Instacart Hired 300,000 Workers in a Month and Plans to Hire 250,000 More

Instacart hired 300,000 workers in recent weeks to meet surging demand for grocery deliveries spurred by the pandemic.

Instacart employee Eric Cohn, 34, searches for an item for a delivery order in a Safeway grocery store while wearing a respirator mask to help protect himself and slow the spread of the CCP virus disease in Tucson, Ariz., on April 4, 2020. Cheney Orr/Reuters

Instacart hired 300,000 workers in recent weeks to meet surging demand for grocery deliveries spurred by the pandemic. Now, the startup is seeking to hire another 250,000 workers over the next two months.

The on-demand grocery delivery company said Thursday that it is seeking to hire the additional “full-service shoppers,” who are treated as independent contractors, in areas with the highest demand with the aim to “get back to same-day delivery.” Some customers have struggled in recent weeks to secure delivery slots due to the high demand.