Smith Transportation. not a integrity based hiring practicer.

Recently I was in the final hiring phase with Smith Transportation .
I had collected unemployment from a previous employer not related to the trucking industry and was asked why I had left that company.
Obviously to collect Unemployment in PA one has to be fired first and the Unemployment compensation board has to check with that employer to make sure you were operating within company guidelines.
I was in fact operating in company guidelines and was granted my compensation.
Now this part of the interview is meant to test a persons integrity and I for every intent was being honest with the recruiter who was in earnest trying to help me achieve my goal of working there.
The reason I was fired from a previous company from which I collected unemployment was because of the egg on their faces they got for starting an investigation on me for dubious charges.
( We have all worked with someone who plays the system and is lazy , but will throw you under the bus or try to falsely implicate you into some fireable offence , just because you are working correctly and may bring light to their lazy ways)
Well the charges I was brought up on were found to be not true and I was released because the company was embarrased and didnt know how to face me on a daily basis. They agreed to pay my unemployment wages.
Now.. Here I was trying to be honest with my recruiter and he was really harping on information about my unemployment reasons. ( oh we need that information, oh we need that information...)
So, as I was getting the previous company to fax over my employee records , the recruiter decided he was going to expedite my hiring process and take my case to the top brass.
NOTE HE TOOK IT TO THE TOP.( Thats the owner and management teams.)
They took one look at the reason and denied my employment immediately without further question.
The recruiter called me and told me of their decision.
I told him I guess integrity doesnt count much at Smith Transport. He said Hes sorry but when he trys to get them to listen he gets in trouble.
In the end the moral of this story is this. Lie, cheat and decieve to get your job with Smith Transportation,PA.
And remember as my recruiter said he gets in trouble for presenting viable cases to the higher ups.
That says to me that they dont want to hear you as an employee.
Commitment to Excellence? I dont think so, as I have a clean record and am building on my half million mile goal No problems on my CSA or DAQ report.
but Smith Transportation , Like CR England, Knight, Schneider, JB Hunt, all are out for only one thing... their own pocket..
It is fact they tout all about drivers but that is a huge lie. If you dont believe me the above mentioned are most of the CEOs of the ATA. The very people who are destroying the trucking industry and attempting to regulate it so much so that they can soon control the pay across the board that all truckers recieve. Once this happens the trucker will be recieving minimum wage pay then taxed on it. about 5.65 per hr. is their goal while the excess for years to follow flows straight into their personal bank accounts.