RQA dedicated work routes

Did anybody else get an email today from RQA about setting up dedicated work routes at the dollar stores? The website was acting fruity, but when I could eventually get in, there was a list of 11 stores in my area. Not that I want there to be a bunch of recalls, but....bring on the work.

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I'm going to call them today. My husband was able to eventually get in and select a few stores, but it still shows an error message when I try and select the project.

I've also only gotten the error message despite dozens of tries.

It took me awhile to select the stores as the site kept crashing. But somehow I managed to get the 11 stores closest to me.

I also had the error message. I tried for about 4 hours. Then, I logged in and the stores were assigned to me. I picked up 12 locations.

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I got the error message on one browser, then immediately tried another browser and it worked fine. I chose 10 locations. The only odd thing was the payment selection. Don't know if any of you others noticed, but the usual $20 PER LOCATION fee said $0.00 instead. I figured that was just a glitch, as the per HOUR choice still said $20/hour. I chose my usual $20 per location, even though it said $0. If I'm selected for anything, and it hasn't been corrected, I can always call about it.

@guysmom wrote:

I got the error message on one browser, then immediately tried another browser and it worked fine. I chose 10 locations. The only odd thing was the payment selection. Don't know if any of you others noticed, but the usual $20 PER LOCATION fee said $0.00 instead. I figured that was just a glitch, as the per HOUR choice still said $20/hour. I chose my usual $20 per location, even though it said $0. If I'm selected for anything, and it hasn't been corrected, I can always call about it.

Same. It said $0, but I'm not likely to want an hourly rate for these since they're almost all local. If you choose (for example) ten locations at a time, do they all have to be the same pay type? I'm wondering if it would be possible to pick five one way and then go back in and choose five the other way or if you'd be locked out after selecting that first batch.

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In that I had no knowledge of this company, I accessed their website. From what I gathered, this is not an MSC, but one that offers work visiting businesses for I would term as merchandising. Have I misunderstood? If so, please explain.

This company does product recalls.

@shopperbob wrote:

In that I had no knowledge of this company, I accessed their website. From what I gathered, this is not an MSC, but one that offers work visiting businesses for I would term as merchandising. Have I misunderstood? If so, please explain.

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@shopperbob wrote:

In that I had no knowledge of this company, I accessed their website. From what I gathered, this is not an MSC, but one that offers work visiting businesses for I would term as merchandising. Have I misunderstood? If so, please explain.

I wouldn't call it merchandising exactly, bob. RQA handles product retrievals when there's some type of issue that requires them to be pulled off the shelves and either destroyed or mailed to RQA. To give you an example, the most recent project I worked on was checking cases of soda that potentially had pieces of machinery used during the manufacturing process in the cans. I purchased the products, checked them to see if I felt or heard anything unusual when giving gentle shakes to the package, then ultimately destroyed the soda. (Had I found anything, it would have been sent in to RQA.) I was paid a fee as well as reimbursed for the soda purchase. You won't get rich, but it's typically easy work. They typically pay either $20 per location and .30¢ per mile. If you choose to be paid by the hour, it's usually $20 per hour and.30¢ per mile, with any time spent driving included as time spent working. (I choose hourly for any location that's longer than a 20-minute drive across town.)

Hope this helps.

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myst4au--Thank you.

I was only allowed to select 20 of them. It says that these are for recruiting, not actual assignments.

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drdoggie00--Thank you for your detailed explanation.

I got the email and took on about ten in my area

FYI - @drdoggie00 @guysmom The money selection does not matter right now - you will be able to select what you want at the time there are jobs available. This is simply lining up work that may–may not-ever come along. If they do a recall, we'll be given priority status to do the stores we've selected. I think you will still be able to pick from your list of stores and be paid one method for those stores, complete them, then do the rest with the other pay method, if that works better for you.

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I've tried Firefox, Samsung and Chrome to no avail. Just getting the error messages.

@sestrahelena wrote:

I've tried Firefox, Samsung and Chrome to no avail. Just getting the error messages.

Have you tried clearing your cache and/or using incognito mode? Do you have a private VPN that could be turned off?

