Royally fucked up

Just have to rant for a bit and wallow in self pity. Lol


I accepted a job offer contingent on passing a drug test. Thought that wouldn't be a problem cause I stopped smoking at the beginning of May.


Well, I gave my notice a couple weeks ago and was supposed to start my new job on Monday. But today I found out that I had 3 times the minimum test limit and they are recinding the offer.


I asked if I could retake the test cause there is no way I'd be three times over. But nope, too bad so sad and I'd have to wait 3 years to reapply. Lol


They are the ones that were pushing for me to give notice so I could start right away. I wanted to make sure everything was good before I did but got talked into it cause I thought for sure I'd be good to go. Even did a detox ahead of time to make sure.


Looks like I'll be taking some time off now before i start looking again. And before anyone says to talk to my company, they have already filled my position and there really isn't anywhere else I can go there. Plus it'd be like crawling back with my tail between my legs.


Moral of the story, trust your gut and done be talked into things.

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Gasty
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War Room Community Manager
Find a remote-first company yo. No office. No Drug Test.
TheLaughingWolf
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Business Development Manager
Yeah. I should have listened to my gut and not gone for thus gig. But they were offering benefits that I currently don't have and with my health concerns over the last year, I thought it made sense.
TennisandSales
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Head Of Sales
a fringe benefit that no one talks about!!
braintank
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Enterprise Account Executive
Fuck, sorry
TheLaughingWolf
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Business Development Manager
Thanks. I'll survive. Just had to vent for a bit.
jefe
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Well that's a load of shit. Is it legal where you are?

And what's the industry?
TheLaughingWolf
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Business Development Manager
Live in Canada so 100% legal. It's a trucking/service company.
jefe
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Yeaa thatโ€™s some bullshit. Itโ€™s legal here and I assume youโ€™re not driving or operating heavy equipment
UrAssIsSaaS
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SaaS Eater
Thats rough but also are drug tests a common thing? What industry?

In my world if we did this we would eliminate like half the work force
TheLaughingWolf
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Business Development Manager
It was outside sales for a construction service company.

Their head office is in the states but I'm up in Canada.
SaaSam
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Ah that answered a lot of questions. Doesn't surprise me that they would drug test for this position. But still, isn't pot legal in Canada?
CuriousFox
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Oh shit. Sorry dude.
Sunbunny31
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So sorry. The problem with drug tests here in the states is that there is no room to contest a result, at least for the tests they give to drivers, so if you get a false positive, you're routed into the "system" of 6 weeks counseling, which you pay for, and inability to drive. It's very maddening, and it happened to someone I know who lost his side gig doing wine tours on an impossible positive test. 3 years sounds really bad, though. Are there other jobs you can apply to, or is that a mark on your overall record?
SADNESSLieutenant
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Officer of โ™ฅ๏ธ
Damn man that really fucking sucks. Dm me Ill get you an interview
TheLaughingWolf
WR Officer
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Business Development Manager
Tell me about it. Lol I would take you up on that but I don't have an iPhone. Lol

I'm going to take a week off after Friday to just chill and video bears eating blueberries in my backyard.
SADNESSLieutenant
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๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญโ™ฅ๏ธโ™ฅ๏ธโ™ฅ๏ธ well fuck me and damn alright keep your head up G you will find something when youโ€™re ready
TennisandSales
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wooooow this really sucks. sorry to hear that. I would have thought i would have been in the clear too.
DungeonsNDemos
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Rolling 20's all day
Go remote! Or to a company that doesn't care about testing. Sorry to hear, but at least you learned something.
LightingLeader
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Specification Sales
A drug test in sales? What are you in fuckin Alabama lol
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