From: [s--da--e] at [qadas.com] (Sundance)
Newsgroups: talk.politics,talk.politics.drugs,alt.drugs.hard
Subject: The Great Usenet Pisscop Registry (2/2)
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 20:33:53 -0600
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Companies That DO NOT Conduct Human Quality Testing
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COMMENT LEGEND:
1. There is no testing of any kind and the company has made a public policy
statement against any such testing.
2. There is no testing but the company has not made a policy statement public
and/or has no policy.
3. Company has an official drug-free workplace statement which prohibits
possession or use of illegal drugs on company premises, and prohibits
reporting for work while under the influence of any illegal drug or
alcohol. No attempt is made to prescribe employees' activities during their
off hours; no testing is conducted.
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COMPANY COMMENT POST DATE
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Adobe Systems 2 11/20/90
Aldus Corporation 2 11/14/90
Amdahl Corp. 2 04/02/92[2d]
American Fundware, Inc. (software company) 2,3 07/12/96
American Software Development Corp. 2 12/05/91
Apple Computers 1 12/01/90
Applied Materials 2 02/12/96
(San Jose CA)
Atlanta Research Group 1 11/11/90
Auspex Systems Inc. 2 12/04/90
Autodesk, Inc. 2 04/02/92
Barnes & Noble Bookstores 2 08/25/91
Basys Automation Systems 1 05/23/91[2d]
BBN 2 11/14/90
Bell-Northern Research Ltd. (Canada) 2 06/18/93
Blue Mountain Software 2 12/05/90
Borland International 1 07/02/91
Brooktree Corporation 1 02/04/92[22]
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse 2,3 12/21/92
Cadence Design Systems 2 09/03/93
California Microwave 2 03/04/91
Cambridge Technology Partners 2 03/01/93
Carnegie Group, Inc. 2,3 02/02/92
Cedar Cliff Systems (Springfield VA) 2 08/04/93
CenterLine Software (Cambridge MA) 2 10/01/93
Central Point Software 2 08/01/93
Cisco Systems 2 05/04/93
Computone Inc. 2 06/08/93
Concordia University (Montreal Canada) 2 12/01/91
Convex Computer Corp 2 11/14/90
CPU Inc (job shop) 2 06/17/91
Cray Research 2 11/18/90
Cygnus Support 1 08/11/93[15]
Cypress Semiconductor 1 12/11/92[29]
Devon Consulting (Wayne PA) 2 01/27/93
Digital Communications Associates 2 02/25/92
Digital Equipment Corporation 2 12/07/92
Dornier Medical Systems 2 11/11/90[2e]
Dun & Bradstreet 2 11/11/90
Evans and Sutherland (Salt Lake City UT) 2 09/01/89
FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. 2 07/14/93
Fringeware Inc. 1 06/20/93[19]
HaL Computer Systems, Inc. 2 05/19/92
Heurikon Corporation (Madison WI) 2 07/05/92
I.C. Sensors 2 04/07/92
ICL, Inc. 2 12/09/90
Ingres Corporation 2,3 02/03/93
IntelliGenetics, Inc. (Mountain View CA) 2 12/01/91
Interactive Systems Corp. 2 11/14/90
Interactive Technology Incorporated 1 09/01/91[2c]
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena CA) 2 01/01/91
Locus Computing 2 11/18/90
Logitech, Inc. 1 02/04/93
Lotus Development Corp 2 02/14/94
Lynx Real-Time Systems 2 10/22/92
Maspar Corp. 2 06/02/91
Mentor Graphics Corporation 1 05/23/91
Metaphor Computer Systems 2 04/07/92
Microsoft 1 11/17/90
Microtec Research Inc. 2 02/07/94
Microware Systems Corp. 2 04/13/92
Miller Freeman Publishing 2 04/02/92
MIPS Technologies (sub of Silicon Graphics) 2 11/14/90
National Semiconductors 2 01/04/94
Oracle Corp. 1 06/04/91
R. Greenberg Associates, Inc. 2 07/12/91
Rapid Deployment Systems, Inc 1 11/11/90[2e]
Santa Cruz Operation 1 11/21/90
Sequent Computers 2 03/12/94
Silicon Graphics 2,3 12/04/90
Solbourne Computer 2,3 02/01/92
Strategic Technologies 2 08/12/93[2f]
Stratus Computers 2 03/01/92
Sun America (Broad, Inc) 2 09/06/91
Sun Microsystems 2,3 05/23/91
Synopsys, Inc. 2 12/15/92
Tagawa Greenhouses Inc. (Brighton CO) 2 07/21/92
Tandem Computers 1,3 04/09/91
Texas A&M University 2 12/20/91
Thinking Machines Corporation 2 11/20/90
Tivoli Systems Inc (Austin TX) 2 06/03/93
Transarc (Pittsburg PA) 2,3 07/01/91
Tri-Tech Group Ltd., The (West Babylon NY) 2 12/05/91
Twin Sun, Inc. (Los Angeles CA) 2 09/01/93
University of Chicago, The 2 07/12/96
University of Florida 2 08/02/92
VideOcart Inc. 2 01/01/93[2b]
VisionWare - US (Menlo Park CA) 2 08/21/93
Wang Labs 2 11/17/90
Western Digital 2 12/04/90
Wind River Systems 1 03/02/94
Wollongong Group Inc., The 2 06/06/91
Xinet Inc. 1 11/03/92
Zortech 2 05/01/91
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End of List of Companies that DO NOT Human Quality Test count: 81
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NOTES:
[1] CEO is Ryal Poppa and is reported to be on personal crusade.
Address:
2770 S. 88th Street
Louisville, CO, 80027
[2a] Dearborn, MI [2d] Sunnyvale, CA [2g] Huntsville, AL
[2b] Chicago, IL [2e] Atlanta, GA
[2c] Portland, OR [2f] Houston, TX
[3] Taken from "Varian Network," an internal newsletter. About positive
results in the interview process, it said that after an employment offer
is accepted the employee must provide a urine sample. If the test is
positive the employee meets with a medical officer; if the positive result
is confirmed the offer is recinded and the person may not reapply for 6
months.
[4] The testing company will re-test THE SAME SAMPLE on a positive result;
if the re-test is positive the candidate is not hired. There is NO retest
from a different sample.
[5] Additional urine test required after returning from 12 or more months
of extended leave. Also has a no smoking policy -- no smoking anywhere on
the grounds, including in your own car if parked on the grounds.
[6] Testing at Texas Instruments is company wide, except for its overseas
divisions. TI uses EMIT (Enzyme Multiplied Immunassay -- the cheapest and
most common screening test in use) followed by GC/MS. In the random
testing: if you test positive then you must enter rehab. On a second
positive you are out. Furthermore, it a violation to even have beer in the
trunk of your car on company property. All this is spelled out in
anti-drug pamphlet that you get before interviewing.
[7] The US Navy tests for: cocaine, amphetamines, pcp, marijuana. Only
tests for 5-8 substances. If the first test is positive, a more detailed
test is conducted on the same sample. If both tests are positive, a
medical review officer contacts the employee and asks about medication;
the employee has an opportunity to have medical review officer call every
one of his/her doctors. If medical review officer determines that the
positive test was not caused by a legal substance, employee's supervisor
and management chain are notified. Employee can be sent to mandatory drug
counseling and follow-up testing, or fired. On any following positive
test, employee will be fired unless department head intervenes. There is a
wider range of disciplinary actions than indicated here.
[8] Western Data Corp asks if you will take the test on the application form.
[9] Intel is an avid drug-tester, including requiring testing in its
overseas divisions. You must sign a waiver giving company rights to use
results of test in any way they wish. Additionally, you must sign a form
agreeing to be tested within 72 hours of a verbal or written offer.
Failure to do so presupposes your guilt and makes you ineligible for hire
for 1 year. Also after the usual "have you been convicted of any
felonies," Intel has an additional question of "have you been convicted of
any marijuana misdemeanors."
Testing policy is only applicable to 'inside' contractors and regular
employees. Testing is not required for 'outside' contractors.
[10] Encompass also reserves the right to search an employee's vehicle and
person upon reasonable suspicion.
[11] Albertson's is a supermarket that has signs outside proudly
proclaiming that they invade their employees' privacy with urine tests.
[12] CostCo is a wholesale consumer goods store that has signs outside
proudly proclaiming that they invade their employees' privacy with urine
tests.
[13] Each business unit in AT&T sets its own policies. Bell Labs and
certain other units do NOT test.
[14] Corporate medical director keeps copies of ALL test results.
[15] Testing at Cygnus Support is at employee discretion; management has
considered instituting potency testing of certain drugs, but lacks
consensus on which drugs to test.
[16] Citibank tests only for cocaine, heroin, pcp, amphetamines, and
barbiturates. No testing for marijuana or psychadelics (except pcp) are
conducted.
[17] Sun runs a check on your DMV record; if you have an outstanding
Failure to Appear, DUI, etc. they don't hire you.
[18] If tested positive the lab will do another test with the same sample
and you may request another test within 72 hours at a company approved lab
at your expense.
If tested positive on pre-hire, they will not hire you. You may reapply in
45 days.
If tested positive while working, there is a mandatory 10 days off without
pay and must test negative before returning to work. There will be 4 more
random tests within the next 12 months.
If there is second positive, 15 days off without pay and 8 tests in the
next 24 months.
The third positive results in termination.
Results are held in personnel record for 2 years. Presumably, this
information may be made available to future employers and insurance
companies.
[19] This has to be the prototypical anti-piss-testing policy statement:
FringeWare Inc. hereby resolves, by unanimous approval of the
shareholders and Board of Directors, that it opposes any and all
forced drug testing of its employees and will not establish any
policies which conflict with this publicly stated position. Moreover,
FringeWare Inc. will hereafter endeavor to encourage its vendors and
subcontractors to follow suit in countermanding oppression by
pee-sniffing fascists who would usurp our individual rights, and the
Board of Directors has collectively vowed to piss on anybody who tries
to make us initiate testing.
Signed: Jon Lebkowsky, President
Paco Xander Nathan, Vice President"
[update 07/07/93]
FWI vice president Paco Xander Nathan sued Motorola over their drug
testing in 1993, and won, before leaving to help build smaller, more
adaptive firms.
[20] Psychological Profile Testing is not required for individual
contributors. However, a satisfactory Psych Profile Test is a prerequisite
for entry into management.
[21] In addition, there is also a random search policy for individuals,
their personal effects, and, WITH A WARRANT, their homes. Employees are
terminated for misuse of LEGAL, over-the-counter drugs, such as Sudafed.
Taking more than the recommended dose is grounds for termination.
[22] Brooktree is a company that DOES NOT do Human Quality Testing. In
fact, every employee is given a plaque with the "Brooktree Values". Value
#6 reads: "Brooktree believes everyone - including employees, customers,
shareholders, and suppliers - should be treated with mutual trust, honesty
and respect." Brooktree has on-site monthly parties with beer, wine and
live bands. Beer and wine are also served at "all-employee meetings".
[23] The following note was received regarding The Registry, a member of
the "bad" list. John De Armond asked the sender to correct any errors
there may be in the entry. But, as she did not do so, her original note
was placed here. I should also note that a 1993 issue of "Inc." magazine
in a report promoting Human Quality Testing, used The Registry as a case
study. While the report did not mention drug testing per se, it DID metion
their use of personality testing.
-------- I serve as the Director of Corporate Services at The
Registry, Inc. I have just received a copy of your publication titled
the Great Usenet Piss Test Registry Project Monthly Posting and see
you have used our name in this listing.
The information you posted on The Registry, is inaccurate. Please take
the necessary steps to obtain the correct information, or remove The
Registry from that list. This is slanderous information, and request
you to remove it.
Rita C. Stevens
[r s tevens] at [tri.com]"
[24] Litwin is "AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE HOUSTON DRUG FREE WORKPLACE
INITIATIVE" (or whatever else the DEA is calling itself these days). They
have instituted a random test/random search of office and person. Recourse
is undefined at this point, but the announcement stated that one could
seek confidential counseling prior to being asked to take a test but not
after.
[25] Comdisco hypocritically allows certain valuable employees who will
not take a urine test to work as contractors.
[26] Sony Corporation of America, including Sony Workstations in San Jose.
[27] No hire after positives on initial and automatic re-test
[28] Other - company requires submission of Social Security Number with
resume for any consideration.
[29] T.J. Rogers told the press, "If I instituted drug testing at Cypress,
I would get a brick through my windshield. And I would deserve it."
[30] Formerly GE Consulting Services.
[31] Formerly GE Aerospace.
[32] Also: Merck, Sharp, and Dohme; Astra-Merck Inc, DuPont-Merck Inc.
Blood and urine are taken for drug screen. Urine test done first, if
positive, blood test is conducted. Blood is also drawn for blood chemistry
-- cholesterol, etc. Full physical on new-hire and return from any
disability, including hearing, vision, EKG, chest XRAY, blood pressure,
pulse, pulse under stress, and complete medical history. Any medications
are disclosed at this time (prior to test of urine/blood).
[33] Atlantic Research Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEQUA,
has a policy that encompasses random drug testing but, in practice, does
no drug testing at the present time because of the expense.
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