Watkins & Shepard Trucking, Inc. - Missoula, Mt.

based on this post of yours, I'd have to agree with what the recruiter is saying. If you had made arrangements for them to pay for your schooling in exchange for you working for the company for a period of time, you should have kept your end of the bargain up. The fact that you changed your mind does show a lack of integrity, or at the very least a lack of planning and researching on your part. If you failed to research the industry or the company, that's your own fault, not theirs. Sorry if this sounds harsh, but I can't just jump on your side here with the information you've provided.

 

yes, but you only posted one side. And actually there's three sides...what person A says happened, what person B says happened and what actually happened.

 

So what is your side? From what you posted it sounds like you backed out on your end of an agreement.

 

I agree with you, Scarecrow.

And certainly, smd, there are two sides.. always two sides. Whats yours (?) cause thus far, from reading your own hand, it looks like you are going to be in for a rude awakening somewhere down the line.

 

It's not easy to make out exactly what happened, because the initial post is kind of devoid of details, and I kind of feel like we all just walked into the middle of a movie, rather than watching from the start.

Did you get called up for reserve duty with the military, and that is what prevented you from fulfilling the obligation you made to your new employer?

If that is so, did you inform them that you were in the reserves and liable for possible call up?

Did you evade calls and avoid talking to people from Watkins& Shephard as they are saying, and if so, why didn't you make contact with the people there to whom you had apparently made a commitment.

What does FEd Ex have to do with the story? Did you take a job there instead after some other company paid your tuition?

Answering these might help the people here look a little bit more kindly on your situation. As it stands right now, from the info I see above, it looks like you made a commitment and then bailed out on it at the first opportunity. In my mind that doesn't make you a good candidate for hire as a truckdriver, though it might get you a chance to coach in the NFL!