Lavonna (no last name provided in her email) from Recruit and Field randomly called me on March 1, 2017 and asked if I wanted to be part of a paid 3-day survey on ridesharing. I did not know how the company got my number but was assured by Lavonna that Recruit and Fields was a “legitimate” company and I could check their website and facebook for positive reviews (this should have been the first red flag).
When I responded that I did want to participate in the study, she proceeded to have a 5 minutes call with me and ask me over a dozen questions about my demographic and my preference in ride sharing companies, etc. I found it odd that I was already being asked survey questions before the 3-day survey began but answered them because of the promise that I would be part of the paid survey!
On Mach 6, 2017 Lavonna sent me an email asking if I wanted to participate in the survey (again odd - I had already invested time answering questions and already told her I wanted to). When I confirmed that I was still participating in the survey, I received an email (exactly 5 minutes later) from Lavonna that said the study had suddenly "reduced the number of respondents." and the company had to "DQ" me from the study.
When I told the company that I found their practices to be fraudulent and I felt they have fradulently obtained survey responses from me while promising payment. I receieved a call from Lavonna (telling me to go look at their facebook page) and then a another call from her supervisor telling me there were two people with the same name on the survey and I had been incorrectly disqualified (wait what?).
Anyways, Im convinved this Company never had the intention of paying me for my time or the survey answers I provided. I hope other will file reports if they have a similar experiance. If either Uber or Lyft hired this company, they should really re-think the company they hire to obtain market research and data.
I participated in an online bulletin board focus group to answer questions and give my opinion about probiotics from Dec 5 - Dec 15, 2016. For completing all activities online, which I did, I was to be paid $125 via Paypal within 2 weeks. I answered all follow-up questions by the adminstrator of the study.
I received a request to confirm my email for the Paypal payment after the study was completed, which I answered. I have yet to receive payment or a reponse to my email asking where the heck it was.
Recruit + Field Reviews
Lavonna (no last name provided in her email) from Recruit and Field randomly called me on March 1, 2017 and asked if I wanted to be part of a paid 3-day survey on ridesharing. I did not know how the company got my number but was assured by Lavonna that Recruit and Fields was a “legitimate” company and I could check their website and facebook for positive reviews (this should have been the first red flag).
When I responded that I did want to participate in the study, she proceeded to have a 5 minutes call with me and ask me over a dozen questions about my demographic and my preference in ride sharing companies, etc. I found it odd that I was already being asked survey questions before the 3-day survey began but answered them because of the promise that I would be part of the paid survey!
On Mach 6, 2017 Lavonna sent me an email asking if I wanted to participate in the survey (again odd - I had already invested time answering questions and already told her I wanted to). When I confirmed that I was still participating in the survey, I received an email (exactly 5 minutes later) from Lavonna that said the study had suddenly "reduced the number of respondents." and the company had to "DQ" me from the study.
When I told the company that I found their practices to be fraudulent and I felt they have fradulently obtained survey responses from me while promising payment. I receieved a call from Lavonna (telling me to go look at their facebook page) and then a another call from her supervisor telling me there were two people with the same name on the survey and I had been incorrectly disqualified (wait what?).
Anyways, Im convinved this Company never had the intention of paying me for my time or the survey answers I provided. I hope other will file reports if they have a similar experiance. If either Uber or Lyft hired this company, they should really re-think the company they hire to obtain market research and data.
I participated in an online bulletin board focus group to answer questions and give my opinion about probiotics from Dec 5 - Dec 15, 2016. For completing all activities online, which I did, I was to be paid $125 via Paypal within 2 weeks. I answered all follow-up questions by the adminstrator of the study.
I received a request to confirm my email for the Paypal payment after the study was completed, which I answered. I have yet to receive payment or a reponse to my email asking where the heck it was.