InstaworkReviews of instawork.com

I am a retired Executive Chef on Social Security and because of inflation and the big beautiful Bill, I have to work to make ends meet and pay for my escalated health insurance premium. I chose Instawork because it is known to place people in the food industry. I have been cancel 5 times and my last job I had to spend 25.00 for equipment needed for a general labor job and drive 45 minutes which cost me 30 round trip only to be pay for 1 hour of 17.00 before taxes. Unfair. There should be a minimum 2-4 hours and it is hard finding shifts in my living area in my industry that is not already taken. I have had to cancel twice because the site was too far and wasn’t worth the trip for 4 hours after gas and tolls only to profit 20.00.

Instawork is a great company to work for

The experience that I have is when the pay is going to get dispersed and I don’t like how Instawork will keep you in limbo concerning your pay date. Somehow how I get payed got mixed up and I can’t get ahold of anyone . I have been waiting 3 plus days for someone to help me resolve my issue. I haven’t received and email just a message saying I would be transferred to the next available agent and that’s been 3 days ago

The availability the only thing I don't necessarily like sometimes the tech support can take a while but other than that it's a really good platform decent competitive pay for the most part I just wish it was more areas but an outstandings app I would recommend it to anybody

I truly want to leave 5 stars, but with all the good it’s been I’ve experienced just as much bad :/ Within the 3 weeks that I picked up my first shift, my account has gone from Gold on the way to Platinum Top Pro to all but suspended for something I didn’t even do. Over the two weeks I’ve spent trying to get in contact with support, I’ve been ignored twice while trying my hardest to get shifts and pay my bills. I don’t know what’s wrong with their support team, but they don’t explain things to newbies and give NO GRACE to Pros under any circumstances, and I can’t understand why……and I still need help! (From a human being, not different versions of the same confused robot)

Staff is pretty decent love being able to clock in do my job go to lunch and they know I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing so no questions asked. Worth taking the La Bella shifts. A lot of work but I love to clean so no complaints.

I like instawork because it allows me to meet my financial needs on my own busy schedule. Generally, instawork support is helpful and responsive, but there are some serious hardships. Instawork employees have fewer protections that normal employees do, such as HR, benefits, dispute management, etc. I would like to see instawork employees have more opportunities for engagement and efficacy in gaining and demonstrating skills, such as classes workshops and trainings, to increase skill sets and pay rates of workers. I would like to see accessible opportunities for instawork employees to find healthcare, to resolve workplace disputes, and gain benefits that ultimately result in increased productivity and security of instawork members. Instawork employees often dont receive their correct hours (and therefor pay) or end up doing work that doesn’t fit their listed position on instawork because support is slow and/or denies corrections and disputes while workers with less professional literacy cant advocate for themselves. We need to make sure our fellow people are treated well, we must provide more avenues for support in-person and online, AI agents are only so helpful. I would like to see upward mobility through education and experience so people can see pathways to higher paying jobs rather than being pigeonholed into the same kinds of shifts again and again.

This is like a job placement company but mobile... they have a pretty easy to use app. The only downside I feel is, its extremely hard to get to talk to someone quickly that works for the company whenever you have an issue...since they implemented there new AI agents. A real life person will get back to you but it does take sometime. I have always been paid. I would like to see more opportunities because I guess our zone is very competitive and jobs are taken extremely fast since its basically first come first serve unless your a top pro then you have priority.