Instacart is not the only one of these apps doing this. Amazon Flex/Prime Now also does the same thing: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmazonFlexDrivers/comments/66zk

Instacart is not the only one of these apps doing this. Amazon Flex/Prime Now also does the same thing: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmazonFlexDrivers/comments/66zkx7/who_is_going_around_telling_customers_that_amazon/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AmazonFlexDrivers/comments/66zkx7/w... There is some back-and-forth in that thread, but the gist of it seems to be the same as here, where Amazon takes tips into account when they calculate the base wage, which can result in getting a low base wage if there's a large tip.