Re: India's Labor Costs to Rise ??

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 04:58:11 GMT, Mac <foo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:34:13 +0100, Dirk Bruere at Neopax wrote:
>
[snip]
>>
>> Drug test?
>> What Nazi state are you living in?
>
>In California (I think I remember Joerg saying he lives in California) the
>employer can have you pee in a cup initially as a condition of employment.
>In any event I've had to do that twice here in California. But random drug
>tests are not allowed. If you behave as though you are on drugs, the
>employer can ask you to get screened more or less immediately, but there
>are some requirements the employer has to satisfy before they can do that.
>
>At least that is my understanding. I don't really care that much because I
>don't use any drugs (well, I drink coffee regularly) and nobody has ever
>accused me or suspected me of using drugs and nobody has ever asked me to
>get screened, except when I was a new hire, as mentioned above.
>
>Still, I know of a few people who have NOT applied for jobs precisely
>because they weren't willing to quit smoking pot for a few weeks in order
>to pass the pre-employment drug screening. IMO, these people's priorities
>are all screwed-up, even if the drug screening business is stupid. (Which
>it is, because alcohol is the most abused drug in the US, and it's not
>even illegal.)
>
>--Mac

I was recently asked to appear at a lab to take drug TESTS (plural)
for a contract job. I didn't comply, even though I consume nothing
more than coffee and wine. I was simply offended. They didn't press
the issue.

But I do have concerns that we are raising a generation of druggies.

And it's our own fault. The educational system sucks. So kids never
learn to respect their elders. And they have no hope... their
marketable skill level is barely McDonalds.

...Jim Thompson
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
.

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