Category: shoppers

Instacart is hiring another 250,000 grocery shoppers

Post author By Randall
Post date April 23, 2020
Categories In coronavirus, covid-19, Delivery, gear, gig workers, grocery, hiring, instacart, News, Safety, shoppers, Tech, workers

[ad_1] Instacart promises it’s doing more to support its workforce. To log into the app, workers will have to take a daily wellness check. If they confirm symptoms of COVID-19, including fever, cough or difficulty breathing, they’ll be logged off for the day and told to contact their physician. Independent contractors (known as “full-service” shoppers) […]

Many Instacart shoppers still don’t have their COVID-19 safety gear

Post author By Randall
Post date April 19, 2020
Categories In coronavirus, covid-19, Food, food and drink, gear, groceries, health, instacart, News, Safety, shoppers, shopping, Tech

[ad_1] Instacart’s plans to give shoppers masks and sanitizer during the COVID-19 pandemic are proceeding slower than many employees would like, and that’s partly on purpose. In response to workers’ concerns, the company told Wired in a statement that it had capped orders for the safety gear (which goes through the company store) to “thousands” […]