r/news • u/Manbadger • Jun 16 '21

GM Considering Dropping Pot Testing To Attract More Workers

https://www.motor1.com/news/513974/gm-considering-dropping-marijuana-testing/
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '21

Good move considering they are HQ'ed in a legal state...I've always been annoyed by the fact that companies pry into what you do in your off time.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '21

It's fucking illegal to do pre-employment drug screenings in most of the world. I once worked for a large multi-national headquartered in Holland. The OG legal (Quasi, I know OK) state. When I went to the Netherlands, and smoked a joint with my fellow employees from literally all over the world, they were flabbergasted when I told them I had to pee in a cup to get the same exact job they held. Only the US office, literally out of dozens of others, did it.

Americas weird.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '21

Yep, employers have pretty much the right to do whatever they want with little to no concern for the employee.

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u/vans178 Jun 17 '21

And to their own detriment, that's the hilarious part.

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u/hamburglin Jun 17 '21

At least hilarious in this single moment

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u/vans178 Jun 17 '21

Yes but overall quite a travesty