I really like my job. I work for the State of Washington at UWMC in Seattle. After five years of torture at Boise Cascade Office Products I quit and promised myself I would never put up w/mind f*cking at a job again. I've walked out of two jobs since then, just got up and walked. Never regretted it. When it's time, it's time.

Question:

It seems like in America, many jobs want you to take a drug test before they hire you, is this happening in other parts of the world?

I'm curious too



Here's a funny thought. I sold my business in 2002 and entered into a 4 year non-compete agreement which has since expired. But for four years I was paid nicely each month NOT TO WORK......is that great or what?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-03-07 22:10 by Lukester.

Bingo Wrote:
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> Question:
>
> It seems like in America, many jobs want you to
> take a drug test before they hire you, is this
> happening in other parts of the world?


Not where I live, unless you want to be a policeman, ambulance driver or such,
and of course if you're going for a job within the army.

Lukester Wrote:
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> Here's a funny thought. I sold my business in 2002
> and entered into a 4 year non-competete agreement
> which has since expired. But for four years I was
> paid nicely each month NOT TO WORK......is that
> great or what?


Sounds excellent, I'd like such an agreement myself.

....so I work for myself now. I'm thinking about giving myself a random drug test later this week.......see how well I do....maybe give myself a second chance if i fail miserably.

Lukester, your drug test sounds kinda like the security search at a redneck bar we used to frequent - at the door they check you for a gun, if you haven't got one they'll give you one.

ha ha ha

custom55 Wrote:
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> I use to L O V E my job... computer programmer on
> Wall St...Now with offshore programming in India
> for 5.00 an hour and SOX compliance ( because of
> the Enron scam ) it's just not fun anymore.
>

My unresearched hypothesis on Enron & SOX:

From a macroeconomical perspective, it would have been more productive for the US Govt to have re-funded the pensions of all of the employees who lost theirs because the the criminally fraudulent manner in which the company was managed, than creating all of the beaurocracies related to SOX compliance.

Investing in accountants is not what drives innovation and economic growth. Investing in R&D and new product development does. Companies are forced to invest in accountants, forgoing the opportunity to invest in new products & technologies.

I'm sure that the Big 4 had extremely fat lobbying budgets during the drafting of that bill on The Hill.


I feel like Will Farrel's character in Old School after his debate with James Carville. I think I passed out.

ha ha.....yeah Will Farrell in Old School was a debate idiot savant wasn't he?

WMiller Wrote:
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>
> From a macroeconomical perspective, it would have
> been more productive for the US Govt to have
> re-funded the pensions of all of the employees who
> lost theirs because the the criminally fraudulent
> manner in which the company was managed, than
> creating all of the beaurocracies related to SOX
> compliance.
>
> Investing in accountants is not what drives
> innovation and economic growth. Investing in R&D
> and new product development does. Companies are
> forced to invest in accountants, forgoing the
> opportunity to invest in new products &
> technologies.
>
> I'm sure that the Big 4 had extremely fat lobbying
> budgets during the drafting of that bill on The
> Hill.
>
>
Its funny because when I got up this morning, I was just thinking the same exact thing.

A new poll says only 12% of poll givers ask questions to 25% of minority poll takers in a 75% unbiased manner.

-Drake

that sound you just heard was probably my head exploding

I'm a CPA and can tell you that SOX 404 paid for a few of my Stones tickets last tour........

what is SOX? I never heard of this before, or did I?

Debra Wrote:
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> I think Americans hate their jobs AND our system
> of limited vacation time! In Europe, they have the
> right idea! MANY WEEKS VACATION not a few crumby
> weeks!

I`m in that lucky situation that I only work 22 weeks in a year and got 30 weeks vacation. Maybe you want to be a collegue of mine

SOX= Sarbanes Oxley Act

Lukester Wrote:
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> .....I love my job......I help people.....


actually, serving them french fries really harms them. think of the clogged arteries!

This is becoming an interesting topic!
Some questions here:

Lukester what do you do now you work for your own?

Tussler, howcome you have so many vacation days?

And, how many vacation days do you guys in the states have? I work in Holland and i have 25 days in a year. If you work for the goverment here you get almost double!!!

Cheers,
Wuudy

i get about 4 months of vacation a year! oh the hell of academia . . .

> Tussler, howcome you have so many vacation days?
I travel 1600 km north from where I living, work 163,5 hour in 14 days and then I go home for 3 weeks. So I actually work, in hour, as normal people do.

25 years in a printing factory, yes I hate it. Hoping 12 more and I can retire.

Too bad the tours will be over then!!.....they will, Won't they?? ;-)