u/Jerrygali

I hope this does not create a negative mark on my account due to this submission.

Has anyone else had this happen with a Dscout Live session? I was scheduled for an interview this morning and have been waiting in the virtual room, but the moderator still hasn’t joined. It's been 30 mins already, and nothing.

I sent a message through the mission chat, and an Email to Dscout support, but I’m not sure how long I should continue waiting or what happens if the researcher never shows up. I also had to rearrange my schedule to make time for the session, so it’s a little frustrating.

Has this happened to anyone else? What did Dscout do in your case?

Just venting here about the platform, but one thing that really frustrates me is how inconsistent the experience can be across live, diary, and usability missions.

I've had some live missions where I received the "expect payment" message the very next business day. On the other hand, I've completed live/diary missions over two weeks ago and still haven't received any update on. I've also had researchers close a mission and then wait almost a month before they even begin processing payments and/or breaking their radio silence.

When I've contacted Dscout support, I've basically been told that researchers always need more time and that missions are never actually "closed," even if the app or website marks them as closed and to just hang tight.

It just feels really inconsistent. Some experiences are excellent from start to finish, while others are frustratingly slow and take forever to pay out. I don't mind waiting if that's the expectation, but I wish there were more consistency, communication, and transparency in the payment process. Just how there is an ETA for payments from completing a express mission, there should be one also for regular payments. Or an obligation for a researcher to update the status of a mission after a week or two of no communication.

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I'm about to hit the 10-business-day mark on a Live mission I completed almost two weeks ago, and there were zero issues during the session. I'm hoping Dscout is just backed up or running behind on reviews, but if I don't hear anything by the end of this week, I may have to reach out to Dscout Support for the first time.

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