Complaint / Review
Process Technical Services PTS
1300 Mile Rip Off, The company hired me for contract work without having the deal signed

Hello Folks,
I am very professional and trustworthy person. I called PTS looking for employment in April of this year. I was informed by this company that they had an assignment coming up in Omaha Nebraska for an instrument technician. He in told me that he not sure of the scope, but I would either be working 6-10's or 5-12's which sounded great to me. Now I am not trying to sound better than anyone else, however I know that I have a very impressive resume and the skills to match. I have been in my craft coming up on 20 years now and have worked in house with some big name Corporations.

Before I started out to Omaha I saw something in the contract that I did not like, it was in section 2.2.2 of their contract and it states that if the employee (me) were to get fired or quit that the employee will loose the travel expense incurred traveling to the job. I called them at that point and explained that I heard of not paying travel back but not deducting travel to the assignment from the employee's last paycheck. Ben promised me that rarely happens and that in case maybe someone lied about their resume yada, yada, yada.

Well I took his word for this since he kept telling me that their company doesn't like to burn any bridges with people. I arrive in Omaha at the Cargil/Unicco site and met with Unnico's site manager, and everything seemed to be on the up and up. Well we had three days of safety training to complete and the first day the Cargill Representative spoke to our five guy's that were on site and explained that he did not have work for all of us. I emailed Ben that first night and told him that I thought that this was a breach of contract. He told me that everything would be just fine return to work the next day in which I did.

The second day was quiet, we completed the days training and returned back to our hotel. This was supposed to be a six month assignment so the five of us went and put deposits down on two condos. The third day that we were in training the Cargil representative came to our group before lunch and said that we still do not have work for all of you.

So when we were at lunch I called Ben and he said "Go back to the job and ask the Cargil representative what he is looking for" he also said" Paul I need you to be my eyes and ears on this one."

I returned to work and politely asked for someone to call the Cargil man on the radio. He came in and I asked him if we could speak privately. We found an office, I did not want to miss speak when I relayed the information back to Ben, so I asked the rep could he e-mail to me what was discussed before lunch so that Ben could have a better handle on what the situation was. Then a strange question came out of the reps mouth. "How long do I have to get this done." I was shocked by the question and explained to him that I was just wanted to get the facts straight for my company (at the time anyway).

Nothing else was said that day, I returned to my last class that I was to take. I called Ben after work and left him a message of what had transpired. About thirty minutes after work I receive a phone call from the office. The man identified himself as being owner of the company. He explained to me that the client had requested to release me from the site and pack up my things and go home. I explained to him that I treated the client with the up most respect and only did what Ben asked me to do. He said the client released me for being too vocal and to demanding and that there was nothing that he could do for me.

Ben then would not return my phone calls for the next several days. When he finally answered assured me that everything would be just fine they are a global company with several jobs on the board. He said that the relationship just did not fit with myself and Cargil/Unnico, and he knew that I conducted my self very professionally. He also said not to worry that he was going to place me on anther assignment. He also said that he did not know what I was going to reimbursed for my travel, my three days on the job, my condo deposit, and my travel back home.

It took several phone calls and some reminding e-mails to finally get a check from PTS about six weeks later. And when the check came it was a whopping $700. And again that was for 2600 miles round trip, condo, hotel stay, and three days on the job.

I feel like I have been taking advantage of, and I am owed I lot more than what I received. I feel being to vocal is not even an attempt for a reason to fire someone that is a citizen of the United States. I have never written about a company this way. However, if other people used this website to expose injustices done to them, then someone might hold these companies liable for their actions.

P.S. It is two months later and I have yet to receive a phone call from PTS the large global company to go to work. Imagine That!!!