Jeff Mitchell is risking coronavirus as an Instacart shopper. But he says he's worked worse jobs that've paid less.
, Mitchell grinds out order after order to pay child support for his two children, and to hopefully earn enough to move out of his in-laws' home and into an apartment with his wife.
It didn't last. As more out-of-work Americans joined the Instacart shipping ranks, competition drove his pay down to the point where some days there's no work at all. He now earns roughly $30 for each shop-and-delivery he completes. The conflict between demand for Instacart's service and the safety concerns of its shoppers prompted a smattering of protests around the country in April and May. Instacart says order volume was up 300% in April compared to the same month last year, and the number of shoppers has leapt from about 200,000 in mid-March to about 500,000 today.
Every morning, he waits for the Instacart app to begin populating with orders. Each order tells him how many items it contains, how far he'll have to drive, and most importantly, how much he stands to earn. Instacart shopper Jeff Mitchell's iPhone displays the amount of money he would earn for accepting shopping assignments in Boulder County, Colorado.Top-rated shoppers average about 38 seconds between putting each item in their cart. The faster he shops, the more money he can potentially make, so Mitchell avoids stores that are crowded or out of certain items. While he usually starts his days at Costco, he'll bounce between as many as five other stores in a single day.
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