@MFJohnston wrote:
5. It's not "greedy" to expect to be paid for your time - at what you think is an appropriate value. Sure, some folks might over-value their time. However, market forces will "teach" that person the truth.
Sorry to hear that. I would never characterize myself as greedy. Or foolish,.@Shop-et-al wrote:
I have been "me" and "greedy shopper" in life. All is well now.
@Shop-et-al wrote:
I understand that some people place the amounts they can get from another entity high on their priority lists. someone else should wonder and question whether the amounts are reasonable. Have some good negotiators skewed the bonus system via positive reinforcements and other methods of influence? Have others, like me, done the opposite? If we have, did we do it just to tweak the twee? This is difficult to evaluate because each shopper is independent and unique. It is just rhetorical.
Above all, I dislike the notion that we should charge what the traffic will bear. The traffic can't bear ever higher bonuses for very long. If the clients and the MSCs have so much difficulty filling assignments that they have to pay large sums for multiple shops month after month after month, then they might need to re-evaluate their system and find a more cost-effective method of obtaining information. (Wait. Some have done this. They have eased rotation restrictions, replaced shoppers with receipt-prompted feedback, etc.)
I have been "me" and "greedy shopper" in life. All is well now.
@ShopperFun99 wrote:
Op. What is the pay for editing per report?
@SoCalMama wrote:
@ShopperFun99 wrote:
Op. What is the pay for editing per report?
OP works for a company, so he/she might be getting an hourly rate.
Independent editors usually get $5 or less per report.
Good pay for well written reports. Terrible for others when you have to send questions and wait for a response.
@shoppinalongtheriver wrote:
"I would wager that probably 50% or more just gather employee descriptions and write up a good report. I know if I got paid $5 to do a shop I would do just that."
So it's okay to accept a low paying job and "phone it in?" Integrity much?
@JASFLALMT wrote:
Sometimes you don't know what the report is like until you are already assigned the shop, and then you either have to cancel or suffer through it. "Fun and easy" my arse, LOL.
@johnb974 wrote:
If they want $5 for a shop, they get a $5 report. You want a better report, it will cost you more.
@johnb974 wrote:
What you have done when you do your best work for a cheap price, you've told the MSC you'll willing to work cheap. Why should they offer you more, when you've done a good report for a cheap price. You must be desperate for work.
@Niner wrote:
@johnb974 wrote:
What you have done when you do your best work for a cheap price, you've told the MSC you'll willing to work cheap. Why should they offer you more, when you've done a good report for a cheap price. You must be desperate for work.
Because then you get chosen for better jobs that the MSC has and they will come to you if they need something done and they will bonus the job. And, how can you represent yourself with shoddy work on a personal level? Don't you want to take pride in what you do?
@Niner wrote:
@johnb974 wrote:
What you have done when you do your best work for a cheap price, you've told the MSC you'll willing to work cheap. Why should they offer you more, when you've done a good report for a cheap price. You must be desperate for work.
Because then you get chosen for better jobs that the MSC has and they will come to you if they need something done and they will bonus the job. And, how can you represent yourself with shoddy work on a personal level? Don't you want to take pride in what you do?
@johnb974 wrote:
Only take the better paying jobs and prove yourself there. I never said to do shoddy work. It about how much effort you put into a report. Lower paying jobs, get a lower effort.
@Shop-et-al wrote:
Because someone on the internet said that I would be silly and unethical if I did not ask for more money.