[User23]

Same thing happened at an Amazon all hands Circa 2004. You could ask questions anonymously via a literal question box and someone asked is Amazon ever going to drug test? Jeff laughed for about 15 seconds straight and then said no he didn't want to lose his engineers.

[bartread]

I have a friend who is just about to start at Amazon in the UK and in her employment contract it specifically mentions that they do drug test, so I guess a lot can change in 16 years.

I think in general drug testing is pretty unusual here, and employers have to be able to demonstrate good reason for administering it. I've never worked anywhere, including a couple of household names, where employees were drug tested.

[joezydeco]

I've been in lots of companies where drug testing was required for the employees in manufacturing, shipping, trucking, etc. Insurance and liability reasons, quality control, lots of reasons.

But then it gets pointed out that this isn't enforced on the office workers and is discrimination. So now everyone gets tested.

[ksec]

- Amazon in the UK

[bartread]

Yes? Your point being? Amazon UK is still part of Amazon, and was part of Amazon in 2004. You think engineers in the UK are any more or less likely to do drugs than engineers elsewhere?

[cosmotic]

Most of those hands belonged to non-engineers which makes Jeff's comment pretty insensitive.

[Sebguer]

You're getting downvoted, and I think saying it was 'insensitive' may be the wrong take here, but I would be willing to bet that Amazon drug tests its warehouse workers even in legal states.

[TimJRobinson]

When someone says they like something in a group it doesn't mean they don't like everything they didn't mention, or even an order of preference.