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Half of JPMorgan, Robinhood workers admit smoking weed on the clock: survey

A major chunk of the corporate workforce could be toking up during work hours on 4/20 – including half of employees at Wall Street powerhouse JPMorgan Chase and the stock-trading app Robin💃hood, acc꧂ording to the results of a new survey.

Nearly one-third of corporate professionals – about 29% — revealed they have used cannabis while working in the office or working from home over the last three months, according to a poll conducted by anonymous .

The number is even higher at certain, high-profile companies. Some 44% of JPMorgan workers who participated in the survey admitted to marijuana use on the job, while a whopping 50% of workers at Robinhood copped to smoking pot during work hours. At online mortgage lener Better.com, lately roiled by employee turnover, 45% said they’d smoked while working.

The results applied to workers who used cannabis for both medical and non-medical purposes, according to♍ Blind – which provided survey results for a total of 35 different companies. The highest rate was reported at software firm Splunk, where 73% of workers copped to cannabis use on the job.

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44% of JPMorgan workers surveyed said they used marijuana while working in the office or at home. LightRocket via Getty Images

While marijuana may be a source of concern🌼 for corporཧate leaders – especially at workers return to the office during the COVID-19 pandemic – workers quoted in the survey said their usage wasn’t affecting their job performance. And some employees actually said the pastime had career benefits.

“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 lea🔯ds to a positive change in relationship,” one worke🌄r, identified as a verified startup professional, .

“I have spent most of my pandemic high,” a verified software engineer employed at Wayfair wrote. “[I] haven’t noticed it affect[▨ing] my performance that much… most of the work on my plate w🐻as simple enough anyway.”

More than a qua🌺rter🐷, or 28%, of Wayfair employees admitted to pot use.

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50% of Robinhood employees admitted to cannabis use. AFP via Getty Images

Cannabis use was much lower among workers at some pr𝓀ominent tech firms.

Just 18% of Apple workers ꦗwho participated in the survey said they have smoked pot within the last three months. Snap, Twitter, Airbnb, Oracle, PayPal and Coinbase were all under 25%.

Marijuana still remains iಌllegal at the federal level but several states – including New York – have legalized its use for recreational purposes. Earlier this month, House lawmakers voted to decriminalize marijuana – but passage in the Senate is considered unlikely.

Blind conducted an online survey of 2,514 US professionals from April 12 to April 13. The pla💧tform uses company email addresses to verify its🅠 users’ identities.

JPMorgan Chase, Bꦫetter.com, Robinhood and Splunk did not immediately return requests for comment🎶.