Graduating Next Week And Looking To Start With A Good Company That Doesn’t Do Hair Follicle.
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Anthony, why is the follicle testing an issue? Are you using a prohibited substance?
Because of the Valium you knowingly used? This was talked about 4-5 months ago.
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
Anthony, probably a good idea to get a private test done on your own dime first just to be safe. If you know that you are clean then company testing will not be a problem.
I used to do construction in the Newburg/Walden/Montgomery/ Wallkill area. Where did you live?
Anthony, why is the follicle testing an issue? Are you using a prohibited substance?
No. I’m 90 days out from taking my Valium to help me sleep. I know the tests are only supposed to go back 90 days but I’ve heard of people failing at 4 months. I don’t want to ruin my career before it starts. I don’t drink or do drugs.
Because of the Valium you knowingly used? This was talked about 4-5 months ago.
Yes
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
Anthony, probably a good idea to get a private test done on your own dime first just to be safe. If you know that you are clean then company testing will not be a problem.
I used to do construction in the Newburg/Walden/Montgomery/ Wallkill area. Where did you live?
I live in El Paso now. I’m from Newburgh, N.Y.
When I got a hair test, I asked the test administrator how far back the test "checks". She looked me in the eye and said 90 days.
I read elsewhere that after 90 days the tell-tale material in the hair has deteriorated too far to make good evidence. 90 days = three months, so that four month thing might be real. At any rate, six months clean is a good reason to wait.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
I got an junk email today lol for some Calif. truck company,(might be Gardners new company name) from the past.....It said "must be able to pass a hair follicle test back 120 days".
“I live in El Paso now. I’m from Newburgh, N.Y.”
Anthony, I did work for a construction company from Newburgh called Storm King, Inc. Did you ever hear of it when you lived there?
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