5th March 2010, 11:49 PM
A relation of mine works for a major transport network - in IT - he gets about ?60,000 a year and has regular drugs tests. Effectively this means he can't drink for 24 hours before going to work (which normally leaves him Friday and Saturday only for socialising). One Christmas he could not drink anything as he was working on Boxing Day. He says it goes with the territory. I'm no longer in archaeology and am currently working in the "health sector". We had an email today reminding us that they operate an "instant dismissal" policy in the event of anyone having been found to be drunk/taken drugs during working hours. Oh! And I'm not allowed to have a mobile phone at work. I think it's a case of "render unto Caesar...." We're paid in exchange for our time and labour and are expected to turn up in a fit state.