Drug Test

That's the harsh business world of scum companies.

David, I simply cannot share your cynicism of the business world. All businesses are in place to make a profit, that is what they are for. They cannot do that without good people working hard and sharing in that goal. The idea that some companies are "scum" and basically are organized to treat people poorly and injuriously as they go about their goal of turning a profit is a concept contrived by the ill informed. I hear people use these type of expressions all the time, yet in all my years I have never come across a business owner who ever held to those types of ideas.

It's not cynicism toward the business world. I'm actually a 100% free market pro capitalism, get government out the way conservative, and very libertarian leaning, but I understand business practices of certain minded companies. There's good companies to work for, and bad one's as an employee. Work for the bad one's if you don't have a choice as you have to make a living, but once he clears himself, he's got a choice. That's the beauty of free market capitalism. I'm not saying companies in general are scum, but some do treat employees like scum, that's a fact that can't be ignored. If he was wrongfully fired for a medical condition that wasn't effecting job performance or increasing liability, that was a scum move. If you make the company look bad, as he will have to do for wrongful firing, IF (that's a big if), they fired him wrongfully, they may possibly find a reason to get rid of him in the future once he comes back, based on how they got rid of him to begin with. How they got rid of him to begin with, I surely wouldn't want to work for them long. I did retail MGT while in the Army Reserve, there was a number of times I have been instructed to find reasons to get rid of certain employees for various reasons. Right to work state, and it should be like that in a free market, and I was trying to maximize the companies profits by getting rid of slackers. I'm not saying all businesses are scum, you are interpreting that incorrectly or I'm not expressing myself good enough, my apologizes. I'm saying this business sounds like a scum business based on his account (IF) true. Sounds like they got rid of him because they didn't trust him / thought he was trying to cheat the drug testing by making up an excuse. They may think he is a liability. If he actually has this medical condition and it doesn't effect his performance, he isn't hurting company profits, thus that makes it a scum-full move. No doctor in his right mind that has any ethics, is going to hand out a false diagnoses to cover. If Joe's accounts are accurate about being fired for the first test, the company is wrong, and sounds like a horrible company to be an employee for if you have that type of condition. It was a scum move. Granted it may have been the decision of one individual with that company, but someone else surely should review it within the company and make it right if they prove to be a decent company to work for. A decent company will reprimand the employee who wrongfully fired, as it's hurt's company image and is a liability. Lot's of things to consider.