Should Taxi Drivers be paid more ?

last SG · 2010-12-07T21:05:28+00:00

Poolman's conclusion on this thread : non-sense .Close for good !

kengkia SG

Old taxis no need to pay rental meh......

renting is a recurring expense, and buying outright(one shot pay for the taxi vehicle itself) and hence no need pay rent is more worth it.

parn SG

renting is a recurring expense, and buying outright(one shot pay for the taxi vehicle itself) and hence no need pay rent is more worth it.

If I'm not wrong, you cannot do that anymore.

wsy1234 SG

Are you a taxi driver ? come on admit it, if you are not no shame on admiting you are not a taxi driver. it seems likely you are not because of the way your way of saying here. why you said "many people quit their real jobs and took up taxi driving instead?" people have no choice as they are jobless for a long time thanks to gov policy FT. if you think singapore is recovering you better think again. And also you can try to drive 12 hour a day then you tell me it good to be taxi driver of cos you can said you sub let to relief driver but you must try first before you have the right to said anything here.

I know cos i am a ex taxi driver.

kengkia SG

If I'm not wrong, you cannot do that anymore.

somebody up there wnats passive income, that's y this recurring renting thing.

Saltiga SG

The earnings of a TD is really nothing to shout about. Considering how much the country has moved forward , the earnings are still lagging. If ever one day , SG cabbies can hit the earnings of UK cabbies , then we can safely say we will be a happier bunch.

There are just too much hazards on the roads these days and also one need to have some savings for

(1) At fault accidents - $2140 incl GST

(2) Parking & speeding fines

(3) Paying rentals for days when TD is sick

Just have to kena (1) & u hit the jackpot!

In general , December is not a time to discuss abt TDs getting paid more or not coz this is a good month.

Come January , February ,& march , lets see if some people can have the energy to shout their 3k , 4k earning figures for all to see hahahha

I cannot understand some people really :)

ya, pay them more and see more taxi driver sitting ard coffeeshop TCSS just before or after peak hrs while passengers are kept waiting ard the streets.. (dun quote me, cos was repeatedly told of such stuff by my workers..

also, a couple of things in my point of view.. as you said,

fault accident??? thats your fault anyway,

parking & speeding fines?? thats again your choice..

paying during sick leave?? well just think how much i'm paying to my workers who is on sick leave, 14days a year/worker and add in their leaves.. and look, who is complaining??? dun get me wrong, i'm not complaining abt my workers annual or sick leaves, i just wanna point to you another point of view only..

kengkia SG

indeed, just like you have to pay the worker's normal rate for the day, TD also got to pay for vehicle rent, no different since a TD is his own boss effectively.

tttan SG

Yes we rest just before peak hours. Slatiga ur a biz owner. U have a limited capacity, u hage 2 jobs but u can only chose one job. Would u choose the better profit one or the lower profit ones. Sure maybe at times u will choose the lower profit because it’s a long term customer. Taxi biz what long term customer if u pick on the streets. U think they appreciate yr help by picking them up 5 mins before peak hrs and give u a tip or always call u to give u biz. Simple equation. Next, as u said see a lot of cabby take kopi before peak hrs. Do u see us take dinner at 6pm ? Geez we have to take a break la. We choose to take early dinner before peak hrs to help those that need a cab after hard work but willing to pay and be pamper, of course we help ourselves too. Why don’t u say why all workers go eat dinner at 5pm etc.

As for earning a lot? Nope we don’t, but we are able to survive if we work hard and we do work hard. Driving in Aircon listen radio yep that’s true, but asked any taxi driver how their neck and back feel? Aches daily.

Well increasing fares might put ridership down and well then even lesser cans because no td.

Maybe saltiga can help by changing yr workers timing from say start at 3am then ends at 12noon. Then no surcharge lor and easy get cans lor, we tds also get a better spread of the jobs and maybe even can scrap the surcharge Liao. The issue is demand and supply. 90% of population go to work fr 7 to 9, go home 5 to 10 and 70% of those ate fr town. Of course the cheapos will go off after 8pm la.

FinallyThirty SG

Then hawkers leh? You can find relief driver if you really sick for one or two days, but most taxi drivers prefer not to do so.

One day $96, you split 1/2 with your night/day driver, so it's not much to lose in a day. Can easily earn it back then go home and rest for the day.

Hawkers have no relief hawkers and they still pay for the stall rental even though they are sick.

If you want to imagine taxi driving as the perfect job, then it's no wonder you're driving a taxi.

Not prefer not to do so leh...sick is on that day wake up feel sick = last min how to look for relief driver?? Take MC also is on that day wake up go and take MC what..u can take next week's MC meh...

Last min sick = cannot find relief = $96 all gonez becoz sick le how to drive? Wanna lose life or lose $96??

If wanna compare to hawker, their risk and all the cham cham chui chui kua bo $$ is a lot less compared to TDs isn't it??

I certainly am not thinking that being a TD is the perfect job...I believe TD bros here are definitely not thinking that way too...in contrast, I think you are the one that is saying that TDs earn damn a lot leh...

Tio Call Liao SG

Nobody is talking about the cost of the rental. Why don't you come out and admit that taxi drivers are earning alot more nowadays?

There is nothing to admit . You can go on & on abt TDs earning a lot , If indeed TDs are earning a lot , MIndef will not just reimburse NSmen $80 a day .for their ICT

& PTC will not approve the fare increases. Dont think that 5% of TDs make $ means 95% of the rest are doing the same.

Tio Call Liao SG

Which is why Poolman's range of 3k per mth does not apply to the whole general market.

Just take for example , Property agents , you see big big adverts , X agent makes $200k a year , how many actually do make that amt? Some cant even close deals for mths!

Taxi driving sometimes huat , sometime OBK.

Tio Call Liao SG

also, a couple of things in my point of view.. as you said,

fault accident??? thats your fault anyway,

parking & speeding fines?? thats again your choice..

Quote :ya, pay them more and see more taxi driver sitting ard coffeeshop TCSS just before or after peak hrs while passengers are kept waiting ard the streets.. (dun quote me, cos was repeatedly told of such stuff by my workers..

Coming from someone who runs a business with workers , do u maximize your profits?

Say you are a TD at tanglin road , 1 pax flag u and u know just 100 m away is lucky plaza and u get $3 extra , what do u do?

I dunno abt the rest but i have my meal breaks at 11 pm which is the time for me to recharge to do my midnight runs. If one day u see me at a kopi tiam TCSS , you really cannott fault me for tat as i think 11 pm is the worse hour to do my rounds & my body needs a rest.

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fault accident??? thats your fault anyway,

parking & speeding fines?? thats again your choice..

Which is why i wanna tell would be drivers that life is not a bed of roses as a TD. Some moderator here , for some strange reasons , wants to invite people to be TDs and people not knowing what are the pitfalls ahead jumps into it.

This serves to tell some of them not to just listen to nice stories.

komade SG

There is nothing to admit . You can go on & on abt TDs earning a lot , If indeed TDs are earning a lot , MIndef will not just reimburse NSmen $80 a day .for their ICT

& PTC will not approve the fare increases. Dont think that 5% of TDs make $ means 95% of the rest are doing the same.

Well said TCL...... ;)

Pntc70 SG

also, a couple of things in my point of view.. as you said,

fault accident??? thats your fault anyway,

parking & speeding fines?? thats again your choice..

So what business are you in???

Need Workers???? Can I join???

Been in welding works. Carpentry. Vehicle mechanic. Can cook ( zhe car ), used to have my own seafood restaurant.

40 years old but no cert. $2000 is enough

Interested???

You think we are having easy life. If got chance to change, a lot of TD will rather gave up their taxi.

Talking about fault accident. My rear left door was bang by a van, but i still have to repair myself. Not my fault I was going straight but the stupid fella just signal and turn out without looking. My company say no witness better not claim, 50/50 chance only. If want to claim, can but if the claim doesn't go through then i will have to pay company $2000. We are out there on our own, company doesn't protect us.

Been slap by a passerby who want to take taxi. ask me to wind down my window and slap me then tell me it's wrong to pick up pax by the road. then cha bo taking another taxi. Call police, police ask me to call my company to track down the taxi so that they could block it. I call but my company say the police need to fax the details to them before they release the whereabout of the taxi. Think about it by the time the police fax the details, the guy will be at home sleeping. We are out there on our own.

Thinking and talking is easy. Try it out first. Try driving 10 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Typical singaporean, always think you are right. If we don't eat before or after peak hours. You expect us to eat during peak hours. Siao bo.

I am really wondering whether you really own a business. Or just a nobody, but like to talk big. I think it's the later.

bowah SG

I would say, a normal worker needs only to face his superior good and bad moods, we as TD, have to face all kinds of moods out there. I got couples quarrelling until I also kenna scolded for nothing, I got people