Sunday, February 12, 2006

Certified Marketing Services

Certified Marketing Services
Overall Rating: D

AKA Certified Reports
AKA Certified Marketing Research Services
AKA Certified Merchandising Services
  • Number of jobs/clients: Above average
  • Type of jobs: Retail, theatre evaluations, merchandising
  • Rate of pay: Below average
  • Speed and method of payment: Check, 8 weeks
  • Bonuses offered?: None known
Advantages:
Certified is the place to join for movie theatres and has a broad number of different types of shops. Many shops are available on a self-assign basis, and previous shoppers on a particular project are often granted self-assign ability on shops that you would otherwise have to apply for. They are reliable in payouts, and the forms are often short and easy to complete.

Disadvantages:

Certified is broadly criticized for a number of problems. The pay is substandard, and shoppers are deactivated without contact for various reasons such as posting criticism on public message boards and asking for promised payments (though they seldom admit it). Schedulers run the gamut between pleasant and horrible, with several reports (including my own experience) of schedulers acting unprofessionally and impolitely without any cause. Shops are sometimes cancelled without notice. I will say that they do have a pool of very loyal shoppers, too, and even my own experiences have been mixed between good and bad. Be careful, and don't breathe wrong if you want to avoid deactivation, but I left CRI off the Watch List because they do have their good points.

1 Comments:

Anonymous susan cox said...

The company was great until I butted heads with an employee who intentionally posted a misleading shop. After 9 months of loyal weekly assignments completed I was ousted from the system without any recourse. The employees are either great or down right obnoxious with limitless power to deactivate anyone at anytime for personal fun and self-amusement.

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