So we were needing a new employee at our machine shop. I interviewed maybe 10 people and got it finalized down to 2 guys. One was a new machinist with a bit of machining and setup experience. The other was a 10 year Marine Veteran with 2 tours under his belt, but no machining experience.
While he had no experience, he was very enthusiastic about becoming a machinist long term, plus he was an armed forces veteran, so we hired him.
Everything went great. He was showing up to work 15 mins early every day, learning constantly and telling us about how excited he is to have finally gotten a chance to work in a machine shop.
Later that week things started to seem odd. He said he was in presidential protection detail for a year. Told us he had 19 confirmed kills. Told us he had been blown up by an ied and spent 3 months in a coma. Told us he was in the unit that was filmed urinating on the dead insurgents. Story after extravagant story.
Yesterday he called us at 530 am, 30 mins before we start work. Left us a voicemail telling us he had gotten into a car accident at a particular intersection and was sitting there and waiting for a tow truck.
I guess what he didn't know is that about 5 mins after he left that message, I was driving past said intersection. No sign of an accident, no tow truck, no police, etc. After I got the voicemail, just out of curiosity I went back there, thinking maybe I missed something. Nope. No indication that any type of accident had occurred, especially that early in the morning when it's rare to even see another car and definitely nothing serious enough to warrant a towed vehicle.
I called him several times throughout the day and left a voicemail telling him to get back to us, but never heard back. He didn't show up again this morning and didn't answer his phone, so I left a voicemail and told him he was no longer with us. He worked here for a total of 10 days.
Oh well. Plenty of other guys are ready to fill the position.
While he had no experience, he was very enthusiastic about becoming a machinist long term, plus he was an armed forces veteran, so we hired him.
Everything went great. He was showing up to work 15 mins early every day, learning constantly and telling us about how excited he is to have finally gotten a chance to work in a machine shop.
Later that week things started to seem odd. He said he was in presidential protection detail for a year. Told us he had 19 confirmed kills. Told us he had been blown up by an ied and spent 3 months in a coma. Told us he was in the unit that was filmed urinating on the dead insurgents. Story after extravagant story.
Yesterday he called us at 530 am, 30 mins before we start work. Left us a voicemail telling us he had gotten into a car accident at a particular intersection and was sitting there and waiting for a tow truck.
I guess what he didn't know is that about 5 mins after he left that message, I was driving past said intersection. No sign of an accident, no tow truck, no police, etc. After I got the voicemail, just out of curiosity I went back there, thinking maybe I missed something. Nope. No indication that any type of accident had occurred, especially that early in the morning when it's rare to even see another car and definitely nothing serious enough to warrant a towed vehicle.
I called him several times throughout the day and left a voicemail telling him to get back to us, but never heard back. He didn't show up again this morning and didn't answer his phone, so I left a voicemail and told him he was no longer with us. He worked here for a total of 10 days.
Oh well. Plenty of other guys are ready to fill the position.
). When I start hiring vets I'll be verifying MOS/ AFSC / rates and references. 
