I used to work as a hiring manager in big corporate America, and one of the problems I had with both background checks and drug testing was too much information, and the inability to un-know things after the fact. You need to narrowly specify to these outside testers what you want to be told about employees and prospective employees, and have them leave everything else out of their report.
The background check companies would tell you about their finances, marital problems, etc., and I didn’t want to know that. I wanted to know if they had robbed a bank or killed someone. Similarly, I don’t really want to know if an employee drank or smoked weed last Saturday, I want to know if he is impaired on the job. That is definitely an issue, especially if driving a company vehicle, operating power tools, climbing towers, or interfacing with customers. I would also worry that once you have the information, the insurance company or the government could get you to reveal it, and things spin out of control. Better not to know what you don’t need to know. On the other hand, when working for corporate America, I learned that employees with a drug problem will end up costing you - it’s not if, it’s when. I saw employees arrested in the parking lot. I saw a huge employee theft problem traced to a receiving dock employee with a drug habit. I remember we interviewed a candidate for a technician position that everyone really liked and we extended an offer contingent on passing a drug test, which she failed. She was a single mother, said she really needed the job and was not taking drugs so there must have been an error. So we let her take the test again, and she failed again. Knowing you will be tested and not being able to stay clean for a few days definitely says you have a drug problem. There’s a quote: An alcoholic will steal your wallet and lie to you. A drug addict will steal your wallet and help you look for it. From: Doug Hass Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 10:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Drug Testing Yikes! There are some legal issues with forcing employees to get drug tested in this situation. You might consider pushing back against the insurer a bit here and getting a little legal advice before deciding what to do. El mar., 5 de abr. de 2016 10:06, That One Guy /sarcasm <[email protected]> escribió: are you saying you have some drugs that need to be tested? On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 9:12 PM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> wrote: I randomly test everyone. We Use Anylabtestnow or something like that. Drugs are cheap, alcohol costs about $50 by itself. On Mon, Apr 4, 2016, 9:07 PM Sean Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: Um we operate in Colorado *cough cough* I don't think anyone in the state would pass that kind of test lol -Sean On Monday, April 4, 2016, Keefe John <[email protected]> wrote: Just curious who here drugs tests employees. Our insurance company is making us do a sweep on drivers. Keefe -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
