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Wondering whether the MSC staff was high when writing guidelines for a big job....

March 09, 2022 03:53AM
I imagine the folks who've been around for a while are already familiar with this, but I just saw the guidelines for a regular scanning job where you have to scan almost every product in a big warehouse store between Thursday and Sunday. They estimate it will take a person 7-9 hours total, although they admit that speed comes with experience. They hope that you'll commit to repeating the job at the same location every 1-2 weeks.

I like to try out a wide variety of shops, so I was considering giving this a shot just to see what it was like. I downloaded the guidelines and read the fine print, and here's my favorite part:

Be discreet, because this is a non-revealed shop.

Because it's COMPLETELY NORMAL for a person to spend 7-9 hours in a store moving along the aisles scanning every item on the shelves. And to do it over and over every 1-2 weeks. COMPLETELY NORMAL!!!!!!

ROFLMAO!
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March 09, 2022 09:50AM
No, but that is a bizarre project. I did a couple of them last year and then stopped. Too much work, and it destorys your phone.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/09/2022 09:51AM by weatherman2111.
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March 09, 2022 10:33AM
I made 1 attempt to do that shop late last year, NEVER AGAIN! The app would only scan the number so I would have to input what the product was as well, in that damn training vid, they made it seem like the store was always empty, my store was always packed and here I am inconspicuously scanning bulk size items. Every time they text asking if I wanna do a shop, I get flashbacks. The fact that they are ok with you taking people with you to help, really should have been a red flag for me.
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March 09, 2022 01:49PM
Sounds like a nightmare shop for sure

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March 09, 2022 02:22PM
This shop is on my ten foot pole list.
It was heavily bonused and I had done similar shops before so I figured I'd give it a try. I ended up having to take 2 days to complete it due to the location being open reduced hours during covid. Exhausting and time consuming. Not worth the pay IMO, even with the bonus.
However, I did not have a single issue with anyone questioning me about the scanning. In fact I didn't even have to show a membership card upon entry...both days. I had a couple of customers ask me for assistance, thinking that I worked there, but no staff member batted an eye.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/09/2022 02:22PM by sigh.
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March 09, 2022 05:54PM
Sounds like a nightmare.
But I do scan many things in grocery stores on my Weight Watchers app to see how many points it is. I think MyFitnessPal has a similar bar code scanner. So, there are reasons A person might be scanning in a store. Grocery items anyway

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March 09, 2022 08:15PM
I think the creators of the guidelines should perform the shop to actually see what it's like.

I did the drug store ones a few years ago. They were doable at 50 items

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March 09, 2022 09:30PM
How does it destroy your phone?
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March 10, 2022 07:49AM
@tstewart3 wrote:

How does it destroy your phone?

The battery anyway. It also keeps your phone really hot as it burns energy at a really high rate, You have to have GPS on the whole time and the app is apparently very hungry. That scan function is not very useful.

FWIW some of the folks at the company do actually do some of the shops.
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March 10, 2022 01:53PM
I don't think whoever created the guidelines was high or ignorant. I think we're talking about a snow job here.
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