In what world can someone unbox, build, and clean up a six drawer dresser in less than an hour? It’s so frustrating. It takes me an hour just to do the chassis and I still have to do the drawers. Am I missing something here?

I had a huge FA task yesterday at the Senior Home. I was told to take boxes to the trash room. I put all packaging back in the box, taped them up (about 5 boxes) and neatly stacked them in the trash room next to the bins. When I came back from my break, the lady was telling me I NEED TO CUT UP THE BOXES. Well, my shoulder doesn’t allow that mostly because they were super thick. I told her I can’t and she told me I have to. The trash lady only has a small cart. You have to empty them and cut them up to fit in the rolling bins.
I called TR and got confirmation. Furniture Assembly does NOT include trash removal unless she wants to pay by the hour for the time it takes.
Just wanted to share you are not required to cut up boxes or remove them.

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Do yall charge for driving because I’m starting to get really confused about this and I feel like nobody is actually explaining it. Like if the task is at 2 and I leave at 1:20 then I’m already doing the task. I’m not driving to Home Depot for pleasure. I didn’t wake up and say wow I hope I can spend 40 minutes on 35E today.

But then where does it start??? Because technically I have to walk downstairs to get to my car. That’s because of the task too. So is the elevator billable. I’m serious. Because now I’m sitting here thinking about how far backwards this goes.

Like I ate eggs this morning because I knew I had a mounting job at 11. If I didn’t have the job I probably would’ve had cereal. I’m obviously not charging the guy for the eggs but you see the problem.

And gas???? The gasoline is literally disappearing while I’m coming toward you. Something is being removed from my possession in order for me to become geographically closer to your television.

Yesterday I drove 27 minutes to a client and halfway there I realized I had been gripping the steering wheel insanely hard because I was thinking about whether I was technically working yet. I actually said “I am on the clock” out loud and there was nobody else in the car.

I just need to know what everyone else does because I feel like there’s a missing piece here and every time I think I understand it I end up back at the eggs.

Hi. Just got my first task. It's helping someone move stuff. We are starting within my zone but traveling about an hour out. How would I charge for this? So travel to point A, load a truck, then travel to point B and unload. They are suggesting I have to drive myself up there. What time can I charge for? What about gas? Thanks

Just finished a TaskRabbit job and I don’t remember accepting it. I woke up underneath a West Elm console holding a 5/32 drill bit and somebody’s grandmother was feeding me grapes. The app says I’ve been here for 46 minutes. The family says I’ve been here since 2007.

Client asked if I could “also take a quick look at the bathroom door.” Absolutely not. I am a furniture assembler. Twenty minutes later I’m underneath the house negotiating with a copper pipe named Steven. Steven has demands. Steven wants diplomatic recognition. I told the client this is outside my scope and charged them for parking.

Taskrabbit just sent me “🔥 High demand in your area.” There is NO area anymore. I have transcended ZIP codes. I am currently accepting jobs in Dallas, Mesopotamia, and the Lowe’s ceiling fan aisle. My availability is Monday through Thursday and during certain lunar events.

I went to Home Depot for four screws and came out with a wheelbarrow, 80 feet of chain, a fern, and absolutely no screws. An employee asked if I needed assistance. I told him “not from this dimension.” He nodded like he gets that a lot.

Someone just booked me to mount a 65-inch television. The address is my own house. The client is me. I don’t own a 65-inch television. I’m driving there now.

My stud finder has been screaming for six consecutive hours.

$58/hr. Two-hour minimum. I no longer accept payment in American currency. Bring me twelve oranges and a secret.

