Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

JohnBoy/Tim, hope you rested well last night and today is much better! Safe travels.

 

I have to say... I just called and spoke to Michael (recruiting) and the call lasted all of about 30 secs. Very Disappointed.

Something like this...
Me: Hi may I speak to a recruiter
Him: This is Michael please hold, click.
Him: Ok how may I help you.
Me: Hi I just had a few questions and was hoping you could help me..We live just north of Tampa...
Him: Interrupts me, Ma'am are you a qualified driver?
Me: Not yet, im attending school but my Husband is qualified.
Him: Well who is this call for?
Me: Both of us really.
Him: Well are you a team?
Me: That's the plan but first I had a couple of questions.
Him: Well he cant train you unless he is a exsisting employee.
Me: Ok never mind then.
Him: Ok bye

First off please give me a chance to speak. Second I thought a recruiters job entailed making me feel welcome and helping me decide on my best course of action. I guess it did in a way considering the feeling I got from him made me mark them right off the list. At least all the big horrible companies acted like they wanted to speak to me "a female", and that I wasn't wasting their time. Sorry for calling.

 

Well I can tell you Michael is straight forward and honest as recruiters should be. Would you rather him paint you a fairytale? Although Michael and I couldn't come to an agreement on it being the right fit for me, his honesty was appreciated.

 

Glad he was able to help you and common courtesy is far from painting a fairy tale. Thanks for the response.

 

I drove for Abilene, and I gave a friend of mine that runs team Abilene's number because they were looking for a change. They got the same rude and abrupt treatment from Michael. He called me back and said if his dealings with Michael were any indication of how Abilene operates that phone call ran him off. I thought a job of a recruiter was to bring qualified drivers in, not run them off.

 

Well I almost called Sally to tell her about my friends experience, but decided why bother. It left a sour taste in my friends mouth and he said he wasn't interested after that interaction. I know he and his co driver easily qualify, no chargeable accidents and only 1 ticket between them in the last 3 years. They have been driving for Fed Ex ground for the last few years. I can't place Michael, maybe he arrived after I left.