I don’t need to take a test to tell you I take drugs
Even-Macaroon-1661
Was it at least a fun drug they wanted you to test?
blackstar22_
The right call.
Expecting people to spend their time doing optional shit for the restaurant with no pay is a huge red flag. Fuck that.
NomarPotstickers
well done 👏🏼
sinsemillas
63 unread is diabolical.
Sonikku_a
Never do *anything* for your employer off the clock. If they’re telling you to do something, you’re getting paid for it or they can fuck right off.
Last place wanted me to handle customer complaint emails from home. Told them I’d track the time and add it to the clock. They said no, so I said no, and told them if they thought it was an issue we could talk to the labor board about it.
Loki_the_Smokey
This is exactly how to handle this situation. Well played. Good luck at your next spot!
TurnoverFuzzy8264
Very nice response. If you’re required to do it, you get paid. Expecting people to give up their privacy and their time is entitled AF.
ranting_chef
If someone gets hurt and goes to the hospital, they might get one there. But for no reason? Fuck out of here.
PuzzleheadedTea4221
When you drug test people no matter what type of work. The only thing you catch is the people who do not know how to beat a drug test.
BubbaBlue59
I once told my boss if they drug tested my crew I’d lose half my crew. They didn’t drug test.
Dvidiot
Which drugs will we be testing today? I’m hoping for some coke
AllLurkNoPlay
Could have played the long game of clocking in taking the test and getting them for wage theft when they took the hours off. Then they would have had to reimburse everyone, but you would be stuck there. Sounds almost like a casino I worked for, briefly, with their expectations.
ramblingpariah
People who want an empty kitchen.
I remember back when I worked at a pizza place, it would have been *empty* if they tested that crew. Even the owner used buy hash from one of the cooks.
FinkBass420
How to lose all your employees in a restaurant 101
Septic-Abortion-Ward
Shocking that a line cook didn’t gratuitously offer to give a free sample deposited directly into the owner’s mouth at the date and location of their choosing, tbh
GeoDude86
They drug tested the restaurant I worked at in high school. Me and one crusty old lady passed. About 85% of the staff were suspended including waitresses, bartenders, and cooks. They nearly had to permanently close their business because of it. I think they learned their lesson not to inquire about stuff they shouldn’t after that.
DrMantisToboggan45
Seriously, what kitchen drug tests people? That is insane. Heroin Harold may do the fent flop every once in awhile but he’s still making you tons of money and not being paid dick for it. God I don’t miss the industry at all
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How can people be cooks if they aren’t on drugs?
munch_the_gunch
MANDATORY, UNPAID drug test for fucking KITCHEN staff? Are they stupid? They may as well just shut down because there goes like 80% of your staff. The only ones left would be the felons that get tested by the state or the ones in recovery.
>”Whenever you impose special tests, requirements, or conditions that your current employees must meet, the time must be paid. This includes time they spend traveling to and from drug tests, waiting for and undergoing these tests, or meeting other requirements. Pay is required regardless of whether the tests are scheduled during the employee’s normal working hours or during non-working hours.”
No pay would have been required if it were a pre-employment drug test, or it were an optional test, but the texts make clear that it was not optional. You were simply asserting your legal right to be paid, making this [illegal retaliation](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/retaliation).
TreronYT
State that you’re not going to quit, don’t fall for the “is this your resignation” bullshit.
Make them fire you, you can claim unemployment then, which will give you time to find a new job and it will make their unemployment insurance costs go up.
1588877
In the 15+ years of working in restaurants there was only one drug test, and it was a doozy.
I worked at a certain Private Christian college in the cafeteria. We had an end of the year (summer break) meeting in a big conference room. It went on for like 45 minutes of just going over numbers and shit that dishwasher me didn’t care or understand at the time.
Boss man said have a good summer, but before we go there’s one more thing… DRUG TEST FOR ERRYBODY! 🥳
We literally lost over 20 people of the 50~ish we originally had and I just happened to clean up my act a couple months prior. It was crazy. People were crying, my boss looked at me and was like “Are you good?” “I am but we’re about to be the only dishwashers lmao” (normally we had 12 dishwashers for a full crew…)…. Rambling but yeah, that was crazy
I took my best friend (who failed lol) to get applications before I took him home, man I can’t believe that was like 12 years ago
BillyblancofromBronx
I don’t know who fucking drug test cooks. I worked at a casino where they drug test, everybody but the kitchen workers.
brandaglington
I drug test my line cooks to make sure they are on cocaine
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Know your worth.
