Do I have to fear a Pre-Employment drug screen?

[insomniasucks]

I think you are good to go. If they were going to make your offer contingent on passing the background screens they would also have made it contingent on passing a drug screen. They would want the results before or very close to your start date and not have to pay you and process paperwork for a couple of days of work. Just read your info and employee handbook carefully and look for any mentions of drug tests. Some employers will require a drug test if you are invloved in an accident at work. They may cover this in orientation. Good Luck.

[phattyt007]

I think you are good to go. If they were going to make your offer contingent on passing the background screens they would also have made it contingent on passing a drug screen. They would want the results before or very close to your start date and not have to pay you and process paperwork for a couple of days of work. Just read your info and employee handbook carefully and look for any mentions of drug tests. Some employers will require a drug test if you are invloved in an accident at work. They may cover this in orientation. Good Luck.

Thanks for the reply! Yeah, I'm definitely feeling more at ease now. It just wouldn't make sense for them to test me now. Plus, their employee manual has my mind a bit more at ease, being that there is no mention of either Pre-Employment Drug Screens or Randoms.

[bigsmokeringz]

yes i knoe for a FACT they test

[phattyt007]

yes i knoe for a FACT they test

They do? When? My job is not working in an actual bank and I have not had to sign anything UA related. Can you give me some more info?

[bigsmokeringz]

ok well,

you said you were WORKING for welsfargo.

they dont want potsmokers or anything to do with them working around any part of there agencies

[phattyt007]

ok well,

you said you were WORKING for welsfargo.

they dont want potsmokers or anything to do with them working around any part of there agencies

I will be working for them in a few weeks. Do you have personal experience with Wells Fargo? I've done some pretty exhaustive research and they seem to be one of the more PC banks. I saw no mention of testing on the job app, employee handbook, or during any phase of the interview process. I had to sign off on background & references checks, plus I was given a few forms to sign to bring on my first day but there was no mention of a UA. If they're going to test me I suppose they would need to have me sign something on my first day of training. It just seems highly unlikely that this would happen, particularly given the lack of any warning regarding a drug test and me already passing background checks, but if you have any experience with them that suggests otherwise I would be very appreciative if you'd share it.

[insomniasucks]

I think you would have been notified already and given a chain of custody form if they wanted to do a drug screen. Otherwise it is not a pre employment drug screen anymore. It will cost Wells more problems and possible legal headaches to perform a drug screen on you after a job offer is made and accepted by both parties. Pre employment drug screens are made with a "contingent" offer of employment. The offer becomes valid after the applicant passes the drug screen and/or any background checks.

[phattyt007]

I think you would have been notified already and given a chain of custody form if they wanted to do a drug screen. Otherwise it is not a pre employment drug screen anymore. It will cost Wells more problems and possible legal headaches to perform a drug screen on you after a job offer is made and accepted by both parties. Pre employment drug screens are made with a "contingent" offer of employment. The offer becomes valid after the applicant passes the drug screen and/or any background checks.

Thanks for the reassurance. It definitely would be strange if I was given UA paperwork to sign in my first couple days. Just to be sure though maybe I should take my Quick Fix with me the first week. Then again, they'd probably send me to a lab to have it done (not on my work premises) but it'd probably be better to err on the side of caution.