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
I’m in NZ, but generally if you work on an industrial site, pre-work checks are normal along with “reasonable cause testing” and random checks are becoming more popular.
For office work, I don’t know anyone that is tested.
Having worked on various industrial sites for over 15 years, I have only been randomly tested once, I have had two pre-employment checks done.
I don’t see it as a big deal here, the reasonable cause testing is done to ensure who is safe, we have nationalized insurance here so there is no denial of claims or anything similar. You will almost certainly be fired if you are under the influence and cause an accident.
The problem is if you smoked weed two weeks before the test it will be positive. If you’re a regular smoker it can take months to piss clean. The tests don’t show if you’re currently under the influence.