Werner and my past employment

Yeah....write the letter and find out. Seems like a no brainer to me.

 

I don't understand how Werner would have knowledge of that accusation. Were you arrested for this? Is it on your criminal record? If not, why would you include that store on your application to Werner?

 

It might not have been your past employment record, or anything to do with your past. It might be something as simple as where you live, or the availability of trucks, or lack of frieght to get you home, or any of a hundred other reasons. Bear in mind that carriers today get hundreds, if not thousands of applications for every available seat. Maybe you were good, but somebody was a bit better. I'd definitely get the reason for no hire in writing, and keep it in your records, though. Just because ya never know.

 

I'm guessing it's just on his work record. Having been fired isn't a good thing, especially in this economy.

I suppose you could just leave the store off your work history on the application, but then that would leave you with an empty period. Depending on how long he worked there, that could be a problem.

In any case, if you purposely left something like that off your application, then you could get caught in a lie, potentially, and then they'll hit up your DAC report. Not a good plan.

It's best to be honest about these sorts of things, if not necessarily forthcoming.

 

What matters is what that former employer is saying about you. Theft is a deal stopper in our industry, and if they are still saying that you stole something that would be the problem. I'd suggest that you do the snail mail thing with Werner just to find out why they rejected you. If its because of this former employer, you need to contact an employment attorney.