Looks as if it's the latter. There are over a dozen Firestone stores in my local area, plus another dozen of their unbranded affiliates (gold/black, yellow/purple for hints). There were two affiliate stores posted last month, and two Firestones this month. These were a blast for me. Other than the fact that it gives me a real reason to break out my camera equipment, I used to work for Firestone (it's been 5+ years, I'm still eligible for the shop) and remember probably half of the guys I run into.
Sunnyside Wrote:
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> I was doing a large number of these audits in six
> states with the old contractor. Then,I was barely
> making enough money after covering travel
> expenses. Now,the new contractor is probably
> paying even less money if they're not using
> regional traveling people anymore. While I was
> working with the old contractor, it was my
> understanding that the client wanted as few
> auditors as possible doing the audits to maintain
> consistency in the reports. I wonder how their
> new program is working out if they're using
> hundreds of people each auditing just a few
> stores.