Instacart 'shoppers' baffled by shrinking paycheques
By A Mystery Man Writer
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Home delivery has boomed during the pandemic. But the gig workers who have signed with Instacart, to go shopping for consumers and deliver the orders, say their earnings from the online giant are shrouded in mystery, and have fallen significantly.
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