@LisaSTL wrote:
...who would think less than $17/hour before expenses is "a lot of money."
Not me!
If it were in town, that would be one thing. I'd have done it for less (but not a lot less), since it would've taken less time.
I wonder if schedulers who are employees and not ICs even know that we have to pay more in taxes because we don't have employers kicking in for us? I see so many jobs posted that, when the extra expenses are factored in, don't even pay minimum wage for my state--and my state has one of the lowest minimum wages in the country. If I wanted to make minimum wage, I could find easier ways to do it than mystery shopping. The "freedom" to work for myself and set my own schedule can't be offset by making less than $7/hour....
(I'm not talking about route shopping where shoppers can make lower-paying shops pay off due to the efficiencies they build into the process, but individual shops, even if you can do them on your way to or from work, and things like that. Or shops that also have a reimbursement of something you need or want anyway. I do some food shops with low fees because I want to eat at the place!)
I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/09/2016 12:22AM by BirdyC.