SandiAigo Wrote:
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> I am so relieved to see that other people are as
> particular as I've become over the
> years. I thought I was just being snotty and
> elitist about what I'll do!
I've learned, and very quickly I might add, that there is no such thing as being snobby and elitist about choosing shops. You're the sole person who decides how much your time and effort is worth in this business.
IMHO, the reason we as shoppers don't get the pay we should most of the time is because of the people who are impatient and choose to scoop up a shop for the most miniscule amount just because it's close to them. For example, when there is a shop that is being run nationwide because of a special promotion with a concrete deadline and these shoppers take the shops for the first offered pay instead of waiting; waiting can mean the difference between $25 and $100+ if you play your cards right. I'm not talking about multiple shops either; more like one shop.
The schedulers and bosses at MSC's love the type of people who attack the board the first day a shop is posted. Their goal is to get shops filled for the least amount of money possible, which helps them line their own pockets. The longer a shop stays on the board and the closer the shop gets to the deadline, those MSC's pockets get a little looser (okay, sometimes a lot looser) and there are opportunities to make these shops more lucrative.
This isn't the case for every scheduler out there. Some schedulers try to pay people what they're worth and the scheduler's boss comes down on them. So, in some cases, the schedulers' hands are tied.
The best thing we could do collectively, is wait a little while when some of these (most actually) MSC's post shops with ridiculously low payments. When these shops don't fly off the board, MSC's get a little antsy and throw more money at shoppers.
That's just my opinion and I apologize for writing a novel.
Arguing with fools is like playing chess with a pigeon...
...No matter how good you are, the pigeon will s@^t on the board and strut around like it won anyway.
Not scheduling for ANY company.