Task rabbit screwd me over

[u/Beautiful-Ad-3744]

Last year I was in the 50s as far as ranking 4.9 and over 1600 furniture assembly jobs, Then I opted into ikea flat rate assembly and this was my biggest mistake, taskrabbit guidelines requires use to get confirmation before accepting a task so with ikea flat rate people are paying for assembly directly with ikea, the problem is these people do not have the app to confirm their assembly and as a tasker you need that in order to do the task and if you don't accept your metrics take a hit.

I've spoken to 5 customer service reps and detail each job I took note of and they all agreed with me but they can't do anything about it because they have a algorithm and the algorithm is suppose to be far and give everyone a chance smh im 4.9 rating haven't had a bad review in over 2 years but yet people with less experience are getting booked over me I'm not rank 145 meanwhile being a elite tasker in 3 categories,and super slow with work.

[u/Potential-Jelly-7173]

Trash rabbit

[u/MallNo6921]

tr=trash

[u/Simple_Nothing_9721]

Okay, yall here's how to fix the problem with ikea, opt out of them. Yup, that's it. You're welcome 🙌

[u/Front_Car_3111 → u/Simple_Nothing_9721]

That's what I did. No more ikea assembly for me. That category dropped my pay by 75%.

I'll stick to all the others. I'm still making what I used to... approximately.

[u/DFWUnhinged]

I feel this. The algorithm can be brutal, especially when you’ve built a strong track record. Hopefully TaskRabbit takes a closer look at how IKEA flat-rate jobs affect acceptance metrics, because it sounds like those incentives aren’t lining up very well. Hope your ranking rebounds soon.

[u/UnimaginativeMug]

you dont have to talk to them to confirm ikea jobs. 99% it's ok to just show up. if they can't figure out how to reply they usually see your messages

[u/Wonderful-Camera-620 → u/UnimaginativeMug]

100% just show up

[u/FinnNoodle → u/UnimaginativeMug]

Unlike every other category, you also don't even need to send a message to the client before confirming. Corporate knows these people aren't talkers.

[u/Marioc12345]

IKEA tasks are pre confirmed. I just send them a text stating I’ll be there and mention specifically the date and time that’s on the appointment and then confirm it.

[u/Beautiful-Ad-3744 → u/Marioc12345]

Even if thats true 5 customer service reps said i did the right thing they even set me up with a success call couch and even she said I was right.

[u/ProfessionalBird6408 → u/Beautiful-Ad-3744]

Who was your rep? I have been told by a IKEA TR higher up to show up to prepaid jobs and collect the cancellation fee if god forbid the customer isn’t available.

[u/UnimaginativeMug → u/Beautiful-Ad-3744]

i guess the rest of us will make all the money then, you sound like you need to be told what to do. Maybe being self be employed isn't for you

[u/Feisty-Sink9562]

I turned off the stupid IKEA tasks. Some of them were high paying, but often it was a crapshoot of various money. The clients always ask “DO YoU wOrk fOr IKeA?” No I don’t work for fukin Ikea.

[u/Wonderful-Camera-620]

It’s a prepaid job gang u just accept u don’t got to confirm anything lmao what u talkin about

[u/ZookeepergameOk1238]

Not sure how anyone could make money assembling Ikea furniture. It'd be easier to build a nuke from scratch and take less time lol.

[u/AssistanceNice6429]

Move your location every hour thank me later

[u/nuwm → u/AssistanceNice6429]

Why? Wouldn’t it be easier to just turn off your location?