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Drug testing?
Do any of you have a random drug testing program for your employees and have you noticed a significant increase in the quality of employees and potential hirees? Or have most decided it would turn away potential employees that may be decent workers "9-5" but have less than stellar habits when they are off the clock?
I admit that this is a hard issue to grasp. On one hand there is no doubt that any one that uses any mind altering substance (including alcohol..sorry) after hours will, IN GENERAL, be more likely to have attitudinal problems at work. Yet, I'm sure most of our fathers "occasionally" had a few beers after work and they never had to worry about what they consumed on their own time. Is that much different than the young single guy that might smoke a little something "occasionally" after work as well? The drug testing would seem to unfairly single out the smoker over the drinker because the substance stays in the system for weeks.
I would certainly prefer to not have any substance abusers/users at work at all. Hard to argue that it's not just a sign of mental weakness, if nothing else. But is there a certain hypocrisy involved here that singles out the habits of one blue collar worker and turns a blind eye to the equally destructive (ask any one that lives with an alcoholic) habits of another.
P.S.- Remember we're talking about after hours imbibing only.
...but even beyond that issue, I really am more concerned with whether those that have tried drug testing have ended up with a better workforce or did the applications just dry up?
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