I also went through an episode with Bartlett, similar. I am a former House tech, a former Numanco tech prior to that. In December last year, I confirmed for Hatch through Bartlett. I also stated I would like to go to Farley, and then Browns Ferry. Middle of January, I was lied to by a Very familiar recruiter from Bartlett that my release date did not match my report date to Farley. I discussed the situation, and decided that Sequoyah and Browns Ferry would be best. Up until Feb 1, I had no confirmation on work after Hatch, nor did Bartlett move on my wishes. When I called to let them know I accepted work else where with their competitor, instead of reporting to Hatch, they had work for me else where, but still not for Sequoyah, nor Brownsferry.
Bartlett has a habit for making sure theirs are taken care of first. If you are not Bartlett Blue through and through, don't depend on them. This season, will tell their true colors. Not able to staff and potential to lose a nice gig. Eric, you used to take care of me, but I do believe you have lost contact with what your recruiters are actually doing to people. There was no reason for what SCOTT went through, and there is no reason for what I went through!! Your recruiters are doing the staffing, not you. Get in touch with what is actually happening with your company. Joe
Hey Joe - Since ya called me out i gotta put in my 2 cents worth.
Yes you were hired for Hatch.
Yes we were trying to do the Farley gig after
Yes we were having difficulties trying to transfer everyone over to Farley
Yes it all worked out in the end, had you the patience to let us do our jobs
Yes you were submitted for the TVA sites and NO the recruiter you were dealing with did not drop the ball. You were submitted and he pushed and pulled to try and get an answer but to no avail, the sites were not interested in you.
You were offered other jobs and you were not interested in them
You waited until the week prior to start date and bagged Hatch giving us little or no time to replace you
Yes we reiterated we had work elsewhere and no it wasn't at TVA because as I stated earlier they didn't want you
Yes you still bailed on Hatch after sucking that slot up for several weeks thus blocking someone else out of an early slot somewhere
Yes I, we, will take care of what you call the "Bartlett Blue" and had you kept your word and gone to Hatch we would have taken care of you too
I do have a question for you...you made this statement... "Bartlett has a habit for making sure theirs are taken care of first" - isn't that only good business you take care of those that take care of you? Maybe I'm missing something, maybe we should be taking care of all the people that bagged us on jobs, backed out last minute, no showed, or tested positive prior to taking care of those that honored their commitments, helped us out and did a good job. We try to take care of everyone that works for us and does a good job, sometimes we can help everyone, sometimes we can't...but we do try...its our job.
One more thing and I'm sure you'll get some karma added to you by those that think this is blow to that damned "company" - not only did you back out the week prior to start after holding that slot so no one else could get an early job but you jumped on with our competitor at one of the sites we service to try and back us up - nothing like rubbing salt in the wound -
What kills me is that you have the audacity to yip and yammer, about people that bust thier _ _ _ just as much as anyone, and somehow blame them to justify your actions...sad.
so to reply to your final statement I am quite in touch with what is going on with my recruiters and the company. I hold them accountable when they screw up, I let them go if it continues -
one last question before I end this rant - Do you know the difference between a recruiter and a tech? If I fire a recruiter or a recruiter quits I never have to deal with them again...
Its been fun
Eric