 Website Blind.com recently conducted an online survey of a little over 2500 verified professionals, on workplace cannabis use. Several different companies and industries were represented in the survey. The survey asked employees, “Have you used cannabis for medical or non-medical purposes while working in the office or at home in the last three months?” Nearly one in three professionals answered yes, they have been high on the job.
One software engineer from Wayfair said, “I have spent most of my pandemic high.” They added that their job was fairly simple and didn’t feel their performance was affected much. Some respondents believed that cannabis helped improve their work. A professional from MathWorks said, “[It] helps me think more abstractly.” And another professional from an unnamed company said, "I’ve smoked with many directors and even two VPs in my company. Has been good for my career, make great connections over a joint and always leads to a positive change in relationship.” The financial industries who responded had the highest number of employees who admitted to using cannabis in the last few months while at work. Software company Splunk had 73% who replied yes. Financial giants Robin hood, Better.com, and JP Morgan each had close to half their employees say yes. And others, including Bloomberg, Capital One, and Goldman Sachs, each had about 1/3 of their respondents say they’d partaken, as well. Over in online retail sales, about one quarter of Wayfair employees said they had been high at work in the last few months, too. And the companies with the least amount were from Apple, Coinbase, and Service Now. This is a limited survey, but the high numbers of users (pun intended) seem in line with other studies done. Just a few months back, in December 2021, researchers from the University of Michigan looked at cannabis use among programmers. They found that more than a third of the programmers they spoke to had used cannabis while programming at least once, and about one in five did it at least once a month (according to Programmer). Cannabis tended to be used more for personal and non-urgent programming tasks, or while brainstorming, and was consumed far more often when working remotely, survey results indicated. Indeed, 52 per cent of cannabis-using programmers report that they were more likely to use weed when working from home compared to just five per cent who did so when working at the office. Programmers may be drawn to using weed while working for several reasons, suggests an article in The Fresh Toast. These include making tasks more enjoyable, problem-solving and to help overcome anxiety or stress. Blind.com also did a similar study back in 2018 which showed that of the 5,112 respondents, 39.4 per cent reported they had consumed cannabis in the past six months. Comments are closed.
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