A woman wears sunglasses and a face mask while loading plastic bags full of groceries into the trunk of a car.
Instacart cut the minimum base pay that its gig-worker delivery drivers are paid, and many say the lower pay is making it harder to earn money on the app.
  • Instacart has cut its minimum base pay to $4 from $7 per order, angering many who work for the app.
  • The cut makes Instacart workers more reliant on customers' tips and claiming the best-paying orders.
  • Drivers at many gig delivery services say their earnings have fallen from highs during the pandemic.

The people who deliver your groceries through Instacart just took a big pay cut.