WAY better than Instawork!
I've been using Instawork for 8 months and have completed 60 shifts though their platform. I have excellent ratings and reviews. (I'm Top Gold or Platinum Pro).
A clear pattern has emerged: Instaworkers are treated like expendable idiots and the businesses who post jobs with incorrect info are NEVER held accountable. The worker is ALWAYS blamed, INSTANTLY penalized and guilty until proven innocent.
If Instawork were a personality, it would be an extremely jealous and insecure partner who has deep trust issues and assumes the very worst of any and every situation and crashes-out at the tip of a hat.
This has been a clear pattern from my first shift 8 months ago, to my 60th shift this week.
I spend several hours over days resolving issues in 'support' chats going around in circles with AI overlord bots and their human pets who both exhibit extremely poor reading comprehension skills. You essentially do their job or tell them how to do their job but you don't get paid.
Instawork prioritizes their business partners over their workers. They do not hold businesses accountable for posting incorrect information or for cancelling shifts. This leads to all kinds of frustrating issues, in which the worker is ALWAYS to blame and suspended.
I recently tried Bacon and the quality, quantity, frequency and proximity of work is WAAAAAAAY better!
Finding and booking a shift is just THREE taps.
1. Search
2. Select/Review
3. Book.
BOOM—DONE! Book a shift in seconds.
My biggest issue with Bacon is deciding WHICH shift to take. Always multiple open shifts any given day. (Salt Lake City/Wasatch Front)
Bacon treats you like an equal trusted ADULT partner.
No endless scrolling though checklists, making promises, taking oaths, swearing-ins, policy reviews, threats, reminders, uniform uploads, quizzes, enabling location tracking and signing your name...JUST to book a shift (that is now no longer available because the process takes too long).
The InstaWork booking process is 10-20 taps and 3-4 screens AT LEAST.
Bacon Workers and Bacon businesses connect in-person, human to human. The person who posted the shift is usually the person you greet when you walk in the door of the business.
There doesn't seem to be 3 middle-men with a ton of details lost in translation. Clock-ins also always just work. (They're usually an issue with Instawork).
Of the 10 or so Bacon shifts I've worked in the last three weeks, so far, everything just worked and has gone smoothly. You also get paid in just two days for only 1%. Instapay is 3-5%
Soooo refreshing after being a prisoner in the InstaGulag for the past 7 months.
THANK YOU BACON!
A clear pattern has emerged: Instaworkers are treated like expendable idiots and the businesses who post jobs with incorrect info are NEVER held accountable. The worker is ALWAYS blamed, INSTANTLY penalized and guilty until proven innocent.
If Instawork were a personality, it would be an extremely jealous and insecure partner who has deep trust issues and assumes the very worst of any and every situation and crashes-out at the tip of a hat.
This has been a clear pattern from my first shift 8 months ago, to my 60th shift this week.
I spend several hours over days resolving issues in 'support' chats going around in circles with AI overlord bots and their human pets who both exhibit extremely poor reading comprehension skills. You essentially do their job or tell them how to do their job but you don't get paid.
Instawork prioritizes their business partners over their workers. They do not hold businesses accountable for posting incorrect information or for cancelling shifts. This leads to all kinds of frustrating issues, in which the worker is ALWAYS to blame and suspended.
I recently tried Bacon and the quality, quantity, frequency and proximity of work is WAAAAAAAY better!
Finding and booking a shift is just THREE taps.
1. Search
2. Select/Review
3. Book.
BOOM—DONE! Book a shift in seconds.
My biggest issue with Bacon is deciding WHICH shift to take. Always multiple open shifts any given day. (Salt Lake City/Wasatch Front)
Bacon treats you like an equal trusted ADULT partner.
No endless scrolling though checklists, making promises, taking oaths, swearing-ins, policy reviews, threats, reminders, uniform uploads, quizzes, enabling location tracking and signing your name...JUST to book a shift (that is now no longer available because the process takes too long).
The InstaWork booking process is 10-20 taps and 3-4 screens AT LEAST.
Bacon Workers and Bacon businesses connect in-person, human to human. The person who posted the shift is usually the person you greet when you walk in the door of the business.
There doesn't seem to be 3 middle-men with a ton of details lost in translation. Clock-ins also always just work. (They're usually an issue with Instawork).
Of the 10 or so Bacon shifts I've worked in the last three weeks, so far, everything just worked and has gone smoothly. You also get paid in just two days for only 1%. Instapay is 3-5%
Soooo refreshing after being a prisoner in the InstaGulag for the past 7 months.
THANK YOU BACON!
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Review
Developer is kind, the experience has gotten smoother
Half brained setup
Quizzes to determine skills are a joke and subjective, to say the least… app handles like a tank, slow and grinding. Use the website instead. Edit: it took them over a year to respond to this issue… haha!
Dumb App
So they make you fill out all of this info to find jobs, but there are none in my zip code and they force you to search by zip code instead of area. I should be able to search before giving you all of my information to at least see if anything is available. What a waste of time. There isn't even a way to see your account in the app so now I have to figure out how to close my account on the web. Again, what a waste of time.
