Um, what? Batches were offered back to back.
Posted Nov 21, 2018, 10:52 PM UTC
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I love this because it shows that there is legitimately no method to the madness. And also hate it because seriously WTF?!?
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I just posted that I'm trying to get my local (Seattle) news to cover this because of shit like this. It's insulting, and I don't think the customers know. It needs bad press.
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There is a method. Lowest payment first...
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The current pay system is awful. I usually got almost $30+ without tips with batches the same as on the left. Like wtf. My income has gone way down this past week. This really sucks.
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There is a 100% chance that Instacart is now determining our pay for a batch by spinning a wheel
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Btw the way no tip on the left and the right had batch incentives at 15.04.
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Did you took the $18 one?
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I did, was a super easy shop.
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Did you not see the item counts are totally different though? These aren't the same batch. 😂
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I know they aren't the same batch, it's more about the randomness of batch pay incentives. What makes the batch on the right payout better in incentives than the left? It definitely isn't the "factors" they claim.
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I understood your point after I looked closer. It's damn near criminal to offer so little for 65 items.
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Exactly right. It shows how completely stupid this new pay system is. Almost the same pay for 2 insanely different batches.
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But yeah the pay is totally jacked up it's like they just pull an amount out of their ass.
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This new pay model relies on a poorly written algorithm that consistently under pays and is at times completely off in terms the norm. Case in point is the OP post showing a batch paying $14 for 65 items.
I know the IC staff are reading these forums. So let me say this to them: you say the new pay model was designed to keep payout the same, but anyone with half a brain can do simple math and calculate earnings from the old model and the new one, and can easily see pay has been consistently lower across the board. In many case up to 50% lower. It's so insulting to shoppers who have done an incredible job all these years to keep IC afloat.