@ColoKate63 wrote:
2/3 of the way through your first quarter with new clients mid-pandemic doesn’t seem to be a prime time to be stingy with bonus money for the ICs still out and working. Just saying.
IPSOS’ competition is currently running test shops; I’m seeing and hearing about them. If KSS can’t hit Q1 targets (its late February and there are a LOT of stale shops) look for IPSOS to possibly move more of their clients over to app-based scheduling.
This whole “scheduling industry” gets a big eyeroll from me, personally. I’d rather deal straight with the MSC or use an app. Schedulers don’t seem to add the value that they believe they do in the industry; witness the poor communication and the rude replies that ICs constantly report here. Schedulers are classic middlemen skimming profits from both the MSPs and the ICs. Their services made sense pre-wifi and pre-smartphone, in the days of dial-up modems and Yellow Pages... not anymore. And working out of office space is additional overhead that we shoppers are paying for out of our fees.
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@mjt9598 wrote:
I did one this round just to try it out on Sassie, and they need to be moved to Shopmetrics to make them more efficient.
@thunderdeacon wrote:
I used to do a lot of these gas stations. I have not done a single one since the migration to KSS and Sassie. It will be interesting to see what happens at the end of March.
@KateH wrote:
@mjt9598 wrote:
I did one this round just to try it out on Sassie, and they need to be moved to Shopmetrics to make them more efficient.
Let me roll my eyes, they are all in the family. If they have KSS do the scheduling, the shops can not be moved to shopmetrics easily, for obvious reason. I was doing shops this week and was thinking what a pain they are to upload the photos on sassie and John should had by now the best phone app to input shops for sassie. That's the problem with monopolies. No incentive for innovation.
@Lorri Kern KSS wrote:
I am not sure what you are referring to? There is no connection between any of these companies. I am sure you know that Surfmerchants (Sassie) was sold to LiveShopper over a year ago? The companies have never been co-mingled, ever, but John has been unemployed for more than a year and has nothing to do with Sassie anymore. These conspiracy theories crack me up.
@claabe wrote:
To Lorri Kern KSS. So why is Ipsos not using Maritz website for job searches, etc. The SASSIE is out dated. Load a pic, then upload the pic. Plus, you have to put your finger exactly in the little square to answer questions. Plus, Maritz app was amazing.