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it sounds like neither.
these determine demographic information and if the person fits into the groups that the client wants in the study
so, depending on what the client asks for, we can be asking questions like a person's ethnicity or income bracket or inane bullshit like when was the last time they purchased processed cheese products
some of those questions, naturally, are more sensitive topics than others and have to approached carefully (ethnicity, age, and income, for example)
but some people, despite choosing to sign up for this stuff, still get outraged at being asked anything at all
yep. you should read what some assholes have to say coming out of those studies that they volunteer and get paid for...
why do you do that over the phone?
because the reality is in a given day i will be screening literally over a hundred people to fill a group that maybe needs a dozen.
and i am not going to ask people to come all the way down to our offices just to be like "oh sorry you don't qualify, go home"
Seems an odd choice for foods from which to remove corn.
Man, physicians can be some of the most arrogant condescending self-absorbed pricks. I know that should come as no surprise to anybody, but man
I was editing a sound file once, a recording of an interview, and the physician responded to a question with, "That question reveals that you are so ignorant of this topic that I don't think you're qualified to run this interview. I don't think I should waste my time glorifying it with a response."
Well, maybe you shouldn't have asked how many doodads it takes to do the thingy.
are they now just Pops?
no I mean why can't they fill out that on paper
because it's impossible to really know what the client who is getting us to do the groups actually want as criteria
sometimes, for example, a person's ethnic background is relevant information. often, however, it isn't
if we tried to put everything that could be important on the registration form it'd be miles long
I've had to deal with a few doctors of late in a professional capacity, quite often it has been rather dispiriting.
36.74 USD/month
EDIT: Riemannlives: That seems nice. I sometimes want to unplug the phone because we get telemarketers and solicitors all the time
or alternatively abdy, consider the labor costs involved with updating, maintaining, distributing and developing constantly shifting forms to the labor cost involved with calling people up and asking them a few questions. (time is also a factor.)
See, this is why I stick to a strict, non cereal diet of tea & crumpets
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yeah, that's ~4 hours pay gone, but you'll really appreciate it when you need them
Land lines are the new Fax Machine.
EDIT: Arivia: It's 1.8 hours pay gone, actually
id say no if you sense any upcoming labor disputes.
scab it up, then reap the benefits of their unrest.
Why?
not even if you got to firebomb some foreign civilians to sweeten the deal?
socialism is evil
We don't know enough about Norse Employment law to give anything more than simple non specific answers.
See, if this was NZ I'd probably say no, as by law you are entitled to the same contract terms as union members and if it is a reasonably casual job you are unlikely to encounter serious enough employment problems so as to require assistance from such a body.
If this was the UK I'd still say no, unless you were planning to fall out with your employer. In which case, just wait till the time comes, then join.
Glorious Norway is an entirely different matter.
So, how serious is the job and how worried are you about being mistreated?
that like, a week later one of my bosses decided to explain to me, even though i had been doing it right all along
like, for example
if a screener does have the ethnicity question, and a person can be disqualified because they're the wrong ethnicity/the group already has its quota of them folk, for the love of christ don't tell people that
don't even tell them they're not valid until five or six inane questions later when you've asked them about how much TV they watch or what brand of hand soap they use.
because people will accept being told they don't watch enough TV
but if you say "i'm sorry sir we can't take you for this group because we already have enough black people"
well now
that's something you've done there
what
"no", if I do sense upcoming labor disputes?
that's... sort of the time it pays to be in a union and have free access to legal consultation