On a regular basis, I get requests from a certain scheduler of an MSC to perform a mystery shop of their particular business.
Nope, not doing it!
Why?
It's not the bitchiness of the editor/scheduler of my report. Their review of my report was always with some obscure comment about some part of the report in which they felt the need to critically comment. I suspect they must in order to demonstrate their job performance and competence.
In the long run, of their various scores, I've only received an 8 as the lowest and often a 10. The minutiae of their complaints never bothered me either (as long as they accepted them).
No, it was the low pay versus amount of time to perform the shop and the lengthy subsequent report.
My clock starts when I leave my home and does not stop until the report is sent in. I'm not wasting my time for the lower than minimum wage payment (by my calculation) that arrives 60 days later. Nor do I wish to perform a Mystery Shop that warns me that I will be on video and it will be reviewed by store management.
Well then, it's not really a mystery shop is it?
So, I still get their E-mails and read them. Many times they bonus them, not enough, mind you, for me, as my figuring inserts the bonus into the equation and still find it wanting (for me anyway).
I could ask them to remove me from their list. But, I still enjoy getting their electronic correspondence. Deep down, I suppose their requests make me feel affirmed of my decision as well as the hope that someday, they'll up their pay (not holding my breath on that one).
That's how they run their business and that's how I run mine.