Ok, so before I start, yes I know I made my bed etc and yada yada yada. So i failed a pre employment test and it got sent to Clearinghouse, was in the process of doing all my follow up testing( was on test 4 of 6) when I was hit with a random test 3 days after my SAP appointed test was done. Well, long story short on the day I received the notification that I was to go test, my wife was in the process of a 43 hour labor….as you can guess I wasn’t about to leave my wife to deliver our twins alone ( it was hell enough) so my employer submitted a “refusal” to the clearing house and here I am 3 months later with twins and you guessed it…..I don’t have a CDL driving job as my status in the clearinghouse has once again been put back on “prohibited “ status. For one, I’m on the fence about the pre employment testing going to the clearinghouse in the first place, I understand why it’s done but it doesn’t necessarily need to be reported to the clearinghouse. By this logic , every CDL holder who is not employed should have to get random testing done? I honestly don’t see the difference. Yes I know, a poor decision on my behalf deciding to smoke marijuana about 4 weeks prior to the failed test . I need constructive criticism, not blatant criticism please lol thanks guys . I’m also in the process of doing my RTD status as you’re able to appoint basically a Safety officer of your choosing to send you for testing and to report to the clearinghouse ( it’s my wife) . Thoughts
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Failed DOT test & SAP programs.
Ok, so before I start, yes I know I made my bed etc and yada yada yada. So i failed a pre employment test and it got sent to Clearinghouse, was in the process of doing all my follow up testing( was on test 4 of 6) when I was hit with a random test 3 days after my SAP appointed test was done. Well, long story short on the day I received the notification that I was to go test, my wife was in the process of a 43 hour labor….as you can guess I wasn’t about to leave my wife to deliver our twins alone ( it was hell enough) so my employer submitted a “refusal” to the clearing house and here I am 3 months later with twins and you guessed it…..I don’t have a CDL driving job as my status in the clearinghouse has once again been put back on “prohibited “ status. For one, I’m on the fence about the pre employment testing going to the clearinghouse in the first place, I understand why it’s done but it doesn’t necessarily need to be reported to the clearinghouse. By this logic , every CDL holder who is not employed should have to get random testing done? I honestly don’t see the difference. Yes I know, a poor decision on my behalf deciding to smoke marijuana about 4 weeks prior to the failed test . I need constructive criticism, not blatant criticism please lol thanks guys . I’m also in the process of doing my RTD status as you’re able to appoint basically a Safety officer of your choosing to send you for testing and to report to the clearinghouse ( it’s my wife) . Thoughts