Thanks everyone!
Thought I'd share part of a post I made on another thread a day or two ago, especially if you are waiting for MR:
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I'm a Jan applicant (AOR Feb 28) who should have received MR this week (assuming the regular timeline and no issues on my application). I did some sleuthing on our company's website (boss sanctioned) and found a visit on Google Analytics stats from Ottawa on Aug 5th. We don't get much traffic and this was the only one mapped to Ottawa. So I did a trace on our website logs and the IP resolved to the Canadian government IP block. The user went through every major page (like company info, staff list, etc). Based on MaxMind (they provide geolocation data for IP addresses), the IP was mapped to a street 2 blocks from CIC Ottawa's address - very reasonable range because these are not pinpoint data but relative area/location.
I do these types of tracking/log reviews for my job so I'm keeping out the "gory" details. In short, they have done some research on my company and have had plenty time to do get back to me but I haven't heard anything or received any MR.
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In short, CIC visited our company website on Aug 5th and MR was issued on Aug 14. Based on the timeline, there probably is more involved than just doing research on the company who hired you and issuing the MR that very day. So hang in there as everyone has different jobs & employers & credentials, so it would make sense that the "research" process and timeline would be different for each applicant even if they all arrived at the same day!