Low performance environment - Analytics Manager Instacart Employee Review

3.0
29 Oct 2017
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Pros

Interesting problems to work on. Opportunity to be independent and work on impactful, cross functional projects

Cons

Engineering org fundamentally devoid of vision and there's a lack of high caliber leadership, starting at the top. Key functions like analytics are not held to high standards, and there is a lack of individual accountability to delivering impact. It's a frustrating environment if you are ambitious and want to make a difference. Culture of performance is lacking, and politics are valued above merit.

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5.0
27 Apr 2026
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Pros

Focused direction. Good WLB. Decent pay. Fully remote.

Cons

A bit slow growth on business and career

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2.0
21 Jun 2026
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Pros

Fun going out and talking to people. You will interact with people everyday. You control how much you get paid. Lots of flexibility in the time between accepting an order and traveling to the store and beginning to shop. It isn't pedal to the metal to get to the store like DoorDash is. You can also cancel batches after accepting as long as you keep your rate under 15%. This is different from DoorDash where your rankings will suffer if g.t. 2% cancellation rate.

Cons

There's a learning curve and it takes a while to learn each chain of stores' items. Once you become proficient at one store, the algorithm will lowball your offers relative to other less-experienced Instacart shoppers. Overall, Instacart shoppers likely get paid similar or less than the store's regular employees.

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