So I applied for a job and I went back today to get the guidelines and BAM!! They are different and much more than I signed up for or am willing to do. Doesn't seem right to me?? I never even got an email about it. Does this happen often?

It depends on the company.

PurpFash Wrote:
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> So I applied for a job and I went back today to
> get the guidelines and BAM!! They are different
> and much more than I signed up for or am willing
> to do. Doesn't seem right to me?? I never even
> got an email about it. Does this happen often?



Yes, it happens on occasion.

What often happens is the client's requirements change. Perhaps they need more or different observations. Or sometimes the client's way of doing business changes so that it impacts the shoppers observations. The way the MSP passes it down to shoppers is different. Some MSPs will just change the guidelines for all shops that haven't been completed and expect the shopper to pick up on the changes and comply with the new guidelines. Others will change the guidelines for only yet to be assigned shops and appropriately inform shoppers that there is a change. Yet others will do something in the middle of those.

In my experience, most changes are small and easily adapted to. For those, I (and I think most shoppers) just go with the flow and conform when appropriately informed. For me, upon accepting or being awarded a shop, I immediately download the guidelines and questionnaire or review the printed copies I have on hand from past shops to see if anything has changed. If anything changes after that, I feel it is up to the MSP to notify me.

However, you describe a change that significantly alters the shop itself so that it is "different and much more than I signed up for or am willing to do." If that occurs, I would proceed by telling the scheduler the changes make it a completely different shop and you need to reexamine the situation. Tell them exactly why you would not have accepted it with the changes because it is more time consuming, more demanding, is now a reveal shop instead of a mystery shop, etc.. State a price for which you will do the shop and go from there. Make the price high if you really don't want to do it.

If you post some information about the changes, you can get some help to decide if the changes are small or not.

Good luck