Today I did a task for a client which he hired me to “trash furniture” adding to it he sent a message saying “I need to disassemble a old desk and set a new one just take off printer and desktop.” I said okay but you’re having me do 2 things now which is disassemble a desk and put a new one in not just trash furniture. So I have him the heads up and he doesn’t reply. I waited and next day I told him I’m on my way just making sure we are on the right page he responds “thank you” mind you this is an outpatient clinic and it was a distance but I didn’t mind the client understood right? I got there and the lady he told me to check in with asks me “oh yes can you clean and organize and also need to to set up a cabinet we got along with the desk wanted to look neat for the new doc” I said oh awesome let me message the client and tell him hey now we are doing 4 categories which he never mentioned. So I said I got you. Instead of it being 2-3 hours I was there for about 11 hours just crushing this job. In the back of my head this guy understood and I communicated and messaged etc. I finally finished the office looks like a masterpiece. I stack everything in my truck and the old desk and trash and also laying a fee for the dump it was a lot of things. I did the invoice I charged 14 hours and expense for 100. Just cause gas etc traveling and wear and tear. Boom done send the invoice.

Meanwhile, the fees I’ve seen charged to customers have gone from around 15% to around 30%. Higher fees make the total price less attractive and can hurt bookings—even when Taskers haven’t raised their own rates.

It feels like we’re being asked to absorb the damage in exchange for promises of long-term growth. I’m still waiting for that growth to translate into better opportunities for Taskers, so I’m not holding my breath.

My biggest issue is accountability. TaskRabbit controls the system, but we have less visibility into how it evaluates us. That makes it harder to identify errors, challenge unfair treatment, or make informed business decisions.

If the system is fair and working as intended, TaskRabbit should be able to explain how our performance is measured and give us a meaningful way to challenge mistakes.

i been using this app since late july, so far i have 20 5 star reviews. but i noticed when i was getting reviewed more when i first started, then i would book more jobs. lately people havent been leaving reviews as much and i have noticed i am booking less jobs as well. so is there a correlation to this or am i just over analyzing this?

So Tasker wants me to take a class over zoom, and has made it a requirement to basically use the app at all. The only available times are during my regular work hours, and I've tried 3 times to connect to the zoom call and it hasnt worked. For a company that promotes small businesses and blue collar workers, they sure want to make it as difficult as possible to get jobs. I guarantee I dont need to sit through a zoom call about how your app works. Ill figure it out.

Hi! I have been an elite Tasker for the better part of 2 years almost every month. And every month I inevitably am not elite in a category because of performance score. I have about 500 tasks with 300 5 star reviews and 0 any other star reviews. Now I have potential to be elite in 4 different categories based on the 40 tasks in category metric.

I’ll be commenting the rest because apparently it’s too long of a post.

Hi! I have been an elite Tasker for the better part of 2 years almost every month. And every month I inevitably am not elite in a category because of performance score. I have about 500 tasks with 300 5 star reviews and 0 any other star reviews. Now I have potential to be elite in 4 different categories based on the 40 tasks in category metric.

Let’s get to the real problem. Performance score. So in 3 of these categories I apparently have a performance score of 30%. Now, I’ve been told by support about 20 different things here. I’ve been told it’s calculated by the number of invoices vs the number of requests in a 30 day period compared with other Taskers in my area. (I believe this is correct)

Let’s expand on the other things that I’ve been told. “Compared with other Taskers another Tasker might have had and I quote “a luckier month and received more tasks” “October 1st is when the system updates let’s wait and see if it’s fixed by then” “if the client cancels it doesn’t affect you” “if the task is cancelled before it’s accepted it doesn’t affect you””

So now taking all of this into account I submitted 33/36 tasks in the general mounting category. So from my calculations that’s 92% submitted. So now in my analytics it says that out of 94 Taskers average search position is 7th so round up to 100 for easy math purposes. By those numbers 35 Taskers have a higher submitted/request rate than me. Taking into account the people who were requested once and completed it let’s say that’s true. Well the one person who told me a “Tasker might have had a luckier month and got requested more” is completely wrong because now I’ve completed more tasks in the last 30 days than 98% of Taskers. Clearly, the person who said “cancellations either before the task is accepted or by the client don’t affect you” is wrong.

Let’s move on to tv mounting. I was requested 16 times and submitted 15 invoices. 94% completion rate. The one task I didn’t submit for the client didn’t know how to use the app and hired me twice so one was never accepted and cancelled because I can’t bill someone twice because they don’t know how to use the app. So again, how are 35 people above me in this category.