I don’t need to take a test to tell you I take drugs
Was it at least a fun drug they wanted you to test?
The right call.
Expecting people to spend their time doing optional shit for the restaurant with no pay is a huge red flag. Fuck that.
well done 👏🏼
63 unread is diabolical.
Never do *anything* for your employer off the clock. If they’re telling you to do something, you’re getting paid for it or they can fuck right off.
Last place wanted me to handle customer complaint emails from home. Told them I’d track the time and add it to the clock. They said no, so I said no, and told them if they thought it was an issue we could talk to the labor board about it.
This is exactly how to handle this situation. Well played. Good luck at your next spot!
Very nice response. If you’re required to do it, you get paid. Expecting people to give up their privacy and their time is entitled AF.
If someone gets hurt and goes to the hospital, they might get one there. But for no reason? Fuck out of here.
When you drug test people no matter what type of work. The only thing you catch is the people who do not know how to beat a drug test.
I once told my boss if they drug tested my crew I’d lose half my crew. They didn’t drug test.
Which drugs will we be testing today? I’m hoping for some coke
Could have played the long game of clocking in taking the test and getting them for wage theft when they took the hours off. Then they would have had to reimburse everyone, but you would be stuck there. Sounds almost like a casino I worked for, briefly, with their expectations.
People who want an empty kitchen.
I remember back when I worked at a pizza place, it would have been *empty* if they tested that crew. Even the owner used buy hash from one of the cooks.
How to lose all your employees in a restaurant 101
Shocking that a line cook didn’t gratuitously offer to give a free sample deposited directly into the owner’s mouth at the date and location of their choosing, tbh
They drug tested the restaurant I worked at in high school. Me and one crusty old lady passed. About 85% of the staff were suspended including waitresses, bartenders, and cooks. They nearly had to permanently close their business because of it. I think they learned their lesson not to inquire about stuff they shouldn’t after that.
Seriously, what kitchen drug tests people? That is insane. Heroin Harold may do the fent flop every once in awhile but he’s still making you tons of money and not being paid dick for it. God I don’t miss the industry at all
How can people be cooks if they aren’t on drugs?
MANDATORY, UNPAID drug test for fucking KITCHEN staff? Are they stupid? They may as well just shut down because there goes like 80% of your staff. The only ones left would be the felons that get tested by the state or the ones in recovery.
In [ADP’s guidance](https://sbshrs.adpinfo.com/blog/drug-testing-training-rest-breaks-and-more-do-i-have-to-pay-employees-for-that) on drug testing under the US FLSA, they write:
>”Whenever you impose special tests, requirements, or conditions that your current employees must meet, the time must be paid. This includes time they spend traveling to and from drug tests, waiting for and undergoing these tests, or meeting other requirements. Pay is required regardless of whether the tests are scheduled during the employee’s normal working hours or during non-working hours.”
Include that screen shot in a wage theft and illegal retaliation complaint to the [US DOL Wage & Hour Division](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints).
No pay would have been required if it were a pre-employment drug test, or it were an optional test, but the texts make clear that it was not optional. You were simply asserting your legal right to be paid, making this [illegal retaliation](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/retaliation).
State that you’re not going to quit, don’t fall for the “is this your resignation” bullshit.
Make them fire you, you can claim unemployment then, which will give you time to find a new job and it will make their unemployment insurance costs go up.
In the 15+ years of working in restaurants there was only one drug test, and it was a doozy.
I worked at a certain Private Christian college in the cafeteria. We had an end of the year (summer break) meeting in a big conference room. It went on for like 45 minutes of just going over numbers and shit that dishwasher me didn’t care or understand at the time.
Boss man said have a good summer, but before we go there’s one more thing… DRUG TEST FOR ERRYBODY! 🥳
We literally lost over 20 people of the 50~ish we originally had and I just happened to clean up my act a couple months prior. It was crazy. People were crying, my boss looked at me and was like “Are you good?” “I am but we’re about to be the only dishwashers lmao” (normally we had 12 dishwashers for a full crew…)…. Rambling but yeah, that was crazy
I took my best friend (who failed lol) to get applications before I took him home, man I can’t believe that was like 12 years ago
I don’t know who fucking drug test cooks. I worked at a casino where they drug test, everybody but the kitchen workers.
I drug test my line cooks to make sure they are on cocaine