In Store Shopper - In Store Shopper Instacart Employee Review

1.0
Jul 16, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

A job without micromanagement. Consistent pay every Friday. A referral program. $50 a person. Very easy work. You just grocery shop and put bags away.

Cons

They have a terrible relationship with the grocery stores you’ll work at. You won’t have a break room. You won’t have a refrigerator to store your food. You won’t have a microwave to heat it up either. The people who for the grocery store treat you poorly. The drivers strike. Frequently. Sometimes after you shop and order you’ll have no where to place bags. Some orders will give you 7 bags of groceries. Imagine having no place to put them because the shelves are full. Also, the shelves and in the most inconvenient places in the grocery store. Sometimes right at the entrance where the bags are stolen. It’s very impersonal. You don’t make a lot of connections with the people you work with. The turnover is VERY high. This is not a place to plan growth. When I was hired, the trainer told me people are hired and fired every week.

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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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