@AZwolfman wrote:
I completed two of these today. The second one was 18 minutes, and I had to explain why it took me less than 20 minutes.
Although MF calls the wireless retail shops I did "long" audits and says to allow yourself 2 hours to do them, they are basically the same as last year's audits with only minor modifications to a couple of the questions. There are only 2 to 3 photos required and only 2 dozen questions to answer. The store that took 18 minutes had 4 employees and no customers, and it helped that the employee was ready with his "cheat sheet." MF currently audits 2 mobile phone companies.@1forum1 wrote:
@ AZwolfman.... What was your explanation? I don't know how you do it in 18 minutes. Heck, sometimes it takes 18 minutes just to do all the computer check stuff. If it is a busy store, you are really kind of screwed because customers and employees will be P. O. Many of the employees have trouble testing the automatic email response, checking updates on antivirus and all that stuff. There are some stores I would never do an audit because there is always a steady flow of traffic and 5 -8 people constantly waiting, and the customers come first. Maybe I will consider long audits again if I knew the secret to Arizona Wolfman's success.
@AZwolfman wrote:
Although MF calls the wireless retail shops I did "long" audits and says to allow yourself 2 hours to do them, they are basically the same as last year's audits with only minor modifications to a couple of the questions. There are only 2 to 3 photos required and only 2 dozen questions to answer. The store that took 18 minutes had 4 employees and no customers, and it helped that the employee was ready with his "cheat sheet." MF currently audits 2 mobile phone companies.@1forum1 wrote:
@ AZwolfman.... What was your explanation? I don't know how you do it in 18 minutes. Heck, sometimes it takes 18 minutes just to do all the computer check stuff. If it is a busy store, you are really kind of screwed because customers and employees will be P. O. Many of the employees have trouble testing the automatic email response, checking updates on antivirus and all that stuff. There are some stores I would never do an audit because there is always a steady flow of traffic and 5 -8 people constantly waiting, and the customers come first. Maybe I will consider long audits again if I knew the secret to Arizona Wolfman's success.
Apparently your reference to the computer check stuff, etc., refers to the other wireless company that MF is currently auditing. I have my first of those scheduled for next week, and there are 56 questions. The last one of these audits I did was in 2018, and it took me 53 minutes. I decided to stop doing those audits, because I could make more audits doing their mystery shops 3 or 4 times a year than I could by doing the audits once or twice a year. Then last year, they reduced the pay for the mystery shops and I stopped doing their mystery shops. Now that I don't do their mystery shops, I decided to do a few audits this year.
@1forum1 wrote:
AZ.... we are on the same page. I don't do those other ones either. However, the shops that you indicated you have done in 18 minutes is different and I can totally see how that could be done. I don't do that long 56 question one for precisely the reason you stopped. I can use that time more efficiently doing other shops in the same time frame. Why are you doing another one of those? Are you trying to punish yourself or something? Isn't the fee only about $10 still? Com'on AZ!