Probation is harmful to the mental wellbeing of New Staff. - Market Research Telephone Interviewer Ipsos Employee Review

1.0
22 Nov 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Choose your own hours, but even retail contracts like this have a better probation standard.

Cons

Advice to anyone in Probation: Don't take it seriously, they are using you because they got a new project and need a bump in callers. Look for a new job if you need longterm employment. So this year they introduced a 'Strike Rate' policy, I got the job through a friend who did not have to go through this during probation and at no point in the interview process did they mention this is what you passing your probation is based on. You are trained by supervisors who also did not get graded on this standard during their probation so they downplay how intense it is leaving you unprepared. It is purely a numbers game. The strike rate is simply how many people want to complete a survey and YOU are penalised BASED ON LUCK. You are given 'Update Emails' that describe exactly how you're failing after every shift and they have the nerve to send you a 'well-being survey' to see how you're doing after being hung up on, insulted, mocked and rejected for 4 hours. AND ON TOP OF THAT they have the audacity to pay you minimum wage for 3 weeks during the probation.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Plenty of opportunities and various locations

Cons

You work your tail off using gas, mileage, time, energy, tolls, and consistent but the authenticator who sit in the comfort of their home find any and everything wrong with the survey you fill out. Then, you don't get paid. Their portal that you are supposed to use while on location has connectivity issues or whatever reason they decide to blame it on. So far, I've lost $500.00 with this company. There are many other mystery shopping companies who don't try to cheat you out of money. If I had to guess, they use your pictures and get THEIR money but won't pay their contractors. I would suggest shopping for any other company besides Ipsos!

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