@slgmail wrote:
99.9% of my shops are self scheduled, never involving communication with a scheduler. I will say that I do get a ton of calls each day, that I usually do not answer. They are from numbers that I do not recognize.
@dreamweaver wrote:
Love you Deva. You are awesome!
@Travisli wrote:
You're one of the best schedulers Deva -- Hugs and love to you!!
@degmp7 wrote:
Deva, I used to do several shops for you, but I have not seen any lately. Is it because you don't have any in my area lately? I agree with the others above that you are a great scheduler and would like to work with you again. Dara in Bloomington
@jeffshopping wrote:
Well... there are a couple things that might help you Deva. You might try convincing your company to get you a secretary. Also, you might setup your email to automatically put all emails from the people that send you the most into specific folders with their names on them. That might make it easier.
Good luck Deva and thanks for being a great scheduler!
@ishoparound wrote:
If your getting that many emails I wonder what could be missing. The only times I have had to email a scheduler is when the shop details were vague ,incorrect, or left out specific details. it might serve you well to clear an hour or so of your time and see what the "theme" of these emails are and ffrom there create a "help" or "faqs" page that shoppers can rely on when you are unavailable. If you don't have the extra time maybe enlist a friend or relative to do this task for you.
@SteveSoCal wrote:
Schedulers get emails for a variety of reasons. Shoppers have questions about shops, need to cancel shops, change dates on shops, have a closed location, wrong address, or want to know why their score was so low, etc. They you get the emails regarding the client with blackout dates and special requests, changes to the shops, emails from editors about particular shoppers, bonuses or exceptions that were granted. An email from MSF that that shoppers have sent you dozens of PMs, asking about an assignment you posted or replying to a thread you created. Most schedulers also get emails when assignment have not been turned in on time and then have to follow up with delinquent shoppers.
I kept track of my outgoing emails when I was a scheduler and under 500 was a light day. Most days were in the 600-800 range. Even if I just spent 30 seconds on a reply and worked constantly, without breaks, replying to 500 emails would take over 4 hours of time composing and sending the emails. You up the response time to 1 minute per email and it's over 8 hours, so next time you get a short response from a scheduler that seemed to take less than a minute of consideration, keep that in mind.