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Worst work app
Unprofessional and inconsiderate, will give you the least accommodating assistance they possibly can while still using you to fill shifts and make money
Zach Biesinger
The bacon app helped me find temporary work. I had a month off work and found a couple of shifts that helped.
Handing it to the admin. developers working out bugs kinks and fixes
This Ap has had access to better performance than it has had in more recent years. System settings, provided for a user friendly experience with, staff employees, performance on the job reviews.
As it is right now, the site maps, web masters, in network admin., performances per reviews, algorithm does not match what the data has provided end user with information on the app itself.
So. Not only are you rated by the Admin. on job site. Managers and, Management; it would seem, the developer is enabled, or, rather more less responsible to determine status being on stand by.
In ap support is relatively unresponsive now, as they have been more responsible in the past; I would that they be more clear with their top performers. What with the reasons they have had to answer for events of the day.
The ap is available on demand and, proprietary support is only available within 9-5 hours of the business day. It would be too convenient if, that their work opportunity availability, were also able to plan a schedule once per week within a few days, if only hours in advance.
As it is right now, the site maps, web masters, in network admin., performances per reviews, algorithm does not match what the data has provided end user with information on the app itself.
So. Not only are you rated by the Admin. on job site. Managers and, Management; it would seem, the developer is enabled, or, rather more less responsible to determine status being on stand by.
In ap support is relatively unresponsive now, as they have been more responsible in the past; I would that they be more clear with their top performers. What with the reasons they have had to answer for events of the day.
The ap is available on demand and, proprietary support is only available within 9-5 hours of the business day. It would be too convenient if, that their work opportunity availability, were also able to plan a schedule once per week within a few days, if only hours in advance.
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Response from developer
Thank you for the review and feedback!
Customer service sucks
For a whole year my background check said pending and instead of them trying to help me I received nothing but frustration
I wish it allowed me to insert receipts
Terrible!
I wish it allowed me to insert receipts
Terrible!
Don't bother for ATL
They're blocking sign ups in ATL but still collecting personal info. There are no shifts so they just collect your info and give random error codes while ignoring your support tickets.
Not much in Phoenix anymore…
I’ve used this app for work a few times since 2023, however I haven’t seen any worthwhile gigs in 2025 or 2026.
I kind of gave up after I showed up to a gig and was told, “oh yeah, we forgot to cancel!” at a RV park for some small business, then did not get paid the 4 hour minimum promised, and was basically ignored by support.
Recently I have seen gigs listed in Florida that require a drug test and interview for a hospital janitorial job… in Arizona with my 50 mile filter set…
Don’t get your hopes up today, maybe things will change in the future?
I kind of gave up after I showed up to a gig and was told, “oh yeah, we forgot to cancel!” at a RV park for some small business, then did not get paid the 4 hour minimum promised, and was basically ignored by support.
Recently I have seen gigs listed in Florida that require a drug test and interview for a hospital janitorial job… in Arizona with my 50 mile filter set…
Don’t get your hopes up today, maybe things will change in the future?
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Real reviewer. Real person
Hi I’m indigo and I just wanna say thank you for this app. It’s really helping me out during these tough times
No text
I have been waiting for a text It says resend but wont.
Job
I haven’t seen a job been posted on here in 3years
No jobs
Disappointed that I’ve never gotten to use this app.
I’ve only seen one job posted and that was months ago.
Don’t waste your time for an app like this.
I’ve only seen one job posted and that was months ago.
Don’t waste your time for an app like this.
Notifications
I get a notification that there is a shift available and click on it within a minute but the all just shows that all shifts are full which is annoying.
Poor app deployment
I tried to login today to no avail. The app won’t accept anything I input except the wrong password, which after use allowed me to see everything on my profile by simply pressing the back button from the login screen. I couldn’t do anything besides view however a major security risk and non functioning login page all in one trip.
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No jobs at all
I had this app for 2 months and didn’t see anything about a job
Literally a waste of time
Every shift I have applied to says I am “No longer needed” less than 24 hours before the shift… I am managing my schedule around these shifts, but they don’t value my time or energy at all.
App doesn’t work no notifications company promises to respond to tickets within 4 hours or 24 hours
And they have basic tickets open for months for no reason. I asked for an accommodation for a no call no show and instead of just saying they weren’t willing to make an exception (I’d got it cleared with the client and thought I was good and it was last minute but I just asked if it could be a late withdrawal) they just kept asking more and more questions about it like they could’ve just said we dont want to make an exception but they sent like 10 emails asking why I thought it should get one (which I guess meant no?) but don’t respond or take accountability for all their shortcomings.
I’d probably give it 3
Stars but I’ve had a permit on file for weeks and am getting requests from clients but they just won’t look at my permit so I can’t even apply through the app.
I’d probably give it 3
Stars but I’ve had a permit on file for weeks and am getting requests from clients but they just won’t look at my permit so I can’t even apply through the app.
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Response from developer
I am sorry about your poor experience. Please reach back out to our support team as we would love to help you take care of this issue!
Bacon’s been good to me
Effortless way to find gigs.
