Dive Brief:
- Gopuff has launched Instant Cash Out for its U.S delivery workers, which allows them to receive their earnings balance at any time. The offering is enabled by Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform.
- Gopuff’s instant pay option continues a series of investments made by the company to improve its delivery partner experience and retain workers in a tight labor market, including the launch of its Gopuff Driver app, driver promotions and more.
- The latest enhancement to worker benefits comes after a tumultuous past few months for Gopuff, in which it eliminated hundreds of positions during two rounds of layoffs between April and July.
Dive Insight:
Gopuff is one of the first instant commerce businesses to offer an instant pay option, the company said in a press release. Other delivery firms that offer the perk include Grubhub, which launched the feature in June,…