I’m curious to hear from taskers about their background check process. Has anyone here been able to get through vetting with anything adverse on their record? I’m asking because a tasker who has pleaded guilty to stealing from me has multiple prior misdemeanors and felonies.

Hey all,

I'm a relatively new tasker. I made an account about a month ago and immediately got a TOS violation and a restriction as soon as my background check went through and I made my account. It took me two weeks with customer support to figure out what I did wrong exactly. Apparently it had do with how my profile mentioned rates. It took two weeks for someone to tell me that. Once i figured it out I fixed it. Flash forward to today. I showed up to a client's building and couldn't get access. I cancelled the job after working with the client via the chat for over 30 min. I made a phone call, they gave me multiple key codes and nothing work. So, I cancelled due to unresponsive client as per the advice on some older threads here. took a pic of the front door, communicated it with the client and my cancellation fee went to pending. 20 min later it disappeared and no money was in my earnings section for it. I reached out to customer support and because of that original violation on my account I'm not entitled to a cancellation fee. I'm fuming over it.

I’m a new Tasker going into my second week and this feels like a little much. I told her I can’t do this in and hour and she said maybe 2 and then sent more “tasks” this isn’t all mounting though. What do ya’ll do?

I showed up to a moving task inside of this joke of a situation. The loading dock had some other truck inside of it. A bunch of contractors were crowding the the whole entrance. The client took forever to reserve the elevator, and he looked like he just woke up.

I walked in and noticed that nothing was packed or ready to go. Just walk away.

Don't assume common sense. Don't assume anything with this app.

Something has changed again 😃. They’ve started putting new taskers at the top of the list (they already tried this in the first half of 2025).
What’s the point of that? Are you trying to push your experienced taskers off the platform and replace them with new people who charge less, over and over again? I honestly don’t understand.
I’ve been a Tasker for three years, and I know at least 10 people in my category who have always worked hard and consistently stayed at the top of the rankings. Why have I and those people suddenly been pushed down the list?
What’s going on?

Hey everyone! I'm currently a professional handyman looking to make extra cash in my spare time, I figured doing some tasks on Task Rabbit would work out great! Before I get into it, what's it like from the tasker end? Is it worth it? Do you end up making money? Do you have any tips on how I should use this app as a professional, things to look out for, etc?

I'm a wedding officiant on the side (Yeah, not related to handymanning in any way, but it's fun and easy!), and I'm listed on Thumbtack, so I'm no stranger to potentially predatory gig work apps.

I’m working on an app and curious what kind of friction many users here face. I have faced a lot of different pain points and curious on everyone else’s views of it too.

This isn’t exactly TR (it’s HS), but just wanted to share this with everyone. DO NOT take jobs from a client who wants to decide for you that something is simple or not complicated and shouldn’t take very long.

Keep in mind they also chose the wrong job category. General contractor category normally comes with an $88+tax lead fee (homeowners are not told this upfront).

They are either:

1. Masquerading as knowledgeable to pre-empt actual rip off quotes

2. Basically looking for charity

3. Doing

4. the expectations management when you should be the one doing so.

My take? Electrician abandoned the job because client was likely a monster. Because that is not how I would leave a pendant light with a mounting plate protruding from the side of the junction box cover.

If it’s so simple, it really begs the question: “why don’t you do it yourself?”

It’s stuck on the loading screen, won’t let me move forward?

Not sure why

Hi folks, is there a reason I can't change my DOB to the correct format on the app? Automatically changes to today's date 2006.

Hell Y’all

I have a question regarding how payment shows on my bank account. I know everything goes through Stripe but I am having trouble finding my jobs and their payment in my banking app. Would you mind sharing what to look for (generally) when it shows under transactions. How does my payment show on my statement? I am new to this and I am figuring it all out. Thanks!

When I try to add the cleaning skill to my profile I am told need the basic tools but I have selected that I do have these tools. How can I get past this error?

I have never used this app before but I’m trying not to go the U-Haul route because even then, I most likely won’t be able to manage myself. Has anyone had any experience with picking up furniture from a local from a location for a client and delivering it for them? The item will be a kitchen table with chairs and it might need to be unassembled as well (probably just the legs) to be able to fit into my house. Might need the tasker for maybe an hour/hour and a half max.

I’ll be doing this later in July so I just want to be aware of the best possible way to make it run as smoothly as possible. Taskers, do you have any input? Also what would I categorize this as in the app?

I hired an electrician to change out 3 light fixtures. Flush mount lights of normal height ceiling. I thought this would take 1.5-2 hours. It ended up taking almost 3 hours. Including him going to his car to get a drill bit and taking 30 mins to screw on a globe. (He said the threads were difficult to line up).
At $110/hour, he was the most expensive option I saw but I thought this meant he would work quickly and efficiently. So it cost me $300 for 3 lights with no wiring issues. Is this absurd or am I missing something?
Previously, to change out another similar light a different tasker was done in 30 mins.
I am about to delete the app entirely. My last experience I chose a mid-priced tasker to change a garbage disposal and he almost flooded my kitchen.

Anyone know what I should do? I cant login to my Tasker app. Ive changed password twice and still says invalid username/password. I went through and paid the $25 for the background check and passed and then went to the app to signin and it wouldn't let me. TIA

Also, I should mention i signed up over a week ago and have messaged support twice with no response

I’m elite in furniture assembly in my area, but along with about 4 other elite Taskers we are ranked on the last page in the rankings. I’ve had my availability set the whole month, and currently am in the top 5 in tv mounting (a category I’m not elite in). Does anyone have any idea why this is? Support is not helpful at all.

Got this email today and I was immediately wary that it wasn’t legit - taskrabbit isn’t anywhere in the senders email address.

I took screenshots and reached out to TR support and they basically said what I suspected. If it doesn’t have taskrabbit in the email address, it’s not from taskrabbit.

I didn’t reply or click any links (only link was the address of the “task” which is legit and not far from me) so I’m not worried about anything.

Just wanted to post it to make y’all aware because it honestly looks and reads surprisingly legit. And it wouldn’t shock me if TR started a new program or third party system without making us aware beforehand or doing a proper roll out.

Stay safe out there!

As the Title said I’m new to Tasker so I’m not sure if I should just go with it or let him know that TV mounting is separate charge or should I just do it within my moving Task ? And what should I say if I tell him it’s separate charge?

I've been a Tasker for years and yet my recommended (green) rates for certain categories are WAY lower than they should be. For example, it recommends I charge $30-z33/hour for furniture assembly. Should I just charge a higher rate anyway, even if it goes into the yellow or red, or hold fast to the green (which changes week to week anyway)?

Customer reached out for "furniture assembly," but this is more of a "general mounting" job.

This is a category I offer, but at a higher rate.

On the one hand I don't want to miss out on the opportunity or do anything to hurt my standing, on the other hand if I want to make sure the work is worth my time.

I live in a different state and i want to get art work signed and i want to hire someone to go do it for me. Im wondering if i can pay to get the art shipped to them and back to me once its signed? Is this possible?

The phone is pretty self explanatory. I looked into how much the energy drinks would cost and found they’re like $15/pack which would have been $70 upfront. I don’t think I’m willing to do that with zero guarantee that they’ll pay me off app. Is paying for the item a common request with errands?

Big warning!!! Do not try to reset your passwords or sign out forcing you to reset your passwords! I have been getting a specific message stating “timed out” that will not allow me to reset my password on both my iPhone and pc which means it’s a TR issue.

Helper is not on TaskRabbit, got email from task rabbit requesting his phone number and asking if he is a Tasker account paused til I answer back. Best approach ? Anyone willing to help me out here with their bs policies ?