Mastodawn

_number8_Nov 21, 2023

The fact that drug tests are normalized for jobs is fucking insane

The fact that drug tests are normalized for jobs is fucking insane - Lemmy.World

and no one irl even has the decency to agree with me because it’s so fucking drilled into the culture that these fucking BuNsInNesSes have a Right to do this because it’s a bSUsniEss. like oh yeah they have an office building so they definitely get to analyze my piss because they say they want to. sick fucking freaks. preaching to the choir a bit on lemmy (or i would hope so at least) but still

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rah Nov 21, 2023

That’s an American thing.

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ImplyingImplications Nov 21, 2023

This. In Canada, most drug testing is considered a violation of rights and freedoms because your employer should not have a say in how you live your life. There are exceptions for high risk jobs where an impaired worker could cause death by negligence.

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TheDubh

I can understand the high risk jobs one and think that’s fair. In the town I grew up in some factories would do drug test as a way to fire people with cause instead of having layoffs. A few were more seasonal work, so once seasons changed and demand dropped then more drug testing started.