PeachPie 🍑ICE’s Hiring Surge Is Attracting A Bunch Of People Who Are Too Unfit (Or Too Criminal) To Work At ICE
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PhilipTheBucketIt’s the reality-ignorer’s constant curse. In this form, it is:
“Surely this crew of misfits and failures will be able to successfully execute this important mission we’ve laid out for them with minimal training and oversight”
Later: “How could this have happened? I think we need more misfits”
PowderhornThe ragtag band only wins in the movies.
More than a third have failed so far … To pass, recruits must do 15 push-ups and 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes.
Applicants check a box and sign their names, swearing they don’t have a criminal record and can pass a drug test. Far too late, recruiters are realizing some of these applicants can’t do that either. And, again, they’re not finding this out until potential hires are already at the ICE academy and engaged in the training program.
Sounds like it’s going great
My high school had more strict passing requirements for PE. Not to be ableist or anything, but the physical portion of this test is a pretty low bar for most able-bodied remotely fit people.
As for the drug test portion, this is actually probably the hardest requirement. I’ve seen how strict the drug testing requirement is, and even recreational use of weed can screw you on those tests for longer than you’d think.
Yes, the competency also seems to be in the hr department and the recruiting department at the same level.
I consider myself in pretty bad shape and I just now did 15 push-ups to get some kind of benchmark without having to overly struggle with it. Even considering just the applicant side of it, who are these people thinking that they’re going to do a job which involves physically contesting with people and can’t do these pretty basic physical things?
(I mean, I know the answer to that question, I am just marveling at the situation I guess.)
Just the idea of sit-ups. Yeah, y’all can fuck right the fuck off with that.
ZierNot shocking at all since it stands for,
Internal
Criminal
Environment
Banzai51When you need Brownshirts, you generally don’t want people who can easily get and hold other jobs. You want people that feel excluded from society and are willing to be violent about it.
I really hope that ice members are tracked down and held accountable for their crimes. Similar to nazi hunters today.
kroldenOh my god, you’re telling me that if you offer 50k signing bonus with no requirements other than a desire to cause harm and suffering upon innocent human beings it attracted all the out of shape keyboard warrior republicans? Colour me surprised.
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You’re too late - they’ve already arrested a cop
This is a criminal organization. Much like Nazi germany they will be relying on criminals to subjugate and squash dissent as they increase the violence and start targeting anyone who opposes the Fuhrer.
Yes
or the right amount of criminal
Hedley Lamarr: Qualifications?
Applicant: Rape, murder, arson, and rape.
Hedley Lamarr: You said rape twice.
Applicant: I like rape.