I need to clear up a lot of misinformation concerning Quality Shopper.Org. Having worked for this supermarket chain (over 500 stores on CA alone) from 2011 to 2014, I can tell you this is a 5* company. I worked for them in Northern CA and also in SoCal when I relocated. This was the best part time job I’ve ever had. The shopper org. was corporate run and was 1st class all the way. None of the headaches of some MSC’s.
Here are the facts of their superior MS organization:
Assignments were scheduled in sets of 2-3 stores per set, normally 2 sets per week, pre-assigned for each month. Since they have so many stores there was also an extra board posted on their website with 30+ unassigned shops open to everyone. Shoppers were free to accept or decline assigned shops or add additional shops.
Shops were scheduled during specified time frames between 9a -9p which is when a full staff was on hand.
The report form was multiple choice or fill in the blank, with minimal narrative required, 20min. to 25 min. to complete.
Reports were rarely rejected, if ever, and if they couldn’t be resolved by phone and were actually rejected, you were still paid (less the report time). How many MSC’s do that?
Pay structure (paid weekly):
$11.30 per hour. You were paid for roundtrip drive time, shop time and report time. Initial training and any conference calls were paid. If there were any questions from corporate you were paid for the phone or e-mail time. Since shoppers submitted their own payroll days/time worked, mileage, etc you were paid for payroll entry time.
Mileage reimbursement was $56.5 per mile, also paid weekly. In No. CA I worked from Sacramento to the Oregon border and had a regular set each month to South Lake Tahoe, Zephyr Cove, NV & Carson City, NV (330mi RT), another to Reno, Sparks and surrounding areas (275 mi. RT). In SoCal, Riverside County, I covered the Desert Cities (Palm Springs, Palm Desert, La Quinta, etc, LA, & San Diego. As you can see the money was in the miles.
Working 2-3days a week I averaged between 250 -500 miles a week or $141-282 a week. My hourly pay including reporting & payroll usually was between 20 -35 hours or $226 – 395. My weekly paycheck range was $375 - $677.
Unfortunately, when the chain was purchased by a much smaller chain in 2014, the program was terminated and it’s been killing me ever since.