Question for Seasoned Merchandisers.

If an assignment is listed as flat rate pay...let's say $14.00 for an hour assignment . If you finish in 30 minutes do you turn in 30 minutes or an hour....or does it matter since it is a flat rate.

“He drew a circle that shut me out-
Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout.
But love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle and took him In !

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It depends on the company. Probably not the answer you want

For most I would just put in the hour if it is a flat rate of pay for an hour of work.

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“He drew a circle that shut me out-
Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout.
But love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle and took him In !

For the most part you'll be lucky to make much more than minimum wage after averaging everything out.
Just for example I have one assignment that requires me to drive 10 miles each way and gives me 30 minutes (think about $5) to set approximately 40 ft with 6 shelves each to planogram with dvd's, in addition they ask about 90 questions on the report which is done on a company supplied hand held device. I have never come close to completing this task in it's entirety. I have consistently charged them for one hour ($10) and complete maybe one third of the task. I answer the questions with the truth when asked if I did this or that mostly "too many tasks for time allotted" So far I have not been questioned on going over and not getting everything done. I honestly don't believe it's humanly possible to do all the required tasks in the time allotted. If they question me I will simply tell them to get someone else.

You would report the time you actually spent but would get paid the $14.

There are some merchandising companies where you can get paid very well if they pay by the projects and you are fast. (These are companies where you get hired on as an employee, not the one-time projects like on Marketforce, I have found those to pay very low for the amount of work.) For example, I work for one company and we get project pay for 12 hours per week. Their estimate is that it will take me 6 hours, twice a week. Most weeks I am done in 2 hours each visit, for a total of 4 hours. They only pay $10/hour, but since they pay project pay, I get $120 for those 4 hours. If the company paid by the hour, I would only be paid $40 (but then I would probably work much slower, LOL)

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