Does HR still use UA or have they moved to hair follicle testing for random and pre employment testing?
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I don’t do any dr-gs but it would be nice to walk past some teenagers poking smot and not worry about losing my job because I took a deep breath. Especially considering a stare at a computer all day.
Pre employment only in Alaska unless safety sensitive and have an accident. It’s illegal in the State to do random dr-g testing! Smokin’ it up!
Interesting that my previous post was deleted. But it’s a fact that the test are not always random. If you go to a party place for vacation, or are considered a bit of a wild person, expect to be “randomly” selected.
Let’s see how long until this post is deleted too…
I work in a non-safety sensitive area and our new hire had to get the standard hair test before employment and someone else in our group was randomly selected for dr-g testing. Not sure what type though.
I understand ur--e testing but hair makes absolutely no sense to me. Why do we care if someone smokes 3 months before even applying for a job here? I’m sure there are plenty of candidates we would bend over backwards for who are currently getting elevated in their dorm but will be applying here after graduation.
@1epu+1mqYgChc: Random testing is still very much alive and well here at the E&P Company of Choice.
Two conflicting messages on past two posts, which is it? Suspended or as much as 50% of eligible pool per quarter?
Safety sensitive position = follicle pre-employment. UA for randoms. Randoms are as much as 50% of eligible pool per quarter.
Others: unknown. Perhaps the company realized what a waste of money it is. If you have an issue with someone, just put them on a PIP and push them out.
Unofficially dr-g testing has been suspended. The outcomes of testing are anti-woke and result in answers HR doesn’t want to acknowledge.
Its been YEARS since I had a dr-g test with the company, but it was a follicle test when I had to do it - this was probably in 2016 or 17 i would guess and it was a random dr-g test.
You probably won’t fit in here if you have to ask this question. Having said that, the last time I had a random dr-g test, it was using a swab in my mouth.