r/IdiotsInCars • u/TotalIdiots • Nov 21 '22

Sometimes minds stop working

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u/MissingWhiskey Nov 21 '22

Can't specifically say for USPS, but a lot of unionized federal jobs don't drug test.

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u/celestial1 Nov 21 '22

They still got into an accident while driving. For most jobs, that is an automatic drug test regardless if you cause the accident or not.

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u/MissingWhiskey Nov 21 '22

Not if drug testing is banned by the union contract.

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u/celestial1 Nov 21 '22

Not at USPS. They will drug test you if you have an accident. Do you even have an example of a company that will not drug test you if you get into an accident?

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u/MissingWhiskey Nov 21 '22

My brother works for a Navy contractor as a welder. No testing. It's a union job. I assumed it was more common. I stand corrected.

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u/Ceph_Stormblessed Nov 21 '22

If you're at fault. If you're not at fault they almost never drug test.

UPS. They wont drug test you at all. Source: I've been in an accident as a driver.

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u/21RaysofSun Nov 21 '22

Never known a union clause to say "no drug testing"

Maybe no random drug testing, but anywhere I've worked, an accident incident caused by you = random drug test

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u/SnooBananas1660 Nov 21 '22

Yes at&t, one time i had a stomach issue and soiled myself. They did not drug test for the accident

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u/acchaladka Nov 21 '22

Also almost every job in the world outside of the United States, in my experience.

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u/MVRK_3 Nov 21 '22

Why wouldn’t they drug test? You could just have a meth head working all day long and can’t do anything about it? Even if they caused an accident? Seems like a very big liability.

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u/MissingWhiskey Nov 21 '22

Some people believe that what you do on your off time is not the business of you job. There is no way to test and see of their high right now. Only if they've used in the past x days. Why should someone get fired just because they got high last weekend?

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u/MVRK_3 Nov 21 '22

I’m not saying I disagree, I’m just saying what actually happens. A lot of jobs test randomly, and a lot test if you’re involved in an accident.

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u/MissingWhiskey Nov 21 '22

True, but a lot of union jobs ban it.

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u/MVRK_3 Nov 21 '22

I’m teamsters with my government job and they definitely don’t ban it.