Mercury Through The Years...

**FUJIMO** · 05-31-2021, 09:55 PM

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**FUJIMO** · 06-01-2021, 02:42 PM

**bernie** · 06-02-2021, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

This ad didn't go over very well at the test site - none of these guys in the photo were drivers - hired models.

**WaterZebra** · 06-02-2021, 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by bernie

This ad didn't go over very well at the test site - none of these guys in the photo were drivers - hired models.

I thought these guys had the very best job on the planet. I would have happily signed on at $1.65 an hour to play on the water all day. LOL So I guess the women in the Merc ads and catalogs were not staffers?

**Watermark** · 06-02-2021, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by bernie

This ad didn't go over very well at the test site - none of these guys in the photo were drivers - hired models.

When a carpet doesn't match the drapes, so to speak, credibility is lost. Had the actual test drivers been featured, the company's "internal" stock would have risen immensely. That ad could have been an opportunity for the company to show the world how much they appreciate and respect their employee's efforts - Real people doing demanding jobs. Those in the know understand how mentally taxing and physically challenging a tester's role truly is... and the toll it takes on one's body.

WaterZebra, as a teen who loved boating, I too dreamed of becoming a Mercury test driver... then I visited their test salt water test facility and learned first-hand what these people do all day - both off and on the water. It's all work and NO play - in every type of water and weather condition - dawn to dusk. I'm sure the job has its rewards, but they are definitely earned.

**FUJIMO** · 06-02-2021, 04:28 PM

...fortunately there's proud mercury employee's, that kinda stuff does not affect...and understand the marketing aspect of business...thanks to people like jeff bergen, technical writer at mercury marine... https://youtu.be/3IYjYxH1C98 ...

**FUJIMO** · 06-02-2021, 04:36 PM

...mercury wireless smartcraft...

**FUJIMO** · 06-02-2021, 04:44 PM

**JFL** · 06-03-2021, 07:10 AM

I was a performance test driver for most of my 48 years there.

**FUJIMO** · 06-03-2021, 12:21 PM

**bernie** · 06-03-2021, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

...fortunately there's proud mercury employee's, that kinda stuff does not affect...and understand the marketing aspect of business...thanks to people like jeff bergen, technical writer at mercury marine... https://youtu.be/3IYjYxH1C98 ...

He makes his old man extremely proud, he is writing for the High Performance Products group now. He says they basically did that video in one take -