Cleared all, no VPN, turned off all blockers on all 3 browsers. Still no good.

Same here. Tried four different browsers, and tried my computer and phone.

I just tried Internet Exporer, too. Still a no-go. I didn’t even know that one still existed!

i was having error issue the first hour or two when the job came out, but eventually I was able to grab the job after few tries.

Was using Microsoft Edge

I talked to one of the project managers and was told they are having server issues and to be patient. It's nothing urgent anyway since it's not project specific, it's just laying claim to a set of locations in the possibility that they might have product recalls in the future.

Must be solved as I just saw this thread and got in with no issues. There were 32 available locations on my board, but I could only select 20. I went with the furthest ones from me because the project payment is only the $20/hr + mileage deal.

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@CoolMusic wrote:

Must be solved as I just saw this thread and got in with no issues. There were 32 available locations on my board, but I could only select 20. I went with the furthest ones from me because the project payment is only the $20/hr + mileage deal.

The project payment does not matter at this stage. You will still choose your project payment when there are actual jobs to do. The project payments shown may not even be what is offered when there are jobs.

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I began with them a little while back, and I have yet to do anything with them because of their app. Also, 30 cents a mile? Why only 30 when the standard is 67? Also, do you have to work the hour to get paid the hour or will they cut the hourly rate if you don't work the hour?

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Ark, if you choose to be paid hourly, the only time you are paid for is the actual time spent on work-related activities, including driving to and from your home. If you spend 10 minutes driving there, ten minutes driving back, and 20 minutes on location working, you are paid for 40 minutes of work. It doesn’t round up to an hour.

It makes sense to be paid hourly when the distance is large or it’s something that you anticipate will take an extended period of time. If the location is local, choose to be paid by location.

Either way, you’re also paid .30 per mile. Chances are, I’ll be in the area anyway if it’s local.

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@ArkLaMissshopping wrote:

I began with them a little while back, and I have yet to do anything with them because of their app. Also, 30 cents a mile? Why only 30 when the standard is 67? Also, do you have to work the hour to get paid the hour or will they cut the hourly rate if you don't work the hour?

The $20/hour rate is just that - a rate. If you work less than an hour, you will get less pay. I have done the hourly rate when the locations were more than 15 miles from my home, since the clock starts from the time you leave your house, until the time you get back home (assuming you are working for them the entire time). It also depends on how many locations I'm doing. If I am doing 3 locations and I estimate that I'll only spend 15-minutes on site at each location and an hour drive, then I would choose the flat rate. Even that only works if I am doing other work in that area, too, because I do not drive 30 miles for $60. Other factors to consider are whether you must have a purchase and either ship back or destroy at your home. Sometimes it is a crap shoot. I have not felt that I lost money except when reimbursements were slow during the chips job.

The last two jobs I've done for them have been a very positive experience. I also like they are setting up routes for possible jobs in the future. It seems like a wise thing to do when time is urgent, and will help to streamline things.

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@ArkLaMissshopping wrote:

Why only 30 when the standard is 67?

They are paying you for the miles, not reimbursing you for mileage.

Especially given their gross (literally and figuratively) 1099 antics, I take the full mileage deduction for my RQA miles.

If this deal comes to fruition it'd be great if the per location option was available. If it's anything like the death chip deal it's possible to knock out 3 or 4 locations per hour in urban areas.

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@CoolMusic wrote:

@ArkLaMissshopping wrote:

Why only 30 when the standard is 67?

They are paying you for the miles, not reimbursing you for mileage.

Especially given their gross (literally and figuratively) 1099 antics, I take the full mileage deduction for my RQA miles.

If this deal comes to fruition it'd be great if the per location option was available. If it's anything like the death chip deal it's possible to knock out 3 or 4 locations per hour in urban areas.

The round of these dollar store jobs a couple of weeks ago went very smooth. Ten stores, just a few hours, nothing to buy, nothing to destroy, $200 plus mileage, the expenses were approved with24-hours and the check arrived in only a couple of weeks. Ideally, the dollar stores will always handle destruction themselves and these will be verification only.

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Great information, guys! Thanks so much!

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