Maritz - what's the secret?
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Call them. I frequently get assigned shops by speaking with one of their team members. Once you build trust by completing assignments successfully, they will allow self-asign rights. If you have trouble getting shops, i suggest you call. MaritzCX loves talking on the phone.
Thank you. Every Monday for the last 6 months I have applied for 1 shop, I have even applied for shops in unsafe neighborhoods that have sat for weeks and still no results.@litjourney wrote:
Call them.
I agree, call. My experience is that they don't seem to even look at the applications done through the online system. You self-assign or they call asking for to fill jobs. Before I could self-assign I actually got a call asking me if I could do a job I had applied for online. If I remember right, the scheduler didn't realise I had applied for the job and been sitting in limbo for days.
Definitely call. You will get transferred to the appropriate team and have no trouble getting assigned shops. Once you have done a few of them you can self assign.
I had the same experience. I applied for shops, and never heard back. I had to call them and verbally request the shops.
The funny thing is, last e-mail from them offered a nice bonus on a shop I've done at least 3 times. It specifically said "do NOT call us -- shops assigned over the phone will not have the bonus". So I applied.
Ten days later, it languishes in unscheduled, but not assigned to me.
Tempted to call...but I will NOT do the shop without the bonus, LOL!!!
Ten days later, it languishes in unscheduled, but not assigned to me.
Tempted to call...but I will NOT do the shop without the bonus, LOL!!!
The telephone is the key tool to use when communicating with Maritz, yet, they love to get the majority of their shops self-assigned.....seems odd to everyone!
Funny how 'they' get perturbed when they have to leave multiple voice mails for me....I am busy, but I always call back.....and have to leave a message 99% of the time!
The last 'perturbed' voice mail message I got was earlier this week , and I was in Australia for business, I called back twice and had to leave voice mails...haven't heard from them again.... yet!
Funny how 'they' get perturbed when they have to leave multiple voice mails for me....I am busy, but I always call back.....and have to leave a message 99% of the time!
The last 'perturbed' voice mail message I got was earlier this week , and I was in Australia for business, I called back twice and had to leave voice mails...haven't heard from them again.... yet!
I've not had any luck with gas station shops. I do several other types for them but never any gas station assignments. I haven't called-- so perhaps that is key for me. I may have to attempt this!
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I have the same problem with them on the gas station audits. I have applied for them a few times in the last 6 months, and they just sit on the job board. I used to do the gas station mystery shops, and was once told if you do those, you have to wait 6 months to do the audits - they don't want you on both projects at the same time. However, it's been over a year since I did my last gas station shop for them, so I got past that hurdle. Apparently the person that assigns the gas station audits must be on an extended leave of absence from Maritz...
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/12/2016 07:05AM by xenshopper.
@xenshopper wrote:
I used to do the gas station mystery shops, and was once told if you do those, you have to wait 6 months to do the audits - they don't want you on both projects at the same time. However, it's been over a year since I did my last gas station shop for them, so I got past that hurdle. Apparently the person that assigns the gas station audits must be on an extended leave of absence from Maritz...
When I switched from MS to audits, I had to let a team member know of my desire to switch. I believe you have to request the change, wait the six months, and then you're good to go. Since it's been over a year, give them a ring and see what they have to say. If you want shops from them, you must call.
Ive been awarded 4 shops this past week and did not have to call. I had been applying for months to no avail. Once I completed one, I had not trouble being awarded additional projects. Today is actually all MaritzCX shops!
Ive been mystery shopping for 2 weeks and have done or have scheduled 30 banks through mariyz. Maritz in my area is scheduled by kern scheduling services. For some reason there are a lot of jobs on kern scheduled for maritz than on the actual maritz site. Then again, I dont know if its your area or something else. Just speaking from minimal personal experience.
Careful what you wish for. Those gas audits aren't even remotely worth it at the original rate. It takes a big bonus to make them worth your time. Especially the tiger ones.
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The quick cheap bank shops aren't worth it unless bonused either in my opinion. I did four yesterday thinking I was making good time then one had a 30+ min wait and another took over an hour. On top of that one banker messed up so bad that my quick narrative for No answers turned into an essay. Thankfully the jobs were bonused so I at least ended up making minimum wage... if I don't count mileage and gas.
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Someone called me from a team I haven't dealt with before asking if I want to take a retail shop for a popular new client. She went through all the details and it was pretty much a standard retail shop. She got to the end to tell me that they're paying $8 and I immediately bust out "Oh my God, no." Then I kind of felt bad and apologized for her having to do the difficult job of trying to sell that to anyone.
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That is why I always ask up front what the pay rate is and the date range. Why waste everyone's time? Money and flexibility are what's important to me.@Hoju wrote:
She got to the end to tell me that they're paying $8 and I immediately bust out "Oh my God, no." Then I kind of felt bad and apologized for her having to do the difficult job of trying to sell that to anyone.
that's odd! They KEEP calling me every week asking me to do shops!
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That is why I always ask up front what the pay rate is and the date range. Why waste everyone's time? Money and flexibility are what's important to me.@Hoju wrote:
She got to the end to tell me that they're paying $8 and I immediately bust out "Oh my God, no." Then I kind of felt bad and apologized for her having to do the difficult job of trying to sell that to anyone.
I tried. It was as though she was told that she absolutely MUST tell people what it's all about before revealing the amazing fee they're going to get because, as I've said before, nearly every person you talk to at Maritz sounds like it's their first day on the job.
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I hear ya, Hoju. Another MSC, which uses outside schedulers from the Philippines, does the same thing. I can tell that they are reading off of a script. If you ask them a question, it really throws them off and they start to read the script again.@Hoju wrote:
I tried. It was as though she was told that she absolutely MUST tell people what it's all about before revealing the amazing fee they're going to get because, as I've said before, nearly every person you talk to at Maritz sounds like it's their first day on the job.
Maritz stopped calling me when they realized I won't work for nothing. They want me to drive 50+ miles for $15? Ummm, no. Sorry. I was born at night, but not last night.
Arguing with fools is like playing chess with a pigeon...
...No matter how good you are, the pigeon will s@^t on the board and strut around like it won anyway.
Not scheduling for ANY company.
...No matter how good you are, the pigeon will s@^t on the board and strut around like it won anyway.
Not scheduling for ANY company.
Thanks elcarev68. Honestly, I don't know how much longer I'm going to be involved with this industry. I've become very disillusioned with the stagnant pay and fees that have been decreasing. I'm already shopping on an extremely limited basis; I only take shops that I enjoy completing for companies I enjoy working with, and even then, I only do the shops if the fee is reasonable.
Arguing with fools is like playing chess with a pigeon...
...No matter how good you are, the pigeon will s@^t on the board and strut around like it won anyway.
Not scheduling for ANY company.
...No matter how good you are, the pigeon will s@^t on the board and strut around like it won anyway.
Not scheduling for ANY company.
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