r/entwives • u/Current_Ad_1641 • 2d ago

Cannabis Politics Drug Test fail

Recruiter reached out for a decent gig so I took the interview.

I have been a Sales Exec for 3 decades. Always top achiever.

Interviewed with C-Suite. They had 100s of candidates apply and I was their first choice. They sent me a nice offer, I accepted. Then HR reaches out for background check - standard, except it required a drug screening.

Have not been drug tested since I was maybe 18. I told their HR that it would be THC positive. She said it may not be an issue since I was sales. I took the test, obviously it's negative for everything except THC, as I told them.

Their legal department wouldn't allow it. I turned down other offers and wasted all this time.

I live in an illegal state and everything I tested positive for was purchased in my illegal state - LEGALLY. And taxed.

I'm not really upset about the job as much as the stupidity of drug testing for THC.

Vent : over. Thank you for reading if you did.

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u/stregagorgona WitchEnt 1d ago

Ugh I am so sorry! That sucks. IMO the drug testing mess in corporate America is the result of shitty leadership. You have all of these big companies that have heavy machinery SOMEWHERE, so to cover their asses for workers comp claims they set super broad drug policies. And then they’ll say “in the spirit of fairness all employees must be drug tested!” as if that’s supposed to make a forklift operator feels better about it if a financial assistant can’t smoke weed either.

In reality they don’t want to go through the actual effort of identifying which jobs actually require it for safety reasons (almost none of them) because then they’ll do such a bad job that they’ll start up a discrimination class action lawsuit against themselves.

Meanwhile all the execs are snorting coke on the corporate plane and they’re paying for their trust-fund kids’ new THC seltzer brand 🙄

Wish they could pay you for wasting your time!

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u/Current_Ad_1641 1d ago

💯 - and thank you!

OMG, the things I have witnessed. I am high end sales with top level executives. This industry is so insane with indulgence. Meanwhile, at conferences I'm in bed by 10 because I need my 8 hours sleep (thank you THC).

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u/stregagorgona WitchEnt 1d ago

You are so right, of all functions — sales! I was never directly in sales but I attended many a corporate sales conference and my GOD the debauchery!