Kathleen Griesbach Interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered; Discusses Research from Grocery Delivery Workers Project

 
Teri Smith is one of over 130,000 workers who shop and deliver groceries for Instacart. Smith, 46, has worked for Instacart in Arlington, Texas, since August 2018.Allison V. Smith for NPR

Teri Smith is one of over 130,000 workers who shop and deliver groceries for Instacart. Smith, 46, has worked for Instacart in Arlington, Texas, since August 2018.

Allison V. Smith for NPR

 

Kathleen Griesbach, Ph. D student in Sociology and an INCITE graduate fellow, was interviewed today on NPR’s All Things Considered. She discussed research from our Grocery Delivery Workers Project, including a recently published paper on the “algorithmic despotism” that the Instacart app imposes on its workers.

Listen to the radio segment below. You can read Alina Selyukh’s reported piece on the subject, which also references INCITE’s research, here.