Maybe Instacart’s just flooded with new people who wanted make money.” And with that, you have the ability to have competition, therefore it may not be a whole lot of jobs out there anymore. Jason: It really didn’t click that this was going on because you think, “Okay, thousands of people, millions of people are losing their jobs. The company that got closed down that was doing this turned around and started two more companies, just to do the same thing over again.
They did some legal stuff, got them out of there.
Because Instacart drivers were complaining. Jason: Yeah, there’s articles out there to where Instacart actually got wind of it.
There’s a person who’s actually facilitating and putting these things out there to other non-essential shoppers, basically, right? So I thought-Ĭecily: So it’s not like there’s one person who got this app and is trying to get more jobs. And then they would pay them an hourly wage for doing that job.
That were basically created to make an account, go in, electronically grab those accounts, and then farm them out to undocumented workers who couldn’t necessarily qualify to be an Instacart driver for one reason or another. I read an article referring to Florida saying that there was an issue and it had to do with bots or algorithms, programs that were being created. Before all this happened with respect to the pandemic and with respect to the bots. Jason: And then … and this is the funniest thing ever. I noticed that when I would toggle into Instacart normal to see a number of batches waiting. Gig economy, you toggle back and forth whenever, whatever. For instance, I was doing DoorDash maybe a month and a half before I started Instacart.
Jason: No, it wasn’t like that before at all. Now, when you open it up, nine times out of 10, you’re going to have to continue to refresh because there will be nothing in that queue waiting for you when you open the app. And I know that I could have at least … when I open the app, I can have at least five to ten batches or orders waiting on me. Jason: Meaning that … for instance, I could my day whenever, when it came to Instacart. You have to now have some sort of scheme, I call it, to when it comes to Instacart. Jason: It has definitely affected my bottom line. And they were all going away really, really fast. So with this being Los Angeles, there’s a ridiculous number of Instacart batches or purchases that come in for pickup. And the fact on top of that, that when they would come in, they would instantly be taken away within seconds. That’s what we call it, when you can pick up somebody’s order. Things that were happening in Florida where Instacart shoppers noticed a sharp decline in the number of available batches. Jason: With respect to the bots, I read up about it about three weeks ago. And, yes, it was affecting me a great deal. First and foremost, I know exactly what you’re talking about. So, first and foremost, do you even know what I’m talking about? Is this affecting you at all? I’m making hand over fist.” And now people are complaining.