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I'm new to the forum as of today. My son was in the DEP program and was scheduled to go to boot camp June 2011. Got a call last week that there was spot open if he wanted to go this week. Told them a big YES as he is unemployed and ready to go. Was told he needed to be at recruiting office today to sign some papers and be ready to leave. Got a call from the recruiter this morning saying that they had given his place to someone else. What? You've got to be kidding me. He gave notice at his apartment, gave away most of his possessions and was ready to leave. Went to talk to the recruiter and they said nothing could be done about it now, it has already been done.
Has this happened to anyone else? Any advice? Is there a number to call to complain and report what has happened because this just isn't right.
Thanks
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Permalink Reply by lorletta (ship 12 div 92) on
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Yes, he had put in an official request, that's why they called and offered it to him. We are just stunned and devastated. I'll check out these websites and see what I can find. Do you know if they can switch to another recruiting office? I don't ever want to see these people again! Thanks for your reply.
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Permalink Reply by Joanie Tyler's Mom(133 Bees) on
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I have heard of this before on this site....the job is up for grabs....one recruiter calls his recruit to offer it to him and another recruiter offers it to another recruit...whichever recruit gets to MEPS first gets the job...the recruiters have no control on jobs being available at MEPS....they can only call the recruits, take them to MEPS and hope the job is still there when they arrive. There are bad recruiters, but no all recruiters are bad.
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I understand now, that that's how it works but......we were both told that he "got it" and to get ready to go. And, they KNEW on Wed. last week that he didn't get it but didn't tell us until today even though I called numerous times and got no response. They screwed up big time. If they'd just let us know as soon as they did, it would be a different situation.
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