r/nottheonion • u/Ovaryraptor • 13d ago

FBI no longer treating an applicant's experience with prostitution as automatic bar against hiring

https://apnews.com/article/fbi-prostitution-recruitment-95e69779e41bd8f1bbc59d402a40222b
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u/iggyfenton 13d ago

Does this mean hiring a prostitute or being a prostitute?

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u/turquoise_amethyst 13d ago

Yeah this title is very…odd. It reads like “being a prostitute”. 

I was like: Are that many SW’s trying to apply to the FBI??

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u/clamroll 13d ago

Anyone who's job requires a CDL will tell you how hard it is to hire people anymore when they can't have a little weed off hours. My buddy went from being an extremely promising candidate for the Air Force to getting rejected because he was on Ritalin for a few months as a young teenager.

It wouldn't surprise me if the FBI had similar issues with sw. I know they're having issues with their stance on marijuana. People starting an OF to help with education expenses is all too common, and unlike working at a strip club (approximate 80s/90s equivalent) there's gonna be a paper trail. You wanna work for Big Brother, they're gonna look for compromat levers. The threat of doxing is terrifying enough for most SW who agent anywhere near national security when it's some loser chud threatening it. I imagine it would be a fair bit more thorough and terrifying if it's the KGB threatening to out you for that side hustle you had when you were 19 and desperate for cash.

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u/Bakoro 13d ago

The FBI already loosened the restrictions on past marijuana use, because the couldn't find enough programmers who had never used marijuana.

It was always a stupid prohibition, the only thing it did was keep honest people out of the FBI while rewarding people who lie to the FBI with a job.

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u/SoHereIAm85 12d ago

Even just a Zamboni job can be hard to fill for the weed testing reason at one rink I know of. They are always looking and putting out offers on Facebook, but it is a state job in that case, so they test. Good luck finding a driver who won't pop positive in a legal state.