And policy states that hiring mgr must contact employee's mgr to inform him he has received a signed offer letter. If transaction wasn't completed, according to hiring mgr it was up to my mgr whether he allowed me to apply for other jobs, not set in stone like you say. Said mgr was asked to ask HR whether I could withdraw from job and said he was told I could up to reporting day. Said there may be a penalty involved. Didn't know what penalty was although just discussed with HR and knew about penalty. Was HR not clear about process? Mgr could let me apply, knew why I was applying, chose to stand behind policy and say no dice. Fine by you, mgr was correct and you know for a fact that he has always been correct. There, I said it for you. No, nothing funny going on here. You quoted FedEx2000 but even he said mgr not knowing what penalty was was crap. And you don't think I should even ask for an exception to be made even though process was never completed according to policy. And that I should be aware of any applicable policies when applying but make allowances for mgr "not knowing" even though as a hiring mgr he should know applicable policies. Not necessarily you say but a courier should, even though mgrs deal with hiring all the time but couriers don't transfer often if at all. Doesn't matter, if surprise to courier too bad. We must follow policy. And as I've pointed out from my own experience many mgrs don't follow policy but do anything they can get away with and company sweeps under carpet. And if you dare say geez, I've worked extremely hard for you for 20+ years, for once can you make an exception? Nope, and we'll ridicule your service with snide remarks. How dare you think you should get anything for doing right by us, even while getting screwed. We have the power, and if you keep whining we'll set our old courier attack dog, Astro, er, Quadro on you. Yeah, I know, he's really a mgr wannabe, that's why we like him so much. You can learn a thing or two from that fellow. Bleeds purple and orange, and that's rare these days. FedEx Cares!