Positive/accepted shops raise your score, failed shops lower your score. If you do a few shops you'll be up in the positives... just take ones you know you can do that are quick and easy like some of the gas station ones where you need a photo of the front of the store and a photo of your receipt.
Odd question maybe, but why does your signature say Cindy and your user name say Margaret? Just curious...
If you can self assign, it's instantly in your assigned shops. If you can't self assign you just wait and see if the scheduler pucks yours as a first come first serve basis. After you take a few shops your score will increase and different types of shops earn different badges. I'd suggest using a calendar so when you're assigning or requesting shops you're not overbooking yourself and can plan your time out.
So we usually have the recorded call mandate, but then in filling out the report we answer questions about that recorded call that anybody with access to that ticket would be able to answer. What's the point in recording a call then then ask, "What was the exact greeting the person gave you when you called?"
Ahleigh @ Apr 13, 2024, 2:22:30 AM
I can see how when looking at each individual job how it could seem not worth it but if you maybe look at it as a whole it may seem better ...it did for me.
For example;
Everyday you pick up numerous jobs without ever thinking about when or how much each pays consistently for let's say a month( it's worth it) in no time your PayPal will be receiving different deposits amounts everyday and so each day you will get the surprise of checking your balance. Kinda like rain...here's your PayPal and everyday it rains different amounts into it. Just gotta get the momentum up first. Well that's where I'm at anyhow so we will see how this theory works out.
Best of luck to you and don't give up ;)
-a
Not giving up, it's just odd there's no given payout time.
So far, I'm on several different jobs and have had positive experiences with the schedulers here. It's just with driving around this much more and using a travel rewards card to earn those points while double dipping on the actual payout I've already had two card statements come through prior to getting payouts from almost all of these places. So lets say three gas tanks at $35/fill I'm in the hole at a 22% interest rate out of pocket at a $105 debt unless I use my own funds to avoid the interest.
I guess it's sort of a reimbursement job, but having zero idea on they payout date... Also I submitted one of my shops a month ago today and it's still sitting in my completed and hasn't been touched.
Willie_17131477989135 @ Apr 15, 2024, 2:27:01 AM
How do you earn badges
Just do different shops and the different badges will come along. So far I've been here a month with 14 shops and have a few of them already. I don't know if the badges actually do anything, but if you're looking to get them just keep doing the shops and after you do different ones you'll get different badges for them.
Lisa_16643824291875 @ Apr 16, 2024, 1:48:01 PM
Can someone please explain to me what score is required to do phone shops? I am a retired mortgage loan underwriter, collections supervisor, as well as customer service and marketing representative. I am well experienced with using a telephone to conduct investigative and customer service conversations. I would love the opportunity to do phone shops and even when there is a list of numerous repetitive shops either I am told I do not have a high enough score or it has been assigned to another representative. What is needed or do these things really exist? Thanks
There isn't a "required" score. Email the scheduler with the shop ID and just request the shop. I've been assigned quite a few by simply requesting it directly from the scheduler and not the portal.
Jason_16632342471175 @ Apr 18, 2024, 6:16:00 AM
I am seeing several new Costco shops in addition to the ones that we scan 1900 items. These say they pay .06 an item and you need to scan all items in certain sections/aisles. The description says there can actually be 4500 items to scan. Has anyone done these yet?
If this is through BARE, I've been in contact with Tara Pope and she described the shop and sent some Zoom meeting overview video to me. From what I can gather from the video, be ready to spend somewhere between 6-8 hours in the store with a battery backup (or two) scanning sections of the store. I was semi debating doing it, but there's absolutely zero way I'd have an entire day I'd be willing to spend in some store scanning one of each different item taking a picture of each item, then another picture of each four foot section of that shelf. Basic math on this one says 1,900 x $0.06= $114 so we take $114 and divide that by the hours spent scanning, for this one we'll say six would be $19/hr which isn't bad but I just don't have six hours to devote to scanning every item on a shelf.
So I've done contract work for multiple years and noticed something is missing from ISS. I'm proposing that the schedulers also get rated at payout for the following by the contractors:
1.- Communication
2.- Clarity of instruction for the shop
3.- Acceptance time after shop was submitted for approval
4.- Early/Late Payout
Another site I use has this feature and it gives people expectations before accepting a shop. Things like is it a 14 day pay or 45 day pay? If you contact the scheduler for a question or issue, how quickly do they respond and do they answer your question? ISS through reputation and badges give us a certain ranking for performance so why not do the same for the schedulers we're working with? Just simple questions with a 1-5 rating system so if you've never worked with a certain company before you get an idea as to what you're walking into.
So question is, do you think a rating system for contactors would help you decide which shops to take and would you like to know more about who you're contracting with?
For the call back part I usually tell them I'm just getting out of the car and going inside but need to bring some groceries in and ask if I can call back in two minutes.