Beware this company - low paying shops, strange directions and a really punitive contact person.- I was given a negative citation for asking a question about whether a shop I had assigned was a new round as there was a limit on the number of shops you can do in a round. I had done 3 yesterday and was not sure. I did the 3 shops 100% as required. I reported immediately and wrote appropriate narrative so I thought I would do another.

I self assigned but did not confirm the shop prior to writing for clarification and asking if it can be done or needed to be cancelled given the limit of 4. As the due dates on the batch posted today was extended, I thought perhaps it was a new round as is often the case with shop postings.

As I had not yet confirmed the shop I did not expect an issue. Rather than a simple cancellation, I was given a score of zero and a negative citation which read "did not follow directions and self assigned another phone shop."

Not a nice way to do business. Actually pretty nasty and punitive if you ask me!
Now I know why they are offering referral bonuses for referring shoppers- if this is how they operate I do not blame anyone for not wanting to be bothered! I can see a negative for flaking, for not doing a shop properly but for asking a question to clarify if it was new round to avoid an issue as to whether the shop would be valid or not??? Not nice at all!

Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/2024 08:01PM by Fatlady.

that's ok, they won't let me work for them at all. It says I'm active, and in good standing. It shows only one citation, but I don't know where or how I got it. The shops says "self assign" but when I try it says the quota has already been met or someone else beat me to it. But the shops stay on the board and keep getting higher bonuses.

What type of citation was it?

@Fatlady

1. Who was it?
2. Yes, JM Ridgway shops often have low pay and strange directions.
3. I would have asked before self-assigning a shop.
4. Did you do a shop this round before your recent three? You said the limit was 4.
5. MSCs often extend the deadline for shops later in the same round if they have trouble getting those shops filled.
6. I didn't even know SASSIE could have a zero score.
7. Whether you confirmed a self-assigned shop or not, canceling the shop means you are making the scheduler work. How dare you?! <<clutching my pearls>>
8. Nice MSCs offer referral bonuses, too.

The Sassie shop form also allowed non-punitive citations. Like, if there is a limit on the number of times one can shopping a particular client, there may be a citation listed, along with an explanation. The citation would remind someone to avoid scheduling another. I still see it from time to time on my log page.

@ArkLaMissshopping wrote:

What type of citation was it?

now it shows 5 citations, 3 of which were added on 4/20/2024 on a day that I never signed in on their site. One was from Nikki, of course, because I did a shop for her and didn't get paid for it in 2017. And one from 2 years later (2019) says that I was put on inactive because I haven't been responding to emails.

I don't know why I can't fix the problem, or get the owner to fix it for me. He hasn't responded to my email. And I'm not going to beg. One email is enough.

I didn't think Sassie would let you self-assign a shop once you'd reached the limit for that round. Interesting.