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- From: nodine@whopper.lcs.mit.edu (Mark H. Nodine)
- Subject: Re: 68050
- In-Reply-To: ewright@convex.com's message of Tue, 3 Nov 1992 19:54:43 GMT
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- Organization: MIT Lab for Computer Science, Cambridge, Mass.
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- <ewright.720820483@convex.convex.com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 18:40:22 GMT
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- >>I've heard that a large fraction of the team that developed the 68040
- >>suddenly left in the late stages of the development. This was because
- >>Motorola instituted random drug testing for all employees. Since highly
- >>trained CPU designers are in sufficient demand that they don't
- >>have to put up with fascist management fuvg, they left.
- >
- >Please, give me a break. I've heard lots of people use the "I'd
- >never work for a company that had drug testing" line. When I ask
- >them what they think of companies that require mandatory medical
- >examinations or exercise programs, they usually answer "that's
- >different." In other words, it's okay for the company to test
- >them for anything *except* drugs. The only time most people
- >are "pro-freedom" is when they're afraid that they might get caught
- >at something.
-
- That's not quite true. My concern with drug testing is that there are
- a number of different things (foods that you could eat, for example, or
- some OTC antihistamines) that could cause a false positive on the
- drug test. The real question is, if the test comes out positive, how
- strong is the presumption of guilt? Do you have any recourse to
- appeal or have a retest?
-
- --Mark
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