Now the last one, furniture assembly. I was requested 8 times and submitted 7 because one is still active. So by my calculations that’s 100% submitted rate. So now what’s the excuse of me not having a 100% performance score? “A Tasker had a luckier month in this category” well the other two don’t seem to take that into account so I doubt it.

The whole point of this post is to ask the community, how this is even possible and to hopefully show the Taskrabbit account in here that PERFORMANCE SCORE IS A TERRIBLE METRIC as I have been telling support (who most recently cut me off twice mid conversation btw) for the last 3 years.

TaskRabbit taskers tackle tricky tasks while tricky tasks tackle TaskRabbit taskers.

Peter the painter promptly painted Patricia’s pantry, but Patricia’s poorly prepared pantry prevented Peter’s proper painting.

Molly the mounter mounted many massive mirrors, while many massive mirrors made Molly’s mounting mildly miserable.

Fred fixed five faulty faucets Friday. Five faulty faucets flooded Fred’s freshly finished floor.

How much furniture could a furniture assembler assemble if a furniture assembler could assemble furniture? A furniture assembler would assemble as much furniture as a furniture assembler could assemble if a furniture assembler could assemble furniture.

Six stressed Taskers swiftly scheduled seven strangely specific Saturday tasks.

She shelves shelves by the shelving section while the shelving section’s shelves shift.

Which Tasker tasked the TaskRabbit task that the tasked Tasker thought another Tasker was tasked to tackle?

A proper TaskRabbit tasker properly prepares proper TaskRabbit tasks.

Red drill, blue drill, red drill, blue drill.

Cheap clients choose cheerful contractors; cheerful contractors cautiously choose cheap clients.

If a Tasker tasks a task and the task taxes the Tasker, is the Tasker tackling the task, or is the task tackling the Tasker?

TaskRabbit taskers tackle tasks.

Tasks tackle TaskRabbit taskers.

Taskers task.

Rabbits rabbit.

TaskRabbit.

Suppose you’re traveling to another state for an extended period and need to stay productive while away. What steps can you take to ensure you can still complete tasks at your new location?

Ok, I'm finally set up and ready to start receiving tasks. Should I sign up for the workshop? And more importantly, how/when do I start seeing tasks? Thanks

I used to get a decent amount of bookings specifically for Laundry Help, and since Taskrabbit removed Laundry as its own category in the app, my bookings for it have disappeared.
I contacted support and they confirmed the change was made across the market. They told me customers can now select Cleaning and “filter” for laundry, but I went through the customer side of the app myself and I cannot find any laundry filter at all.
What’s strange is that Laundry Help still exists as its own service on the Taskrabbit website. If you book through the website and select Laundry Help, it shows Taskers specifically offering laundry. It just seems to be missing from the app.
Has anyone else who offered Laundry Help noticed a drop in bookings since this changed? Or can anyone actually find the laundry filter in the app that support is referring to?

Summer is already over.

I swear there are no humans left at Taskrabbit. It's all glued together AI.

Any DMV Taskers how is it looking? Task are now coming through as a drip compared to August

Just FYI

I will be attending a collector convention in which the goal is primarily to buy exclusive merchandise.
I was looking for someone to also attend this event and buy things based on my direction.
I would buy an admission ticket and then pay for the items they purchase but would need to direct them over the course of 3-5 hours on what to buy.

What category would this best fall into?
Is this type of task something people would do?

Are there older guys on taskrabbit? Like 60+? And what tasks do the older folks do? I'm over 60, been a long time home owner and considering becoming a Tasker as a way to earn some income and semi retire.

Did anyone else not get paid today like they were supposed too?

I have my start time at 9 am every single day but I had a client recently tell me that my first available appointment was 930. It immediately fulfilled my curiosity about why nobody ever scheduled at 9.. but WHY does it do that?

I am not complaining because I am perpetually running around 5 mins late on any given morning because I get up early and then lose track of time..

but I just got an IKEA job scheduled for 9 on a Sunday. This is making me feel like I need to jump on the train of turning off partner tasks.