Instacart reviews

3.6

59% would recommend to a friend

(1,881 total reviews)
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51% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Instacart has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,881 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Instacart employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Feb 19, 2016

Data Science Team

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Pros

There are so many data science problems here and we are just getting started. I've worked on everything from logistics to growth to shopper systems. We're addressing a six hundred billion dollar market and doing it much better than Google and Amazon. Coworkers are all smart and friendly; it's a very relaxed culture but with high standards around quality and urgency. High quality data that I almost never have to "clean". Work hours are flexible and I think the work/life balance is good by startup standards (though don't expect a 9-5).

Cons

I often work on nights and weekends, but there's a lot of flexibility around when to arrive or leave so my overall hours are pretty reasonable compared to any other professional- also I like the work so I don't mind doing a lot of it. We don't have the name-recognition of Uber or Airbnb yet. I'm getting fat on all the free food ;)

5.0
Feb 19, 2016
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Pros

- Our values are great and at the center of the company - Data Science opportunities are everywhere from operations research to recommendation systems and we just hired an amazing VP of Data Science - Instacart is extremely goal oriented and data driven - Incredibly smart colleagues - We are moving so fast! If you have an idea, code it, push it to production and test it! It is really that simple.

Cons

Can't think of any at the moment

5.0
Feb 8, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

1) Great culture and values system 2) A huge breadth of challenging data science problems to work on 3) Strong emphasis on data driven decision making 4) Extremely smart yet humble co-workers 5) Transparency 6) Free lunch and dinner and an awesome office space Picking groceries and delivering them is a much much harder problem than just picking a person and dropping off. Instacart is solving the problem of last minute delivery, which is one of the toughest problems in Logistics, and is getting better at it every day!

Cons

No cons that I can think of right now

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