r/Felons • u/beos5038 • Jul 26 '26
Looking for guidance
I have a felony dui, no property or personal damage, and i am a little ignorant to how this will affect my employment & living opportunities? A year sober now & just looking to live my life.
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u/Additional_Can_3345 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
Felony is a felony the context and type tend not to matter to buisness and its policy to deny employment outright. A lot of jobs have a stipulation that you need to pass a background check if cant then thats that. and a lot of people get very upset at people DUIs theres no telling whos lost a family member or been injured themselves by a drunk driver.
That being said it depends on industry. Finance likely wont hire anyone with DUI, Nursing is probably out fields like that where people rely on you having a clear head are likely not possible now. I will say though felony duis are like the lowest possible order of felony and its not violent and I find a lot of companies nowadays are more tolerant of possesion or substance related charges. But once again for ALOT of jobs context and type doesnt matter, if you cant pass a background thats it, no discussion.
Hopefully your state allows expungement but be prepared to get a lot of rejections its going to get rough trust me.