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December 13, 2025 10:55PM
Has anyone “secret shopped” or audited in a salaried capacity?
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December 14, 2025 02:58AM
I have seen options for this over the years. I have never seen anything that I would consider, as I live in California. It would need to be $100,000 a year or more with a limit of 40 hours a week and full benefits, including medical and 401K.
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December 15, 2025 09:00PM
That's fair. I'm single, don't require quite that much and would love to be on the road. Forbes has rejected me 100 times, and I will still apply every time lol
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December 16, 2025 02:14AM
There are a few options with higher end MS companies, and others like Michelin/AAA and such that might work if you are single, but the pay I have seen is nothing like what SCM is asking for.

You need to live near an airport hub, and most of those evaluators are choosing places with a low cost of living to make that work.

The closest I ever got was being salaried as a scheduler in my "youth", and that offered medical benefits, but the MSC I worked for no longer allows their employees to also shop. Or has salaried schedulers. Or pays anywhere near what I would need to live in CA.
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December 16, 2025 05:17AM
I was invited to apply for one, and I was very excited until I asked about the pay. I forget the rate. It was basically something that would have been okay for the type of work, considering the benefits, but I would have had to fly around and live out of hotels for extended periods. They weren't paying nearly enough for that.
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December 18, 2025 12:49AM
@mystery2me wrote:

They weren't paying nearly enough for that.

Back when I was looking into it seriously, the pay was almost half what I received as a scheduler....hence my foray into working for a MSC.

It's also not such a great lifestyle. You will have issues creating long-term bonds with people at home because you are gone all of the time.
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December 18, 2025 01:16AM
As Steve has mentioned, the only positions I've heard of are with AAA, I believe they are called Diamond inspectors. Looks very competitive to come onboard.

You might also, for enjoyment, catch films about the lifestyle.

A Five Star Life

The Critic

Life was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on
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