@Eric in Tampa wrote:
Service Scouts doesn't exactly "pay" you unless in special circumstances, such as parking or food reimbursements.
Yes, I've noticed that the team nearest me has open shops every week and they will bonus them come Friday or Saturday.
So this month I e-mailed them and offered to do the shop if they would bonus it at the time. They told me they couldn't. The next day I get an e-mail from another scheduler offering a bonus on the shop, so I did the shop. My friend likes the team.
I would not do the shop for reimbursement only which is $20 of food which doesn't even cover two hotdogs and two sodas. Bottled water is $4.50. The scheduler I talked with said he doesn't understand why it is so low. Oh, and I had to do two food purchases at difference concessions and see if they up-sold me a drink or food to go with the drink I ordered. They will reimburse for parking unless they provide a parking pass.
Even with the bonus, I won't do another unless I like the team playing.
I have to figure in the cost of the free tickets and parking in my reimbursement for it to even justify the time I spent on the report. I think it took me about eight hours total. I had to do 10-12 separate interactions and take pictures of and describe the employees if I couldn't see a name tag. That was difficult since only three of the 12 I interacted with had visible name tags. Most were on lanyards and flipped around.