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Doesn't Diskriter require background checks? - Wrong place, wrong time (NM)

Posted: Jul 10, 2010

I had to take a drug test. Can't remember about background check....nm - mtmt

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Why would you take a drug test? - MTmom

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Never heard of having to take a drug test for an MT job.

Clarified: Have taken drug tests for inhouse MT not at home MT NM - MTMom

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Who knows? I thought it was kind of strange - mtmt

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for an at home position.

To MTMT - Aspiring coder

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If you issued computer equipment to your employees and then released them to deal with confidential information in their homes without knowing anything about them, would you be comfortable with that? I see the reason for the drug test, they don't want chemically impaired employees.

Why? - sm

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I'm not a substance user myself, but I don't see why it would matter whether a home-based MT living four states away from the hospital smokes weed. I can't see how it would affect their job even if they had a joint sitting in the ashtray while they worked, let alone on their time off.

Well you've heard of it now - Livewire

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I just was hired a month ago and I can tell you that yes they require a drug test and a background check. Strange I know.

Diskriter background check - anon

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Yes, Diskriter used CSI to do background check: County and Federal criminal checks for prior 7 years, SSN# trace check. Extensive physical, urine drug screen, audiology and vision test.

Interesting... - cindyoh

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Wonder if all that was for an on-site job (?) I was only required the urine drug screen, near as I can remember (weird as I'll never set foot on the hospital grounds, but that is policy for the hospital account I work), but they may well have done the background check. I'm thinking it all depends where in the company you'll work, which account, etc.

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