by Fur
Mercury Rising #2, November 1991
If you want a job at Executive Courier, you've got to piss in a cup.The new drug testing program debuted in October has, unsurprisingly, slowedthe flow of applicants, according to manager Joe Kent. So far the program,administered by Bay Medical, is only for new hires. Testing may be expandedto random and post-accident situations, but all who were hired before theprogram started are exempt. Kent says he’s personally opposed to randomtesting, but likes the post accident idea, which has the potential to releasethe company from liability for accident settlements in the event of positivetest (presumably the drug-addled messenger would then be on the hook).
Kent hinted that a positive test for only marijuana might not precludeone’s hiring. Noting that the Yerba Buena stays present in samples formore than a week after indulging, he offered, ‘People have the right todo what they want on their own time. I just don't want them doing thison the job.
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