honestly i cant think of a manager that we have that doesn’t imbibe in some form of drug(pot, liquor), granted we are a brewery too, and we give out a shift beer to every over 21 employee at the end of there shift. MODERATION, is the key word, don’t show up high, don’t show up stoned, don’t show up drunk. if you show up so hungover you can’t work the line, you will be ridiculed by every other cook and you get to make 5 gallons of roux with lard, bake off all the bacon, scrub baseboards in all 5 walk ins.(they never show up hungover again). if it actually interferes with your work, your gone, possibly rehirable at a later date depending on the circumstances.
sadly drug use is rampant in the service industry(all versions of it), hopefully everyone here has read Kitchen confidential by Anthony bourdaine(a must read for anyone in the restaurant business), he even talks about how the culinary world for various reasons attracts the fringe edge, no normal person wants to spend 8-14 hours over a hot stove/in front of a 500-900 degree oven, in a enviroment where getting burned is almost garunteed, expect to cut or nick yourself once a week for the first 5 years of your career until your knife skills become muscle memory. personally i have found myself addicted to the crazy busy times we get, i love a friday night with a full dining room(75 covers) a sold out movie(396 covers) and all three lines of to go ringing off the hook.
not entirely sure where im going with this, just kinda stating get used to dealing with drug use of some sort if you plan on working in the industry. i know here in Alaska if i did mandatory drug tests, i would have trouble filling the 100 positions we have company wide. plus drug tests are rarely foolproof. in my younger days i was a ski/snowboard instructor, federal law states anyone working on the mountain at a ski resort must pass a urine test. at least 80% of the crew that worked that mountain smoked pot. there are multiple ways to get around the urine tests, and hair tests are so spendy very few companies are willing to pay for them.
sheb