I honestly find Dante's comments interesting. I'll give my experiences with Integrity.
I first started shopping with them in Feb 2015. They got a contract for a client in my area that I had shopped before for a previous MSC. I did 4 shops for them in Feb and 2 in March. The Feb shops were near the end of the month and I was paid a bonus for 2 or 3 of them. I found the reports to be easy and the pay to be very fair. One of the bonuses was quite generous. I also found Kelly to be very friendly. At the time I was less well capitalized than I am now and the Feb shops totaled a bit over $200, which was a lot of money for me. 45 days after the shops came and went and I did not receive payment. I emailed Kelly and she replied that payment would be due in the next few days and I would see it soon. Sure enough the following week I got my payment. Ok, so far so good but to me the payment was a week late. When it got time for the March payment I was on a month long route (in CA I think) and honestly wasn't worried about it. Plus I was curious as to how long it would take to get payment. So I just let it sit. The payment for those was, to me, 2 or 3 weeks late. So no big deal, wasn't worried about it. Then Dante started scheduling for them and asked me my opinion of the shops, Kelly, and the company. So I replied honestly. I liked Kelly, I liked the shops, I thought payment was fair, it was always late. So Dante gives my feedback to Kelly, who reaches out to me, and explains that it was not late. After some discussion I learned that her clients don't always "accept shops" in the same time frame most do. Apparently they send all of their shops for the client I was doing work for at the end of the month and they were "accepted" in the first week of the following month. She did apologize for the confusion and at least for that particular client updated the instructions to include this information. So far so good.
Then a shopper who is a mutual friend of both Dante's and mine was doing a route in the general area I lived in at the time. The shopper did a lot of work for Dante when he scheduled for GfK and Dante wanted him to pick up some of the shops for Integrity while he was in my area. I was led to believe by the other shopper that Dante asked him to ask me about the shops. So I again replied honestly. The food is fantastic, the shop is pretty easy, but watch out for the reimbursement, and then explained the payment policy. I did this because I knew that particular shopper was very tight on cash and it would have affected his cash flow. He declined the shops based on my feedback, for the very reason I gave it. He couldn't afford to wait that long for the reimbursement. A couple of days later I can no longer see shops on their job board. I checked for several months in a row. Nothing. So I emailed Kelly and asked if the shops for that month had been posted or picked up because I was interested in doing some but didn't see any on the job board. Suddenly after her reply the next day I could see shops again.
A month of two later, after Dante was no longer working for them, I mentioned that after the shopper declined the shops I was no longer able to see shops on the board. He denied that it was him and replied that it was Kelly. Honestly I have no idea who did it and don't care. I love the food and have no problem with the shops. I don't even have a problem with the payment policy. But I have not done another shop for them because a, it appears they have been paying late even by their own policy, and b, the drama is just not worth it. I'd rather just buy the food myself.
There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/26/2017 05:17AM by bgriffin.