Apr 13, 2020
On “The Instacart Shopper,” we meet Matt Gillette, an immunocompromised Washington DC resident who is a personal shopper at Instacart. Matt is risking his life to shop for food and groceries so residents in the DC/Maryland/Virginia area don’t have to. This is a story about a new type of first responder. Instacart shoppers are paid based on the speed and volume of the shopping they do. But with new restrictions at supermarkets, are Instacart shoppers getting exploited? I’ll also offer my predictions for what I think will change after coronavirus is gone from our lives.