income instability - Telephone Interviewer Braun Research Employee Review

On-call part-time means that in a single month, one week you might work 6 days straight at 8 hours a day, and the next three weeks, you might only work ONE day. This kind of income instability is only suitable for individuals who have other stable income or don't need stable income (like stay at home moms or students who have financial aid or parental support). I accepted that it was part time and on call, but didn't realize there would be HUGE gaps in work availability when I was hired. They don't tell you that and will just cancel your shift the day of, day after day, rather than notifying you of the length of gaps. You are instructed to be vague and deceptive with respondents who want to know who you are and how the information will be used to "avoid introducing bias into the study" because if people knew who was really collecting this information, they would be even less likely to give it. Only one day of training and then immediately penalize you by cutting hours when you aren't successful. You will endure daily verbal abuse from respondents. Zero upward mobility unless you have a degree in research.