Instacart unveiled the shift to a new Partner Pick model in aposton Medium.
Under that model, Instacart will rely more on grocery store employees to fulfill orders.
The result is that the current in-store Instacart employees will no longer be needed at many locations.
What Do the Instacart Layoffs and Changing Services Mean for Your Side Gig?
The other major side gig, full-service shopping, is indirectly affected.
In-store shoppers are W-2 employees of Instacart, and they work embedded in partner grocery stores around the country.
As of March 2020,Supermarket Newsreported the company employs about 12,000 in-store shoppers.
The layoffs mark an estimated 15% reduction in these types of jobs.
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Were also providing all impacted shoppers with separation packages based on their tenure with Instacart.
The cuts have a rippling effect on the more popular grocery-delivery gigs, known as full-service shoppers.
These positions are 1099 independently contracted roles.
The folks who work these app-based gigs are not employees of Instacart, technically speaking.
The full-service part generally refers to the grocery shoppinganddelivery responsibilities.
Throughout the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of people have supplemented their income with Instacarts flexible delivery gigs.
The company did not share when the new punch in of orders will go into effect for gig workers.
The grocer welcomed affected shoppers to apply to a host of job openings.
Adam Hardy is a staff writer at The Penny Hoarder.
He covers the gig economy, remote work and other unique ways to make money.
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