Walmart Spark delivery drivers say they are waiting over an hour to pick up orders — it's the latest sign of trouble for the retailer's delivery business

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Some Walmart Spark gig workers say they wait over an hour to pick up orders.

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Instacart workers show off hundreds of dollars in free food that they keep from canceled orders. 'This is the only perk of working Instacart.'

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An Instacart shopper leaving a ShopRite after completing two orders

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Millennial and Gen Z gig workers are earning a lot more than their older peers

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Younger gig workers tend to make more than older ones.

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Delivery drivers who make their living on apps like Instacart, DoorDash, and Grubhub say they're being booted with little warning or recourse

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Some Walmart delivery drivers are buying their credentials online — letting anyone deliver goods to your door

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HustleGPT: Generative AI will boost income and help millions of workers take on second and third jobs, Morgan Stanley predicts.

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Instacart deactivated a shopper, and he nearly lost his home. He battled the company and won $28,000 in back pay.

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An Instacart gig worker shops for groceries.

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Uber CEO says his time moonlighting as a driver showed him the company didn't pay enough attention to its drivers. It sparked an all-hands called 'Why we suck.'

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says his time moonlighting as a delivery worker and driver showed him the company "didn't take pride in the driver product."

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Some Instacart customers are losing hundreds of dollars to scammers after connecting bank accounts or Paypal to the app

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Some Instacart users are reportedly out hundreds of dollars after placing orders on the grocery delivery app that never arrived.

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