing practice of involuntary drug screening.

I would prefer not to work for either company, but if forced to choose, I'd go with Facebook every time.

Re:Ask HN: What is it like to work at Facebook in your 40s (... by fallingknife on Thursday August 19, 2021 @02:57PM (#28237821)
Sorry, but drug screening is a completely valid and necessary safety measure for many professions, including anyone who works with heavy machinery or industrial equipment. Most jobs are not in silicon valley, and people can be hurt or killed when an employee shows up intoxicated.
Re:Ask HN: What is it like to work at Facebook in your 40s (... by boring_twenties on Thursday August 19, 2021 @03:29PM (#28238242)
Drug tests of the sort performed by LabCorp don't test whether an employee is showing up to work intoxicated. And they don't apply only to those professions where it's valid and/or necessary, but to pretty much any where the employer feels they can get away with it.
Re:Ask HN: What is it like to work at Facebook in your 40s (... by RhysU on Thursday August 19, 2021 @06:11PM (#28239993)
Why would an employer test employees, at the company's cost, unless they felt like it was in the company's long-term financial or regulatory interests?
Re:Ask HN: What is it like to work at Facebook in your 40s (... by alsoicode on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @10:07AM (#28289025)
We actually do randomized tests for intoxication of employees