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The Weekly Contractor Survey is a short check-in to keep your availability up to date and informs workload allocation. It also includes optional feedback about your project experience to help Mercor’s internal team continuously improve

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What to Expect

Weekly Cadence

Distributed weekly on Wednesdays through electronic mail and designated as an Important Task on your dashboard.

Survey Contents

Kindly share your forthcoming availability along with your preferred time commitment and optional project feedback

Takes Under 1 Minute

All questions are straightforward to answer, Availability questions are mandatory while Project Feedback is optional.

Sunday Deadline

Submission is requested by Sunday. Responses received after the deadline will still update your profile.

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Survey Breakdown

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Out-of-Office Plans

  • Please indicate whether you will be absent for all or part of the upcoming week.

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Preferred Time Commitment

  • Please specify the number of hours you would ideally prefer to work.

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Follow-up Questions

  • If there is a substantial deviation in this week’s input compared to the hours recorded last week, please provide a brief explanation to facilitate the project’s planning process.

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Project Feedback Questions

  • Responses to these questions are used to refine our internal project management and will never negatively impact your current engagements or your future engagement opportunities
Late submissions will still be considered. Your profile will be updated accordingly, and the “outdated” flag will be removed — there is no need to contact support.

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How Your Responses Are Used

Auto-Sync to Profile

Preferred hours and availability synchronize with your profile in real-time.

Project Planning

Project managers utilize your inputs to plan project timelines.

Request More Work

If you increase your availability, we will strive to assign you a larger number of hours.

Planning Your Schedule

Indicate unavailable timeframes; your profile calendar will be updated accordingly.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Given that your availability may fluctuate on a weekly basis, regular weekly updates help managers align your current capacity with ongoing projects.
Your availability will be marked as ‘Outdated’, and as a result, you might be temporarily deprioritized in work assignments or auto-matching processes.
All active contractors are automatically provided with the survey each Wednesday.
Please navigate to your Profile tab and update your availability. These changes will synchronize automatically. This action will additionally remove the ‘Outdated’ flag on your availability.
Only positively. Clear, timely updates help us align with your capacity. You will not be penalized unless surveys are consistently missed.

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Next Steps

Complete the Weekly Survey

Please be advised to monitor the survey regularly, on your dashboard each Wednesday and via email.

Update Your Profile

Please verify that your availability and preferred hours are accurate each week.