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Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received... by klathzazt on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @05:20PM (#19030413)
I would agree, if the app didn't say "tip for delivery person" instead of "tip for instacart" or something maybe more ambiguous like "tip." Take a look at the screenshots of their app being discussed here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bizcarson/2018/04/24/instacart-...
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Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received... by mikewhy on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @05:48PM (#19030626)
Are you sure those aren't the upcoming changes? There's another older screenshot further down that has more ambiguous wording.

Edit: welp, even that says it 100% goes to the person doing the shopping. Gross.

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Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received... by Spivak on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @06:13PM (#19030847)
Insidious, right? 100% of the tip technically does go to your shopper.

Welcome to the world of 'tipped wages'. In my state, every paycheck, the first $520 worth of tips effectively goes straight to your employer for the purposes of paying your minimum wage and then you can have whatever is left over.

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Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received... by gbear605 on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @07:01PM (#19031207)
What’s more, this article is made by employees from Washington state, where they don’t even have a separate tipped minimum wage.
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