Incredible learning experience solving really hard problems - Anonymous employee Instacart Employee Review

5.0
20 Apr 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Smart, passionate colleagues - Incredible technology, tools, access to data - Flat culture where good ideas from anywhere are celebrated - Solving something that's incredibly difficult, but meaningful to customers

Cons

- Normal growing pains of a fast growing company: culture and communication tend to break down as teams grow - This business operations 363 days/year...it's hard to turn off

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5.0
21 Jan 2026
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Pros

good place to work just need to figure out navigating politics at times.

Cons

have a little more structure but this was a long time ago

3.0
3 July 2026
Recommend
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Pros

You choose when and how long you work, If you get the Instacart Shopper Card they promote, your earnings are deposited within minutes.

Cons

Before the Iran war, I was making about $10/hour - not that great. Since gas has increased in price, I'm very careful about the jobs I accept so I don't spend $5 or more on gas for a batch.

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