• TonyOstrich@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    If you work in certain fields of engineering then you have to pass a drug test. The only job I have had where I wasn’t drug tested was my hourly IT job before getting my degree. I have never had to give out social information and I never would.

    • neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 days ago

      That’s interesting to hear. I started out as a web dev and made quite a few transitions until I got the title software engineer, bounced around a few companies until I settled at my current job and since I got that first salary job have never been asked. I even did a short stint of security work a company that had a decent amount of government contracts when I was desperate.

      I honestly didn’t think they were still a thing outside of maybe directly in government positions.