What: Mystery shoppers are enlisted to review retail, restaurants, senior living facilities, and health clubs. It also drafts work-at-home editors and schedulers
Expected pay: Below minimum wage
Commissions & fees: None
Where: Nationwide
Requirements: Age 18 or over; access to computer; access to a scanner or digital camera
Review:
PROS:
- Everyone works from home
CONS:
- Pay is generally in the form of reimbursement only and it doesn’t always cover the costs
- Schedulers and editors say they’re on call 24/7, seven days a week, and earn the equivalent of a few dollars/hour
- They get paid by the number of shops they edit or schedule. Scheduling people to work for less than minimum wage is difficult.
What People Say: (From Glassdoor)
I worked at A Closer Look part-time
Pros
You can work from home
Cons
Basically everything. Schedulers have no days off not even 1. Expected to work 7 days a week 365 days a year. Responsible for “selling” shops to the shoppers for no pay reimbursement only.
I worked at A Closer Look full-time for more than a year
Pros
Working at home anywhere in the united states.
Cons
You will always be working at home. No days off ever low pay for the hours worked. They expect 7 days a week 365 days a year. If you complain they give you harder areas to work. High pressure negative environment. I honestly can’t say anything positive.
