Instacart ?
Hi Instacart Folks, I am considering Instacart as my next Employer. Compensation wise, most of money is on paper. Apart from compensation, could you please share you good/bad side/experience/view w.r.t. Instacart. #instacart #culture
You at least can keep paper. Their RSU is like air.
Lol 😭😭😭
Good: Company’s growing, pay’s good (on paper), lots of career growth opportunity Bad: Infra’s garbage, bad WLB in some teams, no ipo timeline, clawback is real, morale is going downhill
What gonna happen post pandemic to their business model ? Another Groupon ?
We’ve nearly doubled in a year, so there’s some growing pains (for example, the comments in this thread and others). But overall new leadership seems strong, product is well positioned and market opportunity is huge so personally I have faith in the future. ✌🏼
Hi, thanks for sharing. Would you be open to submit a referral for me? Non tech role, 10YoE. Thanks!
IPO timeline is uncertain but that can’t be cons, you are joining mature startup. That’s the right expectation. Clawback is real and this comes with risk. High risk high rewards. Culture is way better than Amazon. Personal experience, i hopped from Amazon It’s chaotic as a typical startup. Not all processes are well established like Amazon. But lot of opportunities and you can have recognization for your work. Product vision from new leadership is solid. If you on IC you can see some good feature updates regularly. Completion will always be there but it makes product better.
I left recently and felt like day to day culture was not great. Good benefits, decent comp, but no workplace etiquette or empathy and too many inexperienced managers. Management seems progressive but doesn’t do anything to make day to day better. High level of burnout and everyone acts like most minor tasks are urgent even when not remotely strategic. Ppl who have been there a while get promoted despite having zero management experience or legit external experiences that would give them the tools to bring much needed structure and support to IC. Work was also very rote and less innovative and exciting than they claim in interviews/media. It’s grocery delivery and data.
How long were you here for?
I attest to this. Culture is bad & many managers don’t deserve to be in their roles at all. Most mediocre managers I have seen in my 10 year long career
I recently joined and found out my colleagues are smart people, literally. I graduated with a PhD from top-4 cs school. I would say instacart has so many high quality employees and I don’t see a reason it will sink. Growing yoy is slowing down as expected because last year was crazy. But still pretty good numbers there. I have faith it will go public and gain a lot success within years.
When insiders think it will go public? 1 year from now? 2 years? 5? I know it low level employees can’t predict it but people have some expectations. Asking because I’m considering to join
Hard to tell, not this year for sure. My well educated guess is 2022 or 2023 H1.
It is an ok company.
Did you pass the interview?
Yes