Just to clarify: only Instacart's in-store shoppers are employees (and only in a few cities right now), since most of those are shift based roles ('shifts' scre

Just to clarify: only Instacart's in-store shoppers are employees (and only in a few cities right now), since most of those are shift based roles ('shifts' screams employees under the law). I wouldn't be surprised if they shifted delivers to employees too though, since: 1. It's going to be incredibly difficult to maintain two worker systems (I imagine this played into Shyp's decision as well). 2. They probably have enough volume/data to figure out their busy times, so can get close enough to matching supply/demand. Vs. ridesharing, where demand is too sporadic (e.g. weather, events, etc) and surge pricing is better at finding market equilibrium.