Drug Test After Starting Full Time Training?

I start FT IB analyst training very soon at a big bank. There was no mention about drug testing in the offer letter or anywhere else and I haven't been drug tested.

I haven't smoked bud recently and won't until after I start but I want to know - after the first day of training if I haven't been drug tested am I in the clear to light up or is it possible they'll drug test mid-way through training or when I actually hit the desk after training?

Anyone heard of something like that happening? I'm not a big stoner or anything but it's nice to be able to accept if someone hands me a bowl at a weekend party or something without being terrified of drug tests.

Investment Banking: No Drug Test After Starting Work

Our users shared that investment banks typically do not do additional drug testing after you have begun training unless they suspect you of having a drug problem that is interfering with work. However, they could drug test you at any time. It is important to note that this is NOT the case for consulting firms.

NYCStudent - Investment Banking Analyst:
I thought I didn't have to do a drug testing for my bank as well (starting at a global IB). HR didn't say anything about it, but then two days ago they emailed us about it. So it's pretty random sometimes.

Bondarb - Hedge Fund Partner:
Answer is that of course the can test you anytime, but they probably will not unless they suspect you of having a drug problem...ie probably only if u don’t show up for work regularly or something. Reality is that nobody cares if you smoke pot on your off time as long as you do your job. I wouldn’t worry about testing once you start.

TechBanking - Entrepreneur:
They can drug test you whenever they want. In practice they'd only do it (to an active employee) if they suspected a problem.

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Ask yourself this - are you willing to risk your MD wondering why you have super red eyes every Monday morning in exchange of getting high for a couple of hours with your mates on the weekend?

"Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old"
 
RichardPennybags:

Ask yourself this - are you willing to risk your MD wondering why you have super red eyes every Monday morning in exchange of getting high for a couple of hours with your mates on the weekend?

I don't want to derail the thread but I've never, ever had red eyes the morning after smoking weed - only the night of.

 
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RichardPennybags:

Ask yourself this - are you willing to risk your MD wondering why you have super red eyes every Monday morning in exchange of getting high for a couple of hours with your mates on the weekend?

I'm guessing you've never smoked pot

 
RichardPennybags:

Ask yourself this - are you willing to risk your MD wondering why you have super red eyes every Monday morning in exchange of getting high for a couple of hours with your mates on the weekend?

No red eyes. Might be a bit drowsy in the morning but nothing coffee can't fix.

OP: I think you should just avoid it until your gig is over. Better safe than sorry.

 

not worth the risk IMO

but if you don't smoke all the time and only do it once, even a day before the test you'll pass.

if you've been smoking weed everyday for the past ~6 months or so or every other day, you will fail unless you do some serios detoxing/sweating,etc

alpha currency trader wanna-be
 

they can whenever they want to since it's at will employment. most likely they won't after you start unless they're suspicious of something.

"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." Theodore Roosevelt
 

I have never heard if any professional being drug tested while already on the job. Not once. I think if you're a bus driver or have some job dealing with heavy machinery, you might have an issue. But, not if you're some random guy in finance.

 

I know you were asking about IB specifically, but for the benefit of others reading this thread, it is not uncommon for energy majors to randomly drug test within all of their departments. It's a policy that makes sense for engineers (I guess) but usually they keep it consistent across the company pulling in finance and traders too.

 
RichardPennybags:

Ask yourself this - are you willing to risk your MD wondering why you have super red eyes every Monday morning in exchange of getting high for a couple of hours with your mates on the weekend?

Dumbest shit I've ever read. Maybe someday people will realize that the straight-and-arrow personalities are the minority. Everyone has a vice and nobody gives a shit about it. If you haven't been drug-tested prior to your first day then don't worry about it. Light up, bud.

 

No, of course they wont drug test you again after you've passed a drug test. Its really just a formality to begin with. I've got my drug test for a MO job in a few weeks and ill be lighting up on my way home from LabCorp.

"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter"
 
RichardPennybags:

Ask yourself this - are you willing to risk your MD wondering why you have super red eyes every Monday morning in exchange of getting high for a couple of hours with your mates on the weekend?

and this is the stupidest fucking thing ive read today

"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter"
 

In business lingo it is called a random drug test. If you read your employment contract you will see a section that says they can test you at any time.

Follow the shit your fellow monkeys say @shitWSOsays Life is hard, it's even harder when you're stupid - John Wayne
 

I'd guess that the only reason they would test you after you started is because they don't like you or you have been doing poor work and they are looking for excuses to can you. Otherwise, no one cares.

This to all my hatin' folks seeing me getting guac right now..
 

Outside of stop smoking asap this is awful advice. Drinking a ton of water all the time does nothing to help cleanse the body of THC. THC metabolites, which are what the tests check for, are stored in fat which is not water soluble. Just stop smoking now and you will be fine.

 

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