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January 16, 2026 04:19AM
This Katie Hornbuckle at Ipsos renege on a payrate. Blamed the fiasco on myself. Then banned me from the project. I appealed To Carey Medina who reinstated me finished that round. 2026 brought a new round finished the first seven by self assigning. There were 15 more audits but in outlying small distant rural town. Asked this Hornbuckle who somehow became project lead if I could do a block route at the price I completed the last round at. Evidently she's still POed she was overruled last round because I was deactivated from the project again without due cause. She has that Trumptopian revenge defect. Ipsos wont fill these shops because I was the only one willing to cover these remote locations for five years.
Think they shot themselves in the foot on this one.
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January 16, 2026 10:32AM
This vengeance sounds like Cristy G at Second to None. Have you tried the general email at IPSOS and tell them your side of the story? I have found they help a lot.

Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
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January 16, 2026 08:39PM
Nah, sounds more like an IPSOS editor with the initials P.A.

Now SHE'S a doozy!
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January 16, 2026 09:28PM
Another shopper will do those shops at some point. They've onboarded so many shoppers nationwide that it's rarely an issue. There's probably a recruiter in those small towns right now trying to sign on new shoppers with promises of being cool and trendy while making a difference in shaping the world (and getting GREAT pay for it!).
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January 17, 2026 05:15PM
Well they have not recruited one in 5 years. But moving on.
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January 20, 2026 03:17PM
Oh yuck. She is a scheduler now? She was a horrendous editor. I actually had a 25 minute video meeting with Carey about her, with a long list of screenshares to show how inept/confused/angry she was. Eeek. IPSOS doesn't have anything but self-assign gas stations and cell phone shops in my area, so I haven't had to deal with her in this promoted role.

I'd go back to Carey if I were you.
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