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From: ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Urinalysis...Lie Detectors...all th
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Date: Sat, 17-May-86 00:32:39 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 17 00:32:39 1986
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> I have one very good reason for using drug testing and refusing
> to hire smokers.That is money.  If I hired a drug-free
> (except for alcohol, prescription drugs,
> over-the-counter medication, and caffiene) work force, my insurance rates would
> go down and each employee would have a lower health insurance deduction.

I have one very good reason for hiring anyone who can do the
work I want done, regardless of how they manage their personal
lives.  That is money.  If people like you want to set up a
bunch of spies and tell your employees what they can and can't
do to themselves, then I'll win big.  I'll treat my people like
responsible adults instead of children, and they'll give me what
I want because I give them what they want.  And as word gets out,
not only will you have to pay your people more to keep them,
but I'll have my pick of the cream of your crop as they leave.