Shopper/Independant Contractor - Anonymous employee Instacart Employee Review

1.0
Dec 10, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

None. Not anymore. They have restructured their pay scale.

Cons

Hard to get hours unless you can work at least 30 hours a week from the start and never, ever go on vacation or else you’ll lose early access to hours in which case you will have to fight to tooth and nail to get them. The pay used to be pretty good but now they are paying out extremely low compensations per delivery. It’s a race to the bottom for anyone who continues to work with instacart.

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5.0
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Pros

Batch pay and promotions are top notch, especially here in Olney. I've worked in St. Louis, MO, Sparta, IL, Carbondale, IL and Mount Vernon, IL. My favorite has been Olney. I won't reach Diamond status like I did in St. Louis, but the rewards are better in the smaller communities. Instacart cares about their drivers.

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

flexibility, fairly easy to start,

Cons

low pay, very few tips, sometimes sketchy neighborhoods, wears out my vehicle

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