mercer transportation

No owner-operator company can compete head to head with an all company truck company, or a lease purchase company. The o/o's need too much money to stay afloat, and the company needs their cut, which means higher rates charged.

Then there's always the possibility there is a new Mercer brokerage company taking a bite out before Mercer Transportation gets the load.

I was leased to a company back in the early 80's that had killer paying freight. There was no need to look too hard in the NE for a return load, just dead head home and get another one, the rates were that good.

Next thing I knew the rates were about 30-40% lower. They had opened up a brokerage in the building next door and all the loads were going through them first.

 

Where I just picked up Was another Mercer flatbedder he's been here over 5 years and he suspects something is up as well... He's looking at leaving now too.

 

I've met a few former Mercer guys that had been here for many years. I know I'm definitely working on an exit.

 

From being the premier flatbed company in the country. To being just another name on the door.

That's a long way to fall. Sorry guys, to bad you weren't around when they were at the top. It was an unbelievable company to be leased to.

 

It is a shame....another great co down the drain...

 

A friend of mine just put in his 2 wk notice too...people are bailing.

 

There is a life after Mercer!

 

It doesn't matter how many people bail here. For every 1 that bails they have 20 beating down the door to get in. They have orientation not once but TWICE a week... Do you think they really care? They dont...


It's a revolving door here. Cant keep customers or drivers....

The cycle continues

 

Exactly. That's the driver shortage in effect.

They're basically acting just like a mega. A revolving door of cheap drivers and cheap freight.

 

Which is a sad state of affairs... there's no reason why they had to go this direction other than greed by some folks....I've heard they got desperate last year during the freight blitz and decided to just hire anyone..which was stupid since they operate a brokerage firm too..what we couldn't haul they could've brokered it out..smh