Great benefits, poor leadership - Product Support Instacart Employee Review

2.0
Jun 16, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are great. At one point, we had free health insurance paid by the company, but they no longer offer that perk. Health Insurance now comes out of everyone’s checks. The work is easy, especially if you’re great in customer service, and have both tech and leadership experience. It’s pretty easy to advance in the company.

Cons

The values of the company aren’t exercised in the office. A lot of people in leadership don’t have the basic skills to effectively communicate with their team. Rules, processes, and workload was very inconsistent and changed quite often. I understand the company was still considered a “start up”, but most of the time leadership didn’t have the answers. “Fake it ‘til you make it” was a theme. And at times, the way they communicated/treated employees was almost like bullying. I remember a girl a couple years ago who was bullied because she spoke up about sexual harassment in the office regarding a favorite/popular team lead. I felt bad because I reported him too, but she was the only one getting heat for his termination. I think she quit a couple months after. They could have handled that better. It made me lose trust and feel like my information wasn’t confidential after her name was leaked.

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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
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Pros

Flexible schedule and independent work environment with good earning potential during busy hours.

Cons

Pay can vary by day and vehicle expenses like gas and maintenance add up quickly.

2.0
Jun 21, 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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