The bosses and the people around the office are pretty lenient when it comes to the marijuana policy at work.
Nobody really says anything if you go to the restroom and use a vape pen.
Recreational marijuana is legal and a lot of people use the products. The software company is a new business and they try to be as hip and trendy as possible. That doesn’t mean that they completely disregard the law or the rules in the employee handbook. There is a very strict rule that states there is absolutely no cigarette or marijuana smoking at all inside of the building. The smoke can cause a lot of problems to the servers and hardware and that’s why cigarettes aren’t even allowed. The company does allow vape pens, which is why you can get away with using a marijuana vape pen too. Last week the fire alarm went off in the west side of the building. I ran to see if there was a problem. I saw smoke in the stairway. I would have believed there was a fire, but I know the way that marijuana smells and the smoke was definitely due to someone choking marijuana in the stairwell. I alerted the front desk security that someone was using marijuana in the stairwell. I did not believe there was a fire, but I thought they should check the camera footage to see if we could figure out which employee was in the stairwell when the smoke alarms were triggered. The employee would certainly face harsh penalties and possible termination after breaking the rules so blatantly.