Will This Be the New Exxon / Mobil Shop??

French Farmer · 2023-11-18T15:50:04+00:00

During late summer and early fall, the MSC that has the Exxon / Mobil gas stations released so-called "Pilot" shops. If you did these, and as I remember them, they were shops where the pay was less ($12) and the work, a bit less (one photo of one dispenser). required). I did several of these during that time. The time spent was a little bit less - but still, the $2 gas compensation and the $1 in store purchase made doing them productive only if the shopper could make out a good route. Otherwise, same as the current E/M shops - meh. In saying this, I noted to myself that many of the E/M shops released in October were not available to me. In doing my investigation as to why I was not able to assign them, I found that it was because I did those same shops under the "Pilot" program. Nevermind that I had not done them under the current program for months and hence, they were within the MSC's rotational allowance. It never made much sense to me, but whatever, I found other work. And so, as the new year approaches, I'm wondering, with the current MSC's penchant for "cheapening" their shops, will that "Pilot" program become the new E/M gas station shop in the 2024 round of shops? Are we reverting back to the way of doing these shops as we did with the old MSC, a few MSC ago? Has anyone heard of any news for the new year?

Will This Be the New Exxon / Mobil Shop??

January 03, 2024 01:49PM

Regarding the SE, I did not see anywhere in the instructions that the vest photo is still required. In fact, it was not mentioned at all in the page that shows and explains all of the required photos. However, when you get to the absolute end of the survey, it will ask for the picture of your attire. So, be ready for that.

Also, I hate Presto!

I don't even know what my final answers turned out to be because every time I touched the screen to scroll or find the appropriate answer it changed previous answers to something else. It's extremely sensitive and there is no sidebar for scrolling. Much time is lost rechecking or unchecking answers that got accidentally changed.

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January 03, 2024 02:06PM

disappointed there isn’t more uproar over this. i remember when maritz switched over to ipsos there were a ton of us upset, but this is 1,000 times worse . presto is total junk, and pay is outrageously low. i’m guessing a lot of people have just given up over the past couple years.i actually really liked sassie, never had an issue with it. presto is janky as heck, it stinks. app is just a mess to look at. i envisioned myself doing these for a long time, but for $12? we’re all worth more than that.

January 03, 2024 02:07PM

@sestrahelena wrote:

Regarding the SE, I did not see anywhere in the instructions that the vest photo is still required. In fact, it was not mentioned at all in the page that shows and explains all of the required photos. However, when you get to the absolute end of the survey, it will ask for the picture of your attire. So, be ready for that.

Also, I hate Presto!

I don't even know what my final answers turned out to be because every time I touched the screen to scroll or find the appropriate answer it changed previous answers to something else. It's extremely sensitive and there is no sidebar for scrolling. Much time is lost rechecking or unchecking answers that got accidentally changed.

And, just as in the past, there is no mention that the photo must show the shopper wearing the safety vest, just the attire that was worn.
SMH

January 03, 2024 04:17PM

I wish they would put the time out at the end of the report instead of the beginning. I always guesstimate my time out so I don't have to go back and find that slot when finished, but sometimes I forget to check if it's close enough and submit with whatever time guestimated. It's a pain to scroll through the long reports to get back to the beginning. I suppose if I left it blank, it would take me back there before I could submit it, but I'm not sure.

I also forgot how much I freeze when doing these shops at night. So much for the lighting audits...it's been unseasonably warm here until this week. ugh

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January 03, 2024 10:41PM

the only thing that they've accomplished by posting both shops at the same time is that no one is going to do the site experience shops by themselves during daylight.. And I don't mind $22 for half as many pictures and half as much time as a single $15 shop used to be. That being said, I'm only going to leave the house to do them if they are on an already established route, at least until the pay goes up.

January 20, 2024 07:15AM

They might, as in people like me who did all the lighting ones first, and now the site visits have gone up in price. I mainly did that because it was too cold to do the shops at night, and I could do the lighting shops barely getting out of my car. So now in my area there is a slew of site shops still sitting there all alone! (I'm waiting to feel less lazy before I pick any up)

January 20, 2024 12:45PM

Just wait. You'll see. When MSC seduces and recruits more shoppers in your areas, you'll never again see shops linger till bonus time. You'll barely see any left the day after they're posted. Trust me, my area is flooded and my choices are few. Trust also that MSC will not leave any area unflooded. They're working diligently on that.

January 21, 2024 06:08PM

Car counting? That is a new one to me, will have to go search it.

January 21, 2024 07:19PM

I love car counting

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