<story><title>Marijuana testing of job applicants is barred by NYC</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/nyregion/marijuana-drug-testing-nyc.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>perfunctory</author><text>&amp;quot;I believe private businesses should have the power to determine their own hiring practices&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;In that case I want to have the power to determine my own job acceptance practices. I want my hiring manager to take a drug test too. After all, I don&amp;#x27;t wanna end up working for a drug edict.&lt;p&gt;The asymmetry of employer&amp;#x2F;employee relationship is just astonishing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>TuringNYC</author><text>I once had a midsized startup doing something very similar to my small startup try and recruit me aggressively, they sent an NDA to sign and said i couldn’t even speak to interviewers until I did.  (Consider how dangerous this is given the similar products.)&lt;p&gt;I told them I’d sign the NDA if all my interviewers  also signed one from me, nice way to end the discussion.&lt;p&gt;My point is, if there is something you don’t like and it isn’t common, a way to decline is to decline the job. If it is a widespread practice, and unfair, then we need legislation.</text></comment>
<story><title>Marijuana testing of job applicants is barred by NYC</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/nyregion/marijuana-drug-testing-nyc.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>perfunctory</author><text>&amp;quot;I believe private businesses should have the power to determine their own hiring practices&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;In that case I want to have the power to determine my own job acceptance practices. I want my hiring manager to take a drug test too. After all, I don&amp;#x27;t wanna end up working for a drug edict.&lt;p&gt;The asymmetry of employer&amp;#x2F;employee relationship is just astonishing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>King-Aaron</author><text>&amp;gt; After all, I don&amp;#x27;t wanna end up working for a drug edict.&lt;p&gt;I know it&amp;#x27;s a tongue-in-cheek comment, but this is part of the stigma needs to end too. If they wanted to have a toke with some friends at a bucks night the week before or some such, and then have it detected on a test, that doesn&amp;#x27;t really mean they&amp;#x27;re a drug addict...</text></comment>