Yes, you're absolutely spot on. We are daily rated workers
as well, many ppl don't realise that.
Maybe I should have phrased it better, meaning to say that the
3k rental we pay, it's justified for us to demand the taxi
companies always ensure good vehicles for us, esp for CDG because
they like to harp they are No 2 in the world.
As you said, although we pay 3k a month, we would not be able to
afford a Mercs, because without the cab, we won't be able to
generate the total of 4k and over, that would cover rental and our
salaries.
But what I had hoped from CDG since they definitely aren't
losing, because of high rentals, that they be a little more
accomodating and understanding when hirers fall into arrears. My
friend had taken a brand new Skoda after getting his TVDL. Drove
for more than 4 years, then because he wanted to switch, fell into
arrears. Yet Silver allowed the amount to balloon to over 3k. They
didn't come after him like sharks. After taking the cab back, they
minused the deposit and arranged a monthly repayment scheme, which
he was able to manage.
There's no way CDG would ever do something like this.
Gentlemen, please do not look at yourself as daily contract
workers, and if want to know, I am one of these contract workers,
when I go shipyard or on board to work, the timing is fix and must
be on time, even breaks are controlled, get scolded by
suprintendents or captain or chief engineer also must go on once
contract for work were agreed. Then, at the end of the
contract, you get paid, sometime, due to corporate accounting
issues, have to wait for weeks before releasing it to your
account.
TD take cold hard cash, can take breaks as and when they like
and necessary. Can engage relief to take over them, can even go
home sleep and bath or have sex
I think you guys knows what a corporate world look like, most of
you are from there and switch to taxi driving, should knows the
differences.
Cdg is a typical corporation, as usual, the top man needs to
answer to shareholders, profitability is the key for him to stay
on, and to make profit from their Taxis business, the only way
is to squeeze the hirers, as simple as that, so if you are in
arrears, they will definitely chase after you.
Big gives them the economy of scale in operation, got many calls
with big customer base, for individual going pte like JDI, it is
therefore the risk factor, there are 2 types of risk takers,
one is like JDI, confident (by his posts only) and able
to apprehend the transport market of singapore well, knows the in
and out of the trade, I call these people, a knowledgeable risk
taker.
Another type of risk takers are people who see people do and
earn, they also want to go in without any knowledge of the risk and
the market condition, good luck if they make it and sail along with
good networking, but when they get OBKed, they do not even know
what hit them and instead keep blaming something out of
ordinary
