Instacart reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(1,879 total reviews)
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Fidji Simo

53% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Instacart has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,879 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Instacart employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
May 27, 2019

Shopper - Good, Bad and Ugly

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent money when you get honest customers, weekly pay outs.

Cons

Batches are few and far between, even in hot zones. Company states that shoppers will know before they accept a delivery, what Instacart is paying them and what the tip will be. What they don’t tell you is that customers have 72 hours to change the tip amount, which leads to customers offering large tips up front to get their order accepted, and ultimately changing the tip to 0 after the delivery has been completed. As I have a 100% satisfaction, Reliability and Accountability rating it’s safe to say this isn’t happening based on their feelings regarding the quality of service they received. Due to this I will no longer be participating with this company.

1.0
Feb 25, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free snacks at work was the only positive thing.

Cons

The call center that is Instacart is nothing what they perceive. They have over a dozen in management and they're just as clueless about the company as the agents they train. They push unrealistic numbers to appear to be supportive to shoppers and customers but it's a numbers game all in all. If a customer has a horrible experience first thing we're told is to suffice them with a coupon instead of resolving anything. The company is constantly shredded in the media about unfair pay everything they're saying is true. Agents are overworked and there is no real room to grow like they advertise. Unprofessional, poorly managed and no support for workers. Everyone from the top (CEO) to the very bottom (Shoppers) has to answer to someone so they do whatever they legally can to save themselves and their position. Anything outside of this is irrelevant to them. Lastly they have a contract to hire agreement they try to push on people with Aerotek. You're promised a evaluation of your work at the end of the contract to be considered for a full time position, this is false. If the goals are unrealistic they expect you to meet what are your chances of having a " good enough" evaluation to become permanent? Slim to none. You have a better chance of receiving an extension to your contract or being released all together and that's cheaper for the company because that means no benefits that they have to pay out. My advice don't do it.

1.0
Dec 6, 2018

Not worth it

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They offer a flexible schedule

Cons

No respect for their workers. Customer driven and every bad experience counts against the shopper. Tbey place you on a time limit but expect you to call and text every customer regarding their order. Once I rang a persons door and knocked for 10 minutes then left as they weren't answering. Then the customer said I provided " poor service". Instacart offers no Avenue for their employees to demonstrate to voice their own shopper issues.

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