As in, if you were applying to delivery positions but you know they’ll test for cannabis, would you even apply / interview? What about in a jurisdiction where the drug is recreationally legal?
My entire career was applying for places that regularly drug tested while being an active cannabis user.
I had a whizzinator, realistic looking penis with a bag of synthetic urine
I’d used it about 30 times and replaced it on occasion, never once even suspected
I live in Ohio and am currently looking for work.
I’m still paying to places that say drug testing, but not places that specify thc testing.
As far as I’m concerned, it’s a legal state, and unless they have similar testing and employment rules for alcohol (which they wouldn’t be able to since it doesn’t show up two weeks later) then I should be able to smoke when I want, off the clock.
If they test and it prevents me from getting the job, I feel slightly satisfied I wasted their time and money. If they follow up and ask about it, I will tell them straight up it’s legal in this state and they’re only limiting their options by refusing to hire people who do a legal thing.
It’s probably just wasting my own time, but hey I’ve got time to waste.
yes, because interview practice is still worth something
And you never know what’s going to come from the interview.
Following through on an interview loop for a company in which I had little interest kept me on the recruiter’s radar, and a couple years later she got me into my current role which I love.
Did you not get that job because you failed a drug test though? I’m going to assume no.
If you get fired from a job that a recruiter got you because you failed a drug test, you’ll be blacklisted by not only that recruiter but most other recruiters in the area. Source: few good friends who are recruiters for prominent recruitment firms, they tell me stories.
Heck yeah, free training for interviews
No. While I am not a recreational drug user, drug testing is a gross violation of natural human rights and I would not want to be associated in any way with a company that engages in such unethical behavior.
I certainly hope you never have to get a job in the US.
How common is such a test in the US? I work in the US and so far, I’ve never been asked to perform a drug test, ever. Then again, maybe I’ve been lucky…
It isn’t nearly as common anymore for anything that doesn’t involve heavy machinery because it costs companies a ton of money to do it all the time.
It’s fairly common. A lot of higher end jobs do it as a way of screening out undesirables. And most of the others as a way of cutting down on liability. It can depend on the organization itself. If it’s a small organization they may not care or may only care if you use the heavier stuff.
My union drug tests both before you’re hired and randomly selected. Because we are electricians and gas technician, or work along side them, the employer takes drug use very seriously.
So as a way of cutting down on liability?
I’ve been drug tested hours after taking bong hits… honestly 2x
got both jobs because when one asked, I was honest and told them it wouldn’t interfere with my work and I’d never show up stoned. Second job actually put me into a group that smoked way more than I would normally and they were screening for other drugs. THC wasn’t a concern.
Would you take the job if offered, knowing you’d need to restrict your cannabis use on workdays so you’re not driving high? If so, why not go for the interview with the same number of hours post-toke as you’d consider driving for the job? If you pass you pass, and if not, maybe a driving-around job is not a good fit for you. If it’s not legal, scrap the whole plan, you don’t need to be courting legal trouble.
Yes, because I don’t use drugs recreationally.
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-III/subchapter-B/part-382
Don’t apply for a job subject to the FMCSR in the US and expect to be able to use. The feds and insurance companies don’t care if it’s legal locally. But it does pay.
If I was desperate, and too dependent on cannabis to easily quit, then I guess? But ideally I’d quit first, as it’d become more of a legal risk if I was to drive commercially and have metabolites in my blood (doesn’t matter if you’re impaired or not)
Personally, no. But I’m the kind of person who walked out of a doctor’s office when they told me they wanted to regularly drug test me if I wanted them to take over my prescriptions for meds I was already on.
Always worth a shot. They may never bring it up. Some places are more strict on that than others.
There are pee cleaning solutions available. I’ve never had to use them, but I know people that have passed tests with them.
There are pee cleaning solutions available. I’ve never had to use them, but I know people that have passed tests with them.
Can confirm, I’ve used them a few times. It’s always best to go clean for as long as possible before getting tested, but I’ve had success with as little as 3 days notice.
People often think these products are scams because they’re marketed like woo medicine. But that’s because they have to be, they legally can’t just put “THIS IS SO YOUR STONER ASS CAN PASS A DRUG TEST” on the label, so they have to sell it as a BS “cleanse”.
I’ve only had a few people ever tell me that they didn’t get it to work. But, those were people who I probably wouldn’t trust to follow the directions printed on a bottle, in the first place. Just stay clean for a few days and follow the instructions exactly as they’re written, and it’ll work out, in my experience.
Worst case scenario is that you’ll have a “dilute” result and will need to re-test a few days later. Do the same process the second time, and chances are you’ll come out as dilute again. Generally, if you test as dilute twice in a row, they assume that’s just your normal baseline and it’s considered a pass. I’ve never heard of anybody coming back dilute twice and ever needing a third test, nor have I heard of anybody failing a test over dilute results.
Sure, just bring up a drug test and say you use legal recreational marijuana. All they can do is say no thank you.
Would I interview to a job where I know I wouldn’t get the job if they drug test before hiring, or would be fired because they would drug test me after hiring me? No, because that would be a waste of time.
Also don’t take drugs and then drive for a job please.
Just buy fake pee?
I’ve never used drugs, but I wouldn’t work for a place who would ask about it.
