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After grabbing two or three jobs you thought would improve your cash-flow when did you come to this realization after spending hours on both the job and report you got suckered? Without saying which MSC or Client, what is the worst assignment that made you feel like the character in this Warner Brothers Cartoon clip?



I did one of those "Fast Phone Calls taking only minutes" for $10.00, the stock broker would not get off the phone, he called back and the report was insane with over one hour worth of narratives on the original first phone call. There was a reason those jobs sat on the board for over a month until the Scheduler moved them up to $25 making them more palatable. My hourly rate after these ""Call and receive a quick call back" ended up at $3.00 per hour. The scheduler laughed and said "I know most of my shoppers mentioned they take two hours to complete all aspects of this assignment" so why did this person write "Fast Phone Shops" and "Quick Money with Easy Reports" if they knew the shops took two hours on average?

1. Call the target broker to speak with.

2. Write out report describing if the broker explained all the Dodd-Frank regulations, you must write in everything Broker said and all the warnings he spoke of. That was part of the narrative, the rest was what kind of products did they offer and how did you feel they presented their financial instruments.

3. Wait for Stock Broker to call you back and speak with them (10-15 minutes recommended) which usually go beyond twenty to thirty minutes unless you stop them from speaking.

4. Write detailed narratives how the "Call Back" was presented with all the products, their tone and ease of understanding. It was insane for $10.00!

Edited to fix a couple spelling errors.

Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 06/06/2016 05:27PM by GuyFawkes.

This is why the best advice given here, over and over, is to perform an assignment once before signing up for additional ones. Rushing into the unknown comes with unseen difficulties.

The big box, paint scenario comes to mind.

@MsJudi wrote:

The big box, paint scenario comes to mind.

I felt like Wylie Coyote versus the Road Runner on the Big Box "Paint Scenario", some times we feel if we do not act all the shops will get taken or we are new to the game and believe what our schedulers are telling us. The frustration of having our scheduler who is suppose to be our partner laugh and say they knew the assignment takes two hours is disheartening.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/06/2016 05:30PM by GuyFawkes.

I think you are missing my point. There is no reason for anyone to feel like they need to hoard these shops, outside of already having performed one and seeing value in them. The last thing a scheduler wants is a bunch of poorly performed and/or cancelled shops.

I read the requirements for the different big box store shops. I could not estimate how long they would actually take. Being I had no experience as a contractor; I did realize I could not successfully "impersonate" the scenario required and hope to fool a knowledgeable store employee that I was anything other than Harry Homeowner.

@GuyFawkes wrote:

@MsJudi wrote:

The big box, paint scenario comes to mind.

I felt like Wylie Coyote versus the Road Runner on the Big Box "Paint Scenario", some times we feel if we do not act all the shops will get taken or we are new to the game and believe what our schedulers are telling us. The frustration of having our scheduler who is suppose to be our partner laugh and say they knew the assignment takes two hours is disheartening.