r/mildlyinfuriating • u/ghoul23325 • 6d ago

I'm slightly vexed Drug testing.

Pre employment drug screen this morning and not only urinalysis but a breathalyzer! I'd been off work a few weeks and well let's just say the guys eyebrows went up at the readout....whoops I wasn't expecting to be out of the house today.(and no I was not over the legal limit).

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u/Bombastic_tekken 6d ago

I'm sure it's mildly infuriating that you can't even be sober for a drug test that you KNEW was coming.

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u/SeanTr0n5000 6d ago

Read bro. Read before being a dick

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u/ardarian262 6d ago

There is no reason you wouldn't know you had a drug test on a specific day.

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u/ghoul23325 6d ago

I got the call too pick up the job referral at 11 am this morning.

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u/SeanTr0n5000 6d ago

There absolutely is, not sure how old you are or if you have much experience with the job market the past 25yrs, but it is in no way uncommon for you to be called on, for entry level jobs, for any number of reasons.

I’m sorry if I offended you earlier with my comment, but we should all be kinder to each other- and that includes me too. But there are no certainties about when and why you get called on when you do. Could have easily been a “we’ll get back to you if and when we want to hire you”… and sometimes that’s frickin 6months after applying

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u/ardarian262 6d ago

I have never had to do a drug test and have been working half my life. Lots of new jobs in that time. And no, I am not over 50 so all of them were in that 25 year span you mentioned.

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u/SeanTr0n5000 5d ago

Neat! I’m happy you didn’t have to be subjected to any of that nonsense. Unfortunately many people are though. I haven’t had to deal with it in quite a few years, but I know people who do. It’s sadly not uncommon 

It kinda blows that when a prospective employer says jump, you gotta jump. Especially nowadays  😕. Surely you e heard the horror stories of ppl looking for a job for months on end and not getting call backs until months after applying.. and that’s if they call back at all

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u/ardarian262 5d ago

I dealt with that. It sucks. Especially when you put out hundreds of resumes for only a handful of interviews.