# I just got a verbal Job Offer! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001 "2006-02-17T20:59:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/1 "2006-02-17T20:59:04Z")
Hooray! I have been unemployed since Feb 3rd. I received a verbal job offer an hour agao (I would have posted sooner but I had to go get some beer to celebrate) AND it is a 23% pay bump! (man lay me off more often! 🙂 ) The written offer is supposed to come within 10 business days and once I pass the drug test (easy if they don’t test for beer) and the security clearance (I’m rather dull, can’t think of anything that would make me fail, except my association with all you louts 🙂 ) I will be starting on March 6th. Hooray! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/2 "2006-02-17T21:01:50Z")
Great news - congrats!!! ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/3 "2006-02-17T22:02:09Z")
Attaboy! ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/4 "2006-02-17T22:07:47Z")
Oral is great but I never count it until the deal is full consummated. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/5 "2006-02-17T22:15:41Z")
Congrats! And as a bonus you got to say _oral_ in your thread. Sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/6 "2006-02-17T22:31:58Z")
So where’s our beer? ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/7 "2006-02-17T23:02:00Z")
Congradulations **Khadaji**! Drink a beer for me. I know how it feels to be unemployed. It blows. Real hard. Glad its workin’ out. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/8 "2006-02-18T04:59:06Z")
good going. now, do the job, make yourself expendable, and send me a check. what? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/9 "2006-02-18T05:57:47Z")
Congratulations! Can I rub your head for luck? StG ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/10 "2006-02-18T13:52:59Z")
Congrats! Let us know when the written comes so we can celebrate again! GT ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/11 "2006-02-18T14:30:46Z")
Awesome! What’s the job? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/12 "2006-02-18T14:35:01Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > Awesome! What’s the job? +1 - Congrats and fill us in! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/13 "2006-02-18T14:39:10Z")
I will be a lead software developer working for a team that deploys biometric security. (Fingerprint scan, iris scan, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/14 "2006-02-19T13:51:15Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > \ > once I pass the drug test (easy if they don’t test for beer) \ > Hooray! It just occured to me: I had major sugery last summer and was on morphine for quite a while. I wonder if that will show up in my drug test and if it will be a problem… ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/15 "2006-02-19T14:05:39Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > It just occured to me: I had major sugery last summer and was on morphine for quite a while. I wonder if that will show up in my drug test and if it will be a problem… I doubt it. You’ve got medical documentation, so it’s not like you were abusing it or anything. That assumes it even shows up. Robin ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/16 "2006-02-19T14:07:35Z")
Congrats! **joins “rubbing-Khadaji’s-head-for-luck” queue** ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/17 "2006-02-19T14:07:56Z")
Oh, and congratulations! Robin ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-verbal-job-offer/345001/18 "2006-02-19T14:19:13Z")
There are a bunch of sites out there that talk about drug testing and testing clean, but I’m not clinically-trained and can’t tell whether they’re reliable. Based on what I read, it sounds like opiates aren’t detectable in urine test more than a few days after last use and aren’t detectable in hair after about 90 days. Hopefully **Quadgop** or one of our other resident medical types will stop by and enlighten us. One of the sites that seemed credible (it was from a UK-based consulting firm but didn’t give specifics on how long substances stay in your system). It mentioned that other medications and foods containing poppy seeds can create false positives. I’ve heard about poppy seeds, but have never seen confirmation that it’s true. On preview I see that **Ms. Robyn** has been by and mentioned that you would have documentation stating that the meds were prescribed. This might make a difference for some (maybe even most) employers, but for others the presence of opiates is all that matters. (I work in a field that deals with this in part…) Sounds like you’re out of the danger zone in any case, though. This is lots longer than I intended…good luck, **Khadaji**! GT