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Re:I lasted three minutes at Amazon by ebiester on Monday December 06, 2021 @09:02PM (#29468358)
So long as you are filtering out all companies with government contracts as "a company culture that sucks," that's true. https://www.samhsa.gov/workplace/legal/federal-laws/contract... requires any organization receiving a federal contract of over $100,000 or a federal grant of any size to do so. Tied to that is a page of HHS-certified labs for drug testing and federally regulated industries.

It's pretty silly but it seems to be a common thread.

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Re:I lasted three minutes at Amazon by mullingitover on Monday December 06, 2021 @09:18PM (#29468461)
Nothing in the minimum requirements listing here mentions drug testing, though. So the places that are doing drug testing are zealously going above and beyond, which itself is a big red flag.
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Re:I lasted three minutes at Amazon by tyingq on Monday December 06, 2021 @09:35PM (#29468562)
The "Drug Free Workplace Act" does not require drug testing.

There are drug testing requirements for specific jobs/industries that are safety and security related.

https://www.samhsa.gov/workplace/legal/federal-laws/safety-s...

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Re:I lasted three minutes at Amazon by kbelder on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @01:13AM (#29469529)
Worked for a company that had to drug test its people (and take other security measures) to get items through federal customs in an expedited fashion.
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