amb
NES Member
I'm doing engineering work for a company now with a lot of government work, and formerly worked at an FFRDC directly working (often on-base) for the DoD, and I've never pissed in a cup for it. (The FFRDC reserved the right to require one if you f***ed something up in a way that might have been drug-related.)
My understanding is that the federal government requires some kind of explicit drug policy, but not necessarily regular testing. Makes it easy for employers that want to test anyway to lie a little and say "the feds make us do it" though. In my world it's all supply and demand, it's hard enough finding good engineers without giving them another reason to go work for Google.
My understanding is that the federal government requires some kind of explicit drug policy, but not necessarily regular testing. Makes it easy for employers that want to test anyway to lie a little and say "the feds make us do it" though. In my world it's all supply and demand, it's hard enough finding good engineers without giving them another reason to go work for Google.