Do you smoke? Do you take prescription drugs? Questions in pre-job interview questionnaire

Yeah. Uh…I’m gonna need some VIAGRA at noon…

What I mean is, while I personally wouldn’t care if I was the one doing the hiring, I can at least understand how some people would care.

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This sounds like they’re concerned for your health, but I suspect it’s just an attempt to get your medical info so they can screen you out. (I could be wrong.)

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We’re just like family…
We care about our employees…

Yeah I think you’re right. Just finished the interview and they seem shady as hell. Pretty much what I figured.

Name and shame! :wink:

The Josef Fritzl kind of family. This sentence is a big red flag for me.

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could he relevant if they take out an insurance policy to cover you as an employee.
personally, I wouldn’t hire a smoker for a school, I think it sets a bad example for kids. the same way I also wouldn’t hire someone with yakuza tattoos or a heavy drinker.
teachers are role models, and smoking is not the image I want teachers to convey to my kids.

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I would need extra writing space for my prescription drug list. Accomadating needs means that they will help you get whatever meds you want :rofl:

Maybe put something down like a protected class…and if they deny you…maybe there’s ground for ahem?

Btw…I’m guessing the job was advertised towards locals?

Yup, I’d lie my ass off on any form that wanted my private medical details. Because you know if you answer honestly you’ll never hear from them again.

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Just go in there and waste their time…hahaha

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I remember the questions on my first Taiwan visa application:
Have you ever been convicted of a crime?
Have you ever been addicted to narcotics?
Have you ever dealt in narcotics?

Like people are actually going to go “Yeah, yeah, all of the above. Can I get my visa now?”

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Once back then I was on line at the police station to do my visa. The desk cop asked the guy in front of me, “Have you been teaching English here?” The guy said, “Yes, I have”. The cop got an unbelievably pained look on his face and said “Why did you tell me that?”

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SHHHHHHhhhhhh…

if you tell the truth, they dont give you a visa. if you lie they deport you for lying on your visa application, it is win-win situation.
its not just TW, the USA visa application form also asks if you participated in any acts of genocide or terrorism…

Ya, i realize that and agree it is a medical condition, once addicted. However it was a choice, usually, to start. Im all for completely decriminalizing all drugs, legalizing many and offering health care to addicts rather than jail. Thats all great and logical. But, from a business perspective, especially small business owners that cant afford one problem, hiring someone addicted to certain drugs opens them up to a lot of liability and also isnt that fair if they suffer due to someone being high at work. I feel the same about alcohol. At home, fine, at work no. But to be fair i wouldnt hire someine knowing they are addicted to some of the serious ones such as heroin, fentanyl or meth because most people on those cant go an 8 hour stretch without using, aka they often will use at work. In this case something like lunch break becomes a grey area of personal time as its too short for the effects of some drugs to be sober by the time you get back.

I have had an employee die in a very gruesome because he was high on legal drugs.

I say if we are going to allow the risk, should allow companies to not be liable. And that is probably not a great path to go down.

Its a pretty good filter to get rid ofthe truly stupid, gotta admit.

Mine was
Do you have leprosy? Have you been tested for leprosy?

My doctor had to ring the TECO office to tell them that no such test exists for leprosy and that where I was coming from had no such active cases of leprosy and hadn’t had any for nearly 100 years. The person from the TECO office started demanding that I be given a blood test to prove I didn’t have leprosy. My GP was shaking his head while repeating that no such test exists. The TECO office also wanted a stool sample. Not sure why. Maybe they get a kick out of asking for weird things?

What the actual fuck… Haha what year was this in?