Pros
Set your own hours. Can travel.
Cons
I have never worked for a company that never gives raises, all they do is give us pay decreases. They state that their equipment is getting better and with the updates will ultimately make you work faster. I say it still goes back to the person inputting the information. You can give us the best software and programs around, but that doesn't make you faster. My annual salary had been cut in half. Every year I am making less and less every year. It's hard to get good support or for anyone to fight for you. Corporate office feels they are always right and don't care to hear what their data collectors have to say. Apparently they feel they are running this company just fine. I'm sure while all of the Corporate employee's are being taken care of and probably haven't taken any pay cuts m but have probably received raises since our pay has been and keeps being reduced. Although as data collectors we are the one who keep your company running and a float, I wish that they would realize that and reward us with something other than pay decreases. Without us going out and doing the work your company would fail. Who really knows what goes on at corporate, no data collector will know. It astounds me that we get no incentives to even stay with this company. I have been with Retail Data for over 5 years and I bet if I quit on the spot, they wouldn't even care. Alot of seasoned data collectors have quit and corporate had done nothing to try to keep them employed with the company. This tells me that we don't matter and they don't care about us. It doesn't matter how long you have been with the company, how fast you are, your willingness to pick up extra jobs, help out where you can, rearrange your schedule to get a job done, to them you are a dime a dozen and they can easily replace you.
