Southern California. San Bernardino to be exact. Sorry to say, but this is the worst place I've ever lived in my life.
Lynette @ Jul 6, 2017 6:53:23 AM
Hawaii
Are you still in Hawaii? I lived on Maui and Molokai for 30 years.
This is one of the better sites. I appreciate that you don't end up with a mailbox full of notices from MSP's and schedulers about the same shop repeatedly. Or ones that are completely irrelevant to you. I hope you like it, stick around and make some money.
I'm new to secret shopping. I started on some of the apps. like MSurvey and Field Agent. I know that Cirrus 360 is not an MSP with iSS. But I would like to hear your experience with this MSP. I completed 3 shops for them last October and have yet, as of today (01-22-19) been paid. Below is their payment policy schedule that I ✂ pasted directly from their site.
If you completed your shop during this month...Payment processing begins month end (hits PayPal usually 3-5 after month end):
January. April
February. May
March. June
April. July
May. August
June. September
July. October
August. November
September. December
October. January
November. February
December. March
Which is basically stating that I shouldn't expect payment until the 3-5 of February. Holy guacamole!!! 3 months later!!!! I have submitted an invoice, per the payment policy every month end. It just makes me a bit suspicious and questions why it takes this company soooo long to pay.
Have any of you had a problem with the payments from Cirrus 360? Are they a good MSP to contract with? Chime in.
Mahalo
Welcome! I'm in San Bernardino. And I'm fairly new to this as well. We can learn the ins and outs together
Bryan_15602842879494 @ Jun 19, 2019 3:42:32 PM
Hey all,
I've been doing some dining shops for 360 and my practice is usually to tip on the total after tax. I'm curious if anyone tips on the pre-tax total at 20% to meet the requirements. Is this acceptable for 360? Looking forward to the responses. TIA!
I tip on the total of the entire bill, including the tax. I know this may sound stupid, to be tipping on a tax. But I look at it this way......I was a food and beverage server for over 25 years on Maui. A 20% tip on a check is nice, and appropriate. But to throw in a few extra cents or dolllars by factoring in the tax, can make a difference to a server who is just trying to put food on the table. Just like I was. A F&B servers generally don't even get a paycheck because they are paid a lower wage, lower than minimum wage. This is because most state and the federal governments are under the assumption that the customers will make up the difference in pay with a gratuity. BUT the servers meger wage is eaten up by taxes, state and federal income taxes, medicare, SSI, TDI, unemployment. Your taxes are based on your earnings. Your earnings will be your hourly wage and your allocated income. This is a percentage of your food and bev. sales during the pay period that the government ASSUMES you are receiving in gratuities from your guests. Which is not always the case. I had my fair share of being "stiffed" during my decades working the diningrooms. Some people would tell me that they don't tip because they're Canadian (true story) or because they can't afford to tip. My children were raised with the understanding that "If you can't afford to tip, don't eat out. Go to the grocery store and buy food". Short story long.......go ahead.....pay it forward, throw in the few extra sheckels. I honestly don't see 360 is going to deny your shop because you did. They just aren't going to reimburse you for it. Consider it your contribution to making someone elses day a little brighter.
OK. I'm off my soap box........Aloha