Katie states--There are MSC owners in this business with multiple bankruptcies, with felony convictions, and who have 10th grade education levels.
Bob comments--This certainly may be correct, but I do not have knowledge of such a situation.
Katie further states--After over a decade doing this work, beginning when I was a full-time science teacher doing the work as a side gig, I’ve seen shady business practices that would not be out of place in pawn shops, paycheck loan firms, or garbage collection.
Bob comments- This may also be correct, but after almost two decades shopping, I have, to my knowledge, not experienced said practices. I have had disagreements and terminated 10 MSCs, but that is business.
Katie states--I just got a dozen emails from six different MSPs and schedulers in the last half hour, asking me to violate my state’s quarantine regulations and go out to evaluate businesses that will be closing at 6 pm today. Obviously a last-minute push to grab that Almighty Dollar.
Bob comments-While I have received a few job offers, none have suggested they were attempting to send me anywhere. I do agree it was a last minute attempt to fill shops, but it was my responsibility to weigh the risk:reward ratio, which I did, and I declined the work.
A suggestion to all that are of the opinion that companies offering, as opposed to requiring, work are engaging in criminal and/or reprehensible behavior: Fire them! Some shoppers have indicated they will pursue that option and take a stand for what they consider just. I know if I felt, as some of you folks do, I would not hesitate to "pull the plug" on any MSC I considered to be involved in unacceptable conduct..