November 6, 2023 at 4:36 pm

‘Someone hacked into my account and stole all my money.’ A Former Instacart Shopper Talked About What The Job Is Really Like

by Matthew Gilligan

Source: TikTok/@robbiesmoonmusic

If you’ve ever thought that working as an Instacart shopper on the side might be for you, this article might change your mind a little bit.

A former Instacart shopper named Robbie posted a video and told folks about his experience.

He said he worked for Instacart full-time for a year and said, “As someone who did Instacart as his full-time job for a whole ******* year a couple years back, my mental health got so bad doing Instacart as a full-time job that I have never been lower in my entire life.”

Source: TikTok/@robbiesmoonmusic

Robbie explained, “I always see these people on this app who show that they’re making $250 a day doing Instacart. You can do that, that was me, I was happy to do that just to get by. But it would take me eight-plus hours to do that. I was working more doing Instacart than I ever had to do at an actual nine-to-five job.”

He said working for Instacart was actually harder than a regular job and he didn’t get benefits…and there was always the prospect of orders getting screwed up because some customers lie and say they never received their orders.

Source: TikTok/@robbiesmoonmusic

Robbie said, “Rent was due, it’s my only source of income. Instacart doesn’t care, they’re like, ‘Sorry, bye.’”

He also said he put a ton of miles on his car and his vehicle was actually stolen once during a delivery.

Source: TikTok/@robbiesmoonmusic

Check out what he had to say.

@robbiesmoonmusic

#stitch w/ @Sara Amber Victoria … if you’ve been on their waitlist, babe… that’s a BLESSING!! #instacart #capitalism #storytime #gaytiktok

♬ original sound – robbie scott 🇵🇸

And here’s how folks responded.

One person made a good point about working for Instacart.

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Another individual learned a lesson when they tried to do it.

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And this person has done their research and doesn’t think Instacart is for them.

Source: TikTok/@robbiesmoonmusic

The more you know, right?

Doesn’t sound like a whole lot of fun!