Refusing random drug test and searching for new job

[vostok]

I have been working for a large company that has a zero tolerance drug policy for about 4 years. I passed the initial hair follicle and urinanalysis tests with ease as I stayed clean for about 8 months. Immediately after hire I started smoking again (work is tough and it really helps to wind down from a hard weeks work by smoking a J or two). People I know that have worked there for over 30 years report no randoms their entire lives, but during talking to a safety manager, I got wind that in 2017 they will begin random hair follicle tests. I've since stopped smoking and can pass a urinanalysis test but surely won't pass a hair follicle test. If I am selected I am NOT going to accept and will just quit my job.

I am wondering if anyone has experience in getting another job after quitting due to a random drug test at their former job? This current job is my only professional experience in the workforce with exception to a paid internship and various serving jobs. I really need to be able to put this job on my resume in order to get an equivalent job.

I am looking for advice from those who have been in this situation. How did you apply for other jobs? How badly did refusing a random at your previous job effect your getting an equivalent job at another company?

Please don't post a response if you are just going to judge me for smoking while holding a job that randoms. I smoke because my job is incredibly stressful and others get to have their alcohol. I just don't like drinking and would rather smoke. I never smoke on the job and am a wonderful employee out performing all my coworkers in the same position who have all since been laid off in this oil and gas downturn.

sometimes I work for an international pilots employment agency

they pay well, but risk is high

often tickets ain't checked,

as a result I've had some strange fuckers in that right seat I tell you??

I am open and honest about toking weed as most pilots are serious drinkers anyway

I don't fly stoned but have had the occasional 'flash' as a result of that I stay extra sharp

My own rule is if I make a mistake

No Weed For a Month !! (that hurts) after a minor mishap back in 98 (15000 hours ago)

I'm still clean, have regular clients who ask for me

to the regular (pisshead) pilot, who drinks, accidents happen all the time.

IMO: get a nice leaving letter and quit

I've never been caught with weed in my piss,

who the fuck do these jerks are to think they have a right to catch you??

Find an employer who actuelly cares for their workers

see urself as a worker with rights

good luck

 

[ttystikk]

Yep, it is what I figured. Test people, fire them, no severance. Bastards.

That said, I'm taking your suggestion and quit in December. So far I can pass the piss test. My hair grows ridiculously fast so hopefully 3 months will do the trick.

If you're going to stay long enough to vest your pension- a wise idea, IMO, then do the next step and get a crew cut and shave as much hair from yourself as possible.

It's obvious the company is out for shenanigans so once you're vested have someplace else to go that respects your right to be a responsible human being and do wtf you want with your own time.

 

[ttystikk]

sometimes I work for an international pilots employment agency

they pay well, but risk is high

often tickets ain't checked,

as a result I've had some strange fuckers in that right seat I tell you??

I am open and honest about toking weed as most pilots are serious drinkers anyway

I don't fly stoned but have had the occasional 'flash' as a result of that I stay extra sharp

My own rule is if I make a mistake

No Weed For a Month !! (that hurts) after a minor mishap back in 98 (15000 hours ago)

I'm still clean, have regular clients who ask for me

to the regular (pisshead) pilot, who drinks, accidents happen all the time.

IMO: get a nice leaving letter and quit

I've never been caught with weed in my piss,

who the fuck do these jerks are to think they have a right to catch you??

Find an employer who actuelly cares for their workers

see urself as a worker with rights

good luck

As a felon- marked for life for the horrible crime of growing medicinal plants in my basement, for fuck's sake- I've often been given the second class treatment by companies with no qualms about dictating your life in or out of the office. Finally, I had to start my own business in order to secure my future.

America is a fucked up country right now, where the 'rights' of a corporation are ascendant over the actual civil rights of real live breathing people.

 

[grimzuchini]

If you're going to stay long enough to vest your pension- a wise idea, IMO, then do the next step and get a crew cut and shave as much hair from yourself as possible.

It's obvious the company is out for shenanigans so once you're vested have someplace else to go that respects your right to be a responsible human being and do wtf you want with your own time.

Amen brother!

 

[Craigson]

Move to Canada, hair tests are illegal and same with randoms.
Can only test here upon hiring or if you have an incident at work.

 

[Lucky Luke]

ttystikk makes allot of sense, as usual.


To the OP. Welcome to RIU. And I hope your a "Lefty" and contribute to the Politics section...Just to help annoy the Trumpsters...hehe

 

[redivider]

You need to start the job search now. You cannot wait until the day of the test to quit.

As for random testing, that usually happens after accidents. So if there is an accident in you dept or multiple accidents in oher areas that triggers drug and alcohol testing.



Source: myself. I worked for a DoD contractor for 6 years and there were memos about drug use all the time. Never once got tested except after trying to win a promotion once. No accidents in the dept or company-wode the company prefers to save money....

 

[grimzuchini]

Move to Canada, hair tests are illegal and same with randoms.
Can only test here upon hiring or if you have an incident at work.

You know, Canada really is sounding better and better these days. I would make the move if it weren't for my family being here in Texas.

 

[grimzuchini]

ttystikk makes allot of sense, as usual.


To the OP. Welcome to RIU. And I hope your a "Lefty" and contribute to the Politics section...Just to help annoy the Trumpsters...hehe

Hah! I am neither left or right. I would consider myself libertarian more than anything...that being said, knowing myself I would get too heated if I started posting in the political boards. Thanks for the welcome! I'm a longtime lurker and love reading about all the growing and the evolution of the laws in the US.

 

[grimzuchini]

You need to start the job search now. You cannot wait until the day of the test to quit.

As for random testing, that usually happens after accidents. So if there is an accident in you dept or multiple accidents in oher areas that triggers drug and alcohol testing.



Source: myself. I worked for a DoD contractor for 6 years and there were memos about drug use all the time. Never once got tested except after trying to win a promotion once. No accidents in the dept or company-wode the company prefers to save money....

Already been doing so, unfortunately I have to wait for my 401 k to vest at my current job or I will lose one heck of a sum of money.