How Would You Handle This?

I’ve had my cdl for just over 2 years and I’ve been with one company the whole time. It’s a local gig and paid hourly. I recently received a job offer from another company doing basically the same thing but with a couple dollar raise per hour. I end up accepting the job and all seems well. After my first week, my manager calls and tells me he wants a few of us to “cross train” and basically they have over hired and they want a few of us to fill in where ever is needed. This other account pays substantially less and isn’t hourly. I signed an acceptance letter that clearly stated what account I’m working on with hours and pay listed. It sure feels like a classic bait and switch situation. How do you guys think I should handle this? Thanks

I also just noticed they are still hiring for the site that they supposedly over hired for or at least it’s still up on their website.

Can you go back to your previous job?

Yes, I think that’s a option

Ouch!!

I don’t know I would call it a bait/switch move but definetly someone dropped the ball somewhere.

I’m not an attorney and labor law is not my background but you call it an acceptance letter and not a contract. My guess is you may not have an enforceable case against them.

I guess you either work with them and have a job there or you go elsewhere. I would speak with the boss and explain how you were hired in with certain expecations of a pay rate you both agreed to and let him/her know you want this to work and your willing to fill in with other dept’s and/or duties but at the hourly rate you both agreed to when you were hired. Maybe a discussion along those lines will get you to a place you can agree.

As far as the posting still be up, that could be someone didn’t tell someone to take it down. I wouldn’t take to much time on that.

Brandon,

I had a similar situation when I applied to a mid west company a few years ago. I had applied and accepted a mid East coast USA regional position but things changed upon arriving for orientation.

They forgot to pick up 4 of us recruits at the airport, after 3 hours someone arrived and took us to breakfast. At their terminal we were given a tour along with a meet & greet and the bottom fell out.

I was told that my mid Atlantic regional was now a mid west regional. Also told that they are a manual trans. but it was going to be auto trans now. It was also supposed to be paper logs but nope elogs. And finally the trucks assigned would not receive a new mattress so sleep on an used one that someone else had been on.

This might have been OK with some drivers but after all the lies I felt that I wasn't going to accept anymore of their lies so I booked a flight home and found a better job a week later.

I hope that you can get your old job back and good luck to you.

I agree. I didn’t plan to take any legal action. I’m just wondering if this should be a red flag. After reading some reviews of this company, I’m not the only one reporting a bait and switch situation.

Ouch!!

I don’t know I would call it a bait/switch move but definetly someone dropped the ball somewhere.

I’m not an attorney and labor law is not my background but you call it an acceptance letter and not a contract. My guess is you may not have an enforceable case against them.

I guess you either work with them and have a job there or you go elsewhere. I would speak with the boss and explain how you were hired in with certain expecations of a pay rate you both agreed to and let him/her know you want this to work and your willing to fill in with other dept’s and/or duties but at the hourly rate you both agreed to when you were hired. Maybe a discussion along those lines will get you to a place you can agree.

As far as the posting still be up, that could be someone didn’t tell someone to take it down. I wouldn’t take to much time on that.

Thank you

Brandon,

I had a similar situation when I applied to a mid west company a few years ago. I had applied and accepted a mid East coast USA regional position but things changed upon arriving for orientation.

They forgot to pick up 4 of us recruits at the airport, after 3 hours someone arrived and took us to breakfast. At their terminal we were given a tour along with a meet & greet and the bottom fell out.

I was told that my mid Atlantic regional was now a mid west regional. Also told that they are a manual trans. but it was going to be auto trans now. It was also supposed to be paper logs but nope elogs. And finally the trucks assigned would not receive a new mattress so sleep on an used one that someone else had been on.

This might have been OK with some drivers but after all the lies I felt that I wasn't going to accept anymore of their lies so I booked a flight home and found a better job a week later.

I hope that you can get your old job back and good luck to you.

Come to find out, a temporary worker has been covering my shifts while I’ve been training on this other account. So the reasoning that they over hired for this account isn’t making a lot of sense.

There seems to be enough warning signs about the new company to cause you to reconsider. The old job is looking better and better, right?