Here is the e-mail that I got:
A policy will be going into effect in the coming months that could possibly impact your status as an auditor for GfK.
Please be aware that we have not finalized a date to implement the policy below, but be assured that it will not affect anyone in the month of September.
When this policy is implemented, you will not be eligible to conduct Best Buy audits for GfK IF you currently conduct any Merchandising or Mystery Shopping at ANY Best Buy location for any other third party vendor (Mystery Shopping and/or Merchandising Companies). If you have worked for any other third party vendor conducting Merchandising or Mystery Shopping at a Best Buy store in the past but no longer conduct any work at Best Buy, you are still eligible to conduct audits for GfK.
If you discontinue all work at Best Buy for any other third party vendor you will be able to continue auditing for GfK, but if you do not, you must resign as an auditor for GfK. This policy is across all locations, it is not location specific, which means you can not conduct Merchandising and/or Mystery Shopping at one location and conduct audits at another location.
The purpose of this email is to see how many of our auditors this will affect. If this will affect you and you will no longer be eligible to conduct audits for GfK, please respond directly to this email with your shopper ID and full name only. All other responses may not get responded too due to the large number of auditors this is being sent too.
If this does not affect you, please do not respond to this email. After we determine how many auditors this will impact, we will decide when to put the policy into place, and will send more information at that time. Until we send out further information, please hold your questions, we are only trying to determine how many auditors this will effect. Due to the large number of auditors this is being sent to, if you respond with a question, I apologize but it may not get answered. Further information will be provided to you if this affects you shortly.
Please remember that this does not affect any audits that you’re conducting in September.
Thanks,
Peter Solook
Senior Field Manager - Mystery Shopping
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