AustinMom Wrote:
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> MF does it because they can. MF has plenty of
> shoppers. They are not going to run out. They
> don't care if particular shoppers decide not to
> shop for them anymore and they can afford to cut a
> certain number of shoppers periodically. Their
> shops are self-assign and it is easy to sign up as
> a shopper. They have fairly straight-forward
> instructions (usually) and easy-easy and fast
> report forms, most with little or no narrative.
> This makes their shops easy to do and a perfect
> training ground for new inexperienced shoppers.
> So they have a constant supply of incoming
> newbies. Most of their shops are not difficult
> and do not require an experienced shopper so there
> is very little reason from their perspective to
> cultivate shoppers who have been with them for a
> while. They are not trying to build an
> experienced shopper workforce. A newbie can do
> pretty much the same job for them that an
> experienced shopper can do because of how their
> shops and forms are designed.
>
> That said, I do shop for them (not much, as their
> pay is not stellar). They have some shops I like.
> If I decide today to never log in and assign
> myself another shop, MF won't notice or care nor
> will they e-mail to ask me where I am or why I
> haven't been around. They have a very casual
> attitude toward their shoppers and they rarely
> identify their reason(s) for no longer offering
> shops to a shopper. Their value to me as a
> shopper lies in the clients they have that I like,
> the fast and easy reports, self-scheduling, and
> they pay like clockwork. But there is no real
> relationship there. I do, I get paid; when they
> deactivate me or I choose to go away, it's over.
>
>
> Market Force is not a bad company. They are not
> evil or unfair. But they do eliminate shoppers
> without identifying a reason for the deactivation.
> And they do it fairly frequently. It doesn't
> mean shoppers should not sign up with them or
> should discontinue working for them, it just means
> shoppers should realize their value (or lack of
> value) to the company. Work for your own reasons
> and when it's over, it's over.
Regardless of your dissertation...... Not many humans appreciate being called and asked to do shops for companies on the fly helping them meet their quota then "deactivated" for no apparant reason or explanation.