Only goal is production - Customer Service Representative Instacart Employee Review

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.

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Pros

Focused direction. Good WLB. Decent pay. Fully remote.

Cons

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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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