Hard to Get Hours - Anonymous employee Instacart Employee Review

3.0
11 Jun 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Bonus if you’re good! Flexible hours to fit your needs Fun and interactive Shopper support is helpful

Cons

Hard to get hours if you aren’t in Early Access App gets quirky on occasion and is frustrating

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Pros

Flexible Hours and Quick Customer Solutions

Cons

Very unpredictable hours and pay

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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