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0 pointsmacNchz1y ago0 comments

Do you drug test? Sounds like a place that might. A fairly significant proportion (though definitely not all) of the best developers I've ever worked with would simply pass over places that seem like they would.

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brewdad1y ago

You aren't getting a clearance if you can't pass a drug test.

zifpanachr231y ago

Plenty of people can pass a drug test. That's not the issue I guarantee it. It might slightly help their hiring but it's not the root cause of difficulties, and I seriously doubt compensation is a root cause either.

pas1y ago

Having eligibility is not the same as passing unannounced random drug tests.

veggieroll1y ago

I don't do drugs; I barely even drink alcohol. But, I think drug testing is a violation of privacy and none of a company's business. This isn't 1950, nobody cares if you're doing drugs on your personal time as long as you're sober for work.

Yes, you need to drug test for clearance. But I'm saying that's a job I'm not applying to unless I have no other choice. It goes straight to the bottom of the pile for me.

retox1y ago

My understand is that it comes down how likely it is that the employee could be bought/blackmailed/corrupted. A person with a drug (or gambling) habit could be blackmailed or might need more money to fuel their addiction, making them susceptible to a foreign power buying their support.

Same reason for homosexuality in the past when it was illegal/scandalous.

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snake421y ago

A drug test is not a requirement for a security clearance.

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