Full Time Shopper - Full Service Shopper Instacart Employee Review

3.0
Mar 20, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

If you cancel your hours 6 hours before you are scheduled no RI.

Cons

The last pay structure pays too low for a lot of the batches. I have noticed also that Costco batches no longer have tips. These are large and sometimes heavy with all the water customers want and they do not tip!

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5.0
Apr 27, 2026
Anonymous employee
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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
Jun 21, 2026
Recommend
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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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