Mercer Transportation left hundreds of us drivers stranded.

I've dropped it for now. I should be getting a new cordinator next week.

This biggest deal they had against me is that I'm not a company cheerleader, I do not go Rah Rah, I don't look good in Pom Poms, nor do I bleed Mercer blue.

I am with Mercer. I am not going to deny their actions or defend them. But this has been mentioned many many many times on this forum. If people search & research this forum think they should, they will find the information they need to make a educated decision.

 

I guess they will have to live with it.

You are your own boss not them.

One of the reasons I rarely mention where I am leased to and so on.

 

I remember that...It was when Mercer "purged" a bunch of whiners and lazy drivers that didn't want to run or had crappy equipment or were otherwise a burden to the company.

I was sittin' next to a guy that got his lease terminated while sitting in Salt Lake City...His truck and trailer looked like candidates for the junk yard and the driver didn't look much better!

That was Mercers way of takin' out the trash!

It wasn't pretty but it worked.

 

that is exactly the case. Plus, freight in early 2008 was at the lowest levels it has ever been. Why have trucks if you don't have the freight?

 

What better time to get rid of the dead weight then when freight levels are down?
Every driver that I've met that was let go at that time seems to be one of "those" drivers...

 

There isn't anything OOIDA could do about a private company making financial based decisions.

Why after 3 years do you bring this up? Are you still holding a grudge?

I know of at least 2 O/O's that I know personally who had their leases cut. They were called back to Mercer earlier this year.

 

Here is the original post on this subject. Plus, it was in 2009 not 2008


http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...ws/72487-mercer-cuts-200-leased-truckers.html