Personal Shopper - Personal Shopper Instacart Employee Review

4.0
9 Feb 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Make your own hours & be your own boss - Good tips - I worked 11 hours and made $148

Cons

- You have to drive quite a bit - Spend a lot of money on gas - Relies heavily on tips

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Pros

Flexible Hours and Quick Customer Solutions

Cons

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2.0
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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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