Otis
Well-Known Member
Worked my entire life since the age of 16 and never been out of work for more than a couple of weeks ... until I lost my job in July this year that is.
Been applying for all sorts and getting nowhere and am now scraping the bottom of the barrel. Santa's Grotto, sandwich delivery driver, picking and packing etc. etc.
Anyway, to get to the point I worked for the first day today since July and the job in question was as a Service Checker (basically a modern day posh name for a Mystery Shopper). Go into a shop or store or establishment, observe, make sure all rules are adhered to, that the staff are polite, efficient, fast etc.
Got the instruction yesterday to do the check today and it was just a one off for a posh clothing store and I had to go to Brum. The fee they were paying me was £15. But, for that I had to download and print off 23 pages of info and instruction that I had to learn and memorize. Lots of specific instruction in regard to this one particular company and things I had to look out for a report on. I also had to make a purchase of £5 that formed part of the £15.
It took me about an hour and a half to read up on, digest and memorize the specific instructions and order of events and what I needed to ask and observe upon.
In summation, the £15 payment and day broke down as follows;
1.5 hours preparation last night.
1 hour preparation this morning.
Train to Brum - £4.60
Purchase of item I didn't want - £5 (basically ONE pair of children's socks and not even especially nice socks at that and not that good a quality)
30 minutes in the store.
3 hours of compiling the subsequent report and answering a 91 question questionnaire.
So, £15, less tax, less the £5 for the purchase, less £4.60 train fare. I reckon that works out at £3.40 for a day's work.
Anyone beat that?
:thinking about::facepalm:
Been applying for all sorts and getting nowhere and am now scraping the bottom of the barrel. Santa's Grotto, sandwich delivery driver, picking and packing etc. etc.
Anyway, to get to the point I worked for the first day today since July and the job in question was as a Service Checker (basically a modern day posh name for a Mystery Shopper). Go into a shop or store or establishment, observe, make sure all rules are adhered to, that the staff are polite, efficient, fast etc.
Got the instruction yesterday to do the check today and it was just a one off for a posh clothing store and I had to go to Brum. The fee they were paying me was £15. But, for that I had to download and print off 23 pages of info and instruction that I had to learn and memorize. Lots of specific instruction in regard to this one particular company and things I had to look out for a report on. I also had to make a purchase of £5 that formed part of the £15.
It took me about an hour and a half to read up on, digest and memorize the specific instructions and order of events and what I needed to ask and observe upon.
In summation, the £15 payment and day broke down as follows;
1.5 hours preparation last night.
1 hour preparation this morning.
Train to Brum - £4.60
Purchase of item I didn't want - £5 (basically ONE pair of children's socks and not even especially nice socks at that and not that good a quality)
30 minutes in the store.
3 hours of compiling the subsequent report and answering a 91 question questionnaire.
So, £15, less tax, less the £5 for the purchase, less £4.60 train fare. I reckon that works out at £3.40 for a day's work.
Anyone beat that?
:thinking about::facepalm:
