1. Forums
  2. Mystery Shopping Discussion

Who has a full time non-shopping job?

May 03, 2022 06:43AM
Just wondering who on this site has a full time job outside of shopping and what do you do?

Me: accountant!
Reply
Log In
x

Create an Account or Log In

Membership is free. Simply choose your username, type in your email address, and choose a password. You immediately get full access to the forum.

Already a member? Log In.

May 03, 2022 11:23AM
Sports mom! Lol.... multiple kids playing travel sports
Reply
May 03, 2022 12:02PM
I am an editor and writer, mostly but not exclusively technically focused. I started MS years ago to get out of the house productively during slow times. Anyway, I've worked from home flipping words for much (albeit not all) of my career. I started MS again during covid, once more to fill in the gaps in the schedule. Since then, MS has started to seriously edge out the other, and I am loving it.

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?
"Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."
-- Abraham Lincoln
Reply
May 03, 2022 03:02PM
Teacher. I started in 2008 by picking up a single shop daily on my commute to supplement my (disgracefully low) salary.
Reply
May 03, 2022 04:45PM
I've been shopping since 2003. I am a software engineer. Anyone who knows me knows I'm always looking for a deal or way to take advantage (legally). I never want to pay full price and love BOGO offers. So shopping is like that too. Allows me to do dinners or trips and NOT pay for it (or significantly offset the cost). My family knows not to ask to eat somewhere when I have to pay out of pocket that I am able to shop. For example, if they wanted In n Out or 5 guys, I would tell them, we can eat there when it's a shop. Pick something I cannot shop if you are making me spend my own money :-)
Reply
May 03, 2022 05:31PM
Environmental Engineer and looking for a career change
Shopping since 2011

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
Reply
May 03, 2022 06:02PM
Full-time Medical Librarian. I've been at my current library job and have been mystery shopping for 5 years. I really enjoy both! Started the mystery shopping due to a divorce that took away 2/3 to 3/4 of the household income I was used to having.
Reply
May 03, 2022 07:19PM
I'm in the health and wellness field, personal trainer and nutritionist. That is my W2 job. I started shopping in 2010 for extra income and have a hard time paying full price for anything!
Reply
May 03, 2022 08:28PM
ESG Certifications Engineer, a recent change from a Midstream Oil & Gas Pipeline Engineer.

Very infrequently shopping the Greater Denver Area, Colorado Springs and in-between in Colorado these days.
Reply
May 05, 2022 09:42PM
I am investigator for a company on the east coast. I travel 90% of the time for work and I have a company car. I pick up restaurant shops (company gives me a per diem) which allows me to “double dip”. I also do airline shops, hotel shops and various shipping shops when time allows.
Reply
May 05, 2022 10:42PM
sounds like a great combo!!!

@Capurato wrote:

I am investigator for a company on the east coast. I travel 90% of the time for work and I have a company car. I pick up restaurant shops (company gives me a per diem) which allows me to “double dip”. I also do airline shops, hotel shops and various shipping shops when time allows.
Reply
May 06, 2022 12:12AM
@LindaM wrote:

sounds like a great combo!!!

@Capurato wrote:

I am investigator for a company on the east coast. I travel 90% of the time for work and I have a company car. I pick up restaurant shops (company gives me a per diem) which allows me to “double dip”. I also do airline shops, hotel shops and various shipping shops when time allows.

It is nice! I ran it past my company’s legal team and they see no issue with it. It fits with what I do and gives me a little extra $$.
Reply
May 06, 2022 04:19AM
I started MS after I quit full time teaching. Subbing and mystery shopping have been great semi retirement

When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Alexander Den Heijer
Reply
May 11, 2022 04:21AM
Regional Manager for a fleet company. Fairly new to shopping and have been doing it since Sept 21. It’s my fun money and funds my concert hobby.

San Diego - CA
Reply
May 11, 2022 05:23AM
Me14, did you know some concerts are shopped? And some big name awards shows want "seat fillers". I think it doesn't pay, but you get to go to a red-carpet event for free.
Reply
May 11, 2022 10:26AM
Recently retired from a longtime career....would like to branch out with mystery shopping, but probably will need to move to improve my chances with that lol.
Reply
May 11, 2022 04:38PM
Teacher
Reply
May 11, 2022 05:51PM
@LindaM wrote:

Just wondering who on this site has a full time job outside of shopping and what do you do?

Me: accountant!

i would hope most people....
Reply
May 11, 2022 06:30PM
@itsbree wrote:

@LindaM wrote:

Just wondering who on this site has a full time job outside of shopping and what do you do?

Me: accountant!

i would hope most people....

You might be surprised how many of us do NOT work full time because we are RETIRED! So there are those of us who do this either part-time or as a hobby. I USED to be a fairly heavy part-timer until 2013, when health issues got me. Now that I'm over those, and of retirement age, I do this as an enjoyable hobby.....with lots of grocery shops, which helps tremendously with our social security budget!
Reply
May 11, 2022 06:44PM
Customer service representative for a major warehouse club for almost 5 years.
Reply
May 12, 2022 03:32AM
Bartender at a (non-shopped) sports bar.
Reply
May 12, 2022 04:21AM
Coffee shop manger.
Shopping since 2013
Reply
May 12, 2022 03:10PM
Administrator for FSA, HSA, HRA, benefits. MS since 1996 when I worked as a data collector that also conducted shops and merchandising.

MissChele - Shopping KY, IN & OH
Thread Killer
Reply
May 12, 2022 07:41PM
Same
Reply
May 15, 2022 04:38PM
Lawyer/teacher
Reply
Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.

Click here to login