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I appreciate honest people, especially when they're honest even though it isn't in their best interest.

• rosndo 4y ago
  Easy to say, but I doubt most people would actually let that appreciation affect hiring decisions. A potential hire might also open up about their casual drug use. Would that be points in their favor vs. the other candidate who might very well also take drugs but chooses to not advertise this irrelevant detail to potential employers?
  • bradknowles 4y ago
    When being hired by the DoD, and interviewed for your security clearance, you damn well better tell them about your drug use. If you don't, then you're hiding something from them that could be used as a lever against you in the future by spies from another country. And lying to your employer about things like drug use will get you fired faster than just about anything else. Yes, I did start work in the basement of the Pentagon in 1989 for what was then the Defense Communications Agency. I will let you ascertain for yourself what I may have told them during that interview.
    • rosndo 4y ago
      Yes, obviously. Although admitting to casual drug use will pretty much ensure that you won’t get hired. I think you know damn well that jobs requiring a security clearance are a special case. It really doesn’t make sense to bring this up in a general conversation about jobs. > And lying to your employer about things like drug use will get you fired faster than just about anything else. If your employer is the DoD, sure. If you work for a normal company, they’ll never find out unless you have a real problem (or are stupid enough to advertise it).