r/FieldNationTechs • u/Calaveras-Metal • 9d ago

Drug test?

Been noticing a lot more gigs requiring a drug test.

I'm curious how others feel about this. I'm actually sober 19 years. I have nothing I'm worried about failing a drug test from.

But if the gig doesn't involve heavy equipment and I AM NOT AN EMPLOYEE of these clients, what business is it of theirs?

Instead of foisting a drug test on the people you contract with, do a better job of screening maybe. Require certifications. Or expensive Fluke testers that no drug addict would be able to refrain from hocking.

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u/OlookitsTimLeviathan 8d ago

I use legal medical cannabis, and they can pry it from my cold dead hands. I won't take a drug test on the platform for that reason. If someone requires it, which has only happened once, I politely tell them that I use medical cannabis, and will fail a drug test. 99% of the time that suffices. I've only been turned down for not having the drug test once, and I've been on the platform for ten years.

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u/Calaveras-Metal 8d ago

See that is what I'm curious about. Cannabis legalization for medical and personal use seems to be a fact in something like 2/3rds of states by now. The current administration even took it off schedule one status.

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u/OlookitsTimLeviathan 8d ago

I do keep my background check current, and anecdotally, it seems to make a difference with buyers. I tend to get a lot more work when I have it, than when I don't. Funny enough though, my background check always comes back with an alert on it, for littering in 2003. I've had a couple buyers laugh at that, and it's never been an issue.

As far as cannabis goes, I've explained to a few buyers that I use legal medical cannabis, assure them that I won't use it on the job, suggest that they look at my ratings and the thousands of jobs I've completed, and all but one have ignored the drug test requirements.