Suburban moms are delivering groceries

… But it doesn’t happen that often,” says Hilary Gordon, who works as a shopper for the grocery delivery app Instacart in a suburb of Sacramento, Calif. “The other day I worked 11-and-a-half hours and made $265. … But it doesn’t happen that often,” says Hilary Gordon, who works as a shopper for the grocery delivery app Instacart in a suburb of Sacramento, Calif. “The other day I worked 11-and-a-half hours and made $265. Gordon and a half-dozen other women shared with NPR details of working for delivery apps, which painted a picture of the epitome of gig work: accessible but high intensity, with pay that’s quick but unpredictable and hours that are flexible but unreliable.

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