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The fact that drug tests are normalized for jobs is fucking insane (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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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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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Imagine thinking "my employees are performing great but maybe I should check their pee to be sure"

[–] Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

That's the thing though. It's never that. It's more like

Sure my employees are doing fine, but maybe I can squeeze some more profit out of them if I make sure they aren't enjoying themselves whatsoever

[–] Pirate_lemmy_arrrrR@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's our insurance gives us cheaper rates if we drug test, and we can fire you if you get hurt on the job and happened to smoke a joint last weekend.

[–] xX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Surely, it was the joint of marijuana weed last week that caused the accident! /S

[–] skulkingaround@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 months ago

It's more like "These fucking insurance crooks will drop my company if I don't drug test my employees even though it's a waste of time and money and an invasion of privacy."

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Why does it have to be the employees doing great or fine?

Some of my employees aren't performing well or are assholes, but I don't have enough grounds to fire them yet.

Not that a drug test would be the best way to solve that... but it seems like a plausible thought process.