Just Say Yes

By bringthemback - 29/03/2014 10:34 - United States - Columbia

Today, my boss decided to have the whole staff drug tested and fire everyone who failed. Out of an original staff of 14 people, only my boss, two coworkers and I remain. I now have four times my normal workload and am seriously thinking maybe I should've said "Yes" to drugs. FML
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saraitkddh 47

I think now you should ask for a raise in your salary since you have more work to do

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tpm45 25

Just say "No" to your boss.

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dutch_girl13 20

Don't say yes to drugs. Just talk to your boss.

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hellnosucka 27

and if your boss says no then talk to your drugs...

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rdenkewicz 11

I can think of at least 10 people who might be having a worse day than you. Your ex co-workers.

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skankydairyman 5

Its easy to see all the hardcore christians and trolls just by their stance on this FML. Sure it was responsible thing for a boss to do, but it was irresponsible of him to not have backup prepared. as for the drug portion, as long as it didnt affect the output of their work and didnt put others in danger, then thats perfectly fine. Who cares what they do in their free time? Still, its unfair to put OP and their two other co-workers through so much work and stress.

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YellowKettleBell 31

How is religion relevant here? I've met Christians (including myself) who believe drug policies should be more liberalized. And I've met people without an ounce of faith who hate them.

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Axel5238 29

Because there are a lot of those that "use recreationally" that smoke before going to work or even going to court to deliver a deposition. They care what people do because if it can make they company look bad, have them lose customers or like pot in most areas illegal they do have to care what people do in their free time. That's why that school teacher that tweeted about smoking pot was fired.

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askullnamedbilly 33

I highly doubt OP's boss woke up one merry morning and decided 'Hey, how about I have my employees do a drug test for the hell of it?' I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that the coworkers' drug habits DID influence their performance, and significantly enough to frustrate the boss to the point where he felt he had to fire most of them. Also, atheist here - religion has NOTHING to do with this certain topic. Stop trying to blame the Bible for everything.

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skankydairyman 5

Sadly sarcasm or trying to be funny doesnt translate here. i will make sure to put quotations around it next time

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askullnamedbilly 33

Quotation marks wouldn't have made that funny, just sad. If your sarcasm isn't recognizable, you're the one who's doing it wrong, not the people reacting to it.

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glabberfasted 16

Your comment was clearly NOT sarcasm, you're just trying to justify the fact that someone blew a huge hole through it.

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skankydairyman 5

see now i seem like a jerk. it cut off my entire reply and left it with just that saying. i do apologize if it seemed that way. im guessing theres a limit on how many words you can use when you first start out on the website.

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KatNamanski 16

It is better to have a job, and have a shitload to do, than to be unemployed and unemployable because you were fired for doing drugs. And, yes, ask for a raise, or ask if he will be replacing the other druggie workers.

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sanecatlady 13

I wonder is the boss just really extreme and *any* kind of drug, including medications some people have to take, caffeine in coffee or even nicotine in those anti-cigarette patches, is a huge no-no to him... or maybe the people fired really were a bunch of junkies, I wouldn't know.

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askullnamedbilly 33

Never heard of a drug test for nicotine, caffeine or prescription drugs. Since all of those are legal, I can't imagine an employer getting away with firing people for using them - on the other hand, I'm not American, and they seem to have an overabundance of strange laws concerning hiring and firing policies.

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Stardew 19

Where I work they test you for prescription drugs as well as illegal. If they find that you're taking a prescription which isn't prescribed to you, you'll be fired.

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glabberfasted 16

They have tests for all of those, 77. The hospital I work at does a tobacco test before you're hired (they don't hire anyone who smokes), and we get tests for all sorts of prescription drugs in our lab all the time.

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frizz101 22

Well I don't know where you work 77 but almost every doctor I have ever met has been a smoker and working in a hospital. But on another note the typical drug test that most employers use check for illegal drugs and prescription drugs. If you take a prescription dry you have to have a note from your doctor or else you'll probably be fired. And for people saying "what they do on their own time shouldn't matter if it doesn't effect their job" no, it doesn't work like that. If you do drugs it remains in your system and it can effect your work even if you don't think it can.

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Epikouros 31

Drugs like pot will show up in tests for weeks after they have any effect. And the effects will vary from person to person. I'm able to work (without any boss, luckily) thanks to opiates that would knock somebody else out, and I know a manager who was an alcoholic for years without anybody suspecting anything.

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jaellin 18

Even *if* doing drugs makes you a bad person it doesn't necessarily make you a bad employee. Firing ten people with no one to replace them and no other back up plan on the other hand does make you a bad employee, imo. Sorry, OP, that's a tough spot for sure.

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redwill85 10

We can tell drugs don't pay Really sorry you are going to be overworked.

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troutbum 11

Don't meth around with that man

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vlalam 24

Aren't u glad u still have a job, clean and no drugs, and may be promotion on the card if u hang on and prove it... Though I do agree it's gonna be hell in short term with the work load.. Hang in there buddy!!!

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caitiebug1119 15

Well it's not like your boss won't hire anyone again. He's just going to do drug testing during the hiring process and not let potheads keep their job. In the meantime, you'll get overtime and a good reason to ask for a raise.

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