How difficult are the gas station mystery shops with audits?

I am going to be traveling today and I see that there is a mystery shop at phillips.conoco,76 with an announced audit. I have complete the shops without the audit. How much more difficult are the audits?

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Very. If you've never done one before, expect to spend 45 minutes on site. Be sure to have your guidelines printed out, and go over them before you leave the location to make sure you haven't missed anything. Miss anything, and your shop will be invalid. Ask for a bonus!

There is a bonus but boy 45 minutes is a long time

Yes, and the reports take me an hour. I do understand a shopper can do the report on-site with the app, but I have an iPhone, and the app doesn't work for me. But then, I am inept at apps.

I usually take 40-60 pictures on each of these audits. I feel better to have too many than not enough.

And I'm SLOW. I freely admit it!

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/29/2018 07:01PM by ceasesmith.

The first one always takes the longest but if it was a decent bonus it may be worth it just to see how it goes. I found that if I was doing a bundle of audits in one day I got very quick and efficient, but it has to be worth your time and effort.

I can do the audits in 15 minutes; reporting time is about the same.

cease, you can open up the msc website on your browser and report the shop live, even with an apple. The first one can take a large amount of time, it's an investment unless you get a great bonus. If it's with maritz you will have 85 pages plus a boat load of confusing addendums. Warps the mind just thinking about calling them with questions while on your first couple of shops. The audits are my favorite with all companies except one. But I never, ever take an audit at base pay as I'm an adult and use my money to pay the bills, not buy nintendo games.

The first time that you do one, it will take longer. However, they get progressively simpler each one you do. I can knock most out, even the larger stations, in about 20 minutes (plus 15 minutes reporting if I do it later, 10 minutes extra if on site). That being said, the bonus should cover your extra time, you will now have done one, and now you'll be able to self-assign so you will recoup the investment many times over. I find they are great fillers, cover my costs when I have to go out of my regular area, and there is really very little narrative.

@ceasesmith wrote:

Very. If you've never done one before, expect to spend 45 minutes on site. Be sure to have your guidelines printed out, and go over them before you leave the location to make sure you haven't missed anything. Miss anything, and your shop will be invalid. Ask for a bonus!

I find they take 15-25 minutes on site. The reporting is a bit of a pain. Once they hit $20 including reimbursement for gas, I'm in.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/09/2018 04:12AM by thegov2k2.

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