Recruiter Lies

Paschall Trucking in Murray, KY. I am a single mother who recently (last year) with the Good Lords help found a way to break the chains of poverty by getting a grant to complete an 8 week CDL school at a Technical College. I was hired right away after graduation by an OTR company running to the west coast delivering carpet and returning with produce. I worked a full six months with this company and gave 100% to my job and was so happy to be able to provide for my child. The down side was the time away from home. At six months I began searching for a SE regional or dedicated job. The Paschall recruiter promised iIN WRITING that they had a SE regional account that would fit my needs. They actually paid for a rental car instead of the usual bus ticket for me to come to orientation. I completel most of the first day of orientation but kept noticing OTR on my paperwork. I asked the staff and was told to call my recruiter to confirm, which I did. Still lied to me. Passed the drug test, did all paperwork, came time for the road test and during final discussions was told that no, I was being hired for an OTR position. After the road test I would pick out a tractior then was to hang out in their “lodge” until they found a load to deliver close enough to my home where I could go by the house and pack for 4 to 6 weeks on the road. One week home time maybe after that. Went to talk to the suits in the office they told me the SE regional jobs don’t exist. They were “very sorry, those darn recruiters are such liars” but since I was there did I want the OTR job? Then they really put the pressure on: “Do you want this or not. Tell us now because I have to book this BUS TICKET back to Georgia before it is gone.” I asked for a night in the lodge to think about it but no, within 30 minutes I had my things packed up and was on the PTL shuttle to the Greyhound terminal in the slums of Nashville for a 4-1/2 hour wait, plus 2 hours because the bus was late. I smelled alcohol on the bus driver and we had to cross Monteagle on the way home at night. Very scary. So here I sit at home, broke, job hunting, etc. I can go back to my former OTR company; I left on good terms, but it is still West Coast and school will be on summer break soon. I need to be close to home. PTL”s recruiters are PTL employees who probably have a quota to meet and probably highly pressured so they pretty much have to lie to get recruits. I have heard worse horror stories about them since and wanted to post this to maybe help someone else. Also I was told later if you piss them off they falsify the reason for leaving orientation on your DAC such as failed road or drug test. BEWARE