Beware crooked Mercer!

OK I’ll answer that question. I asked Mercer that exact question in a set of interrogatories I sent them in the civil suit we are engaged in right now. Mercer’s response was that “we had a disagreement”. The disagreement was that on February 5th I contacted payroll and inquired about some loads in which I was paid less than 75% of what Mercer was paid for the load. The next day on February 6th I was contacted by the operations manager at Mercer and told that my services were no longer needed. These are not my words, these are the exact words Mercer used in the court filings. They fired me because I asked to see proof that they were paying me my 75%. It turns out they are not paying 75%. They are screwing over many contractors. It’s in their business model. It’s the only way they can stay in business. And I got them to admit it in court on the record. They also admitted to the court that many of their loads are oral agreements only. So they have no contract in which they can prove how much they were supposed to be paid. Mercer actually told the court this. Mercer told the court this because the court had ordered them to turn over copies of all contracts for all loads I hauled while at Mercer so I could verify I was paid the correct amount. As if anyone is stupid enough to believe that a load is hauled across the interstate highways based on an oral agreement. But they actually told this to the judge. The judge didn’t buy it either. So if any other current Mercer contractors are reading this if you want to stay at Mercer be careful what questions you ask. If you want to stay at Mercer you also can’t really care if you’re getting your 75% or not. Just suck it up and accept it.

 

What the hell did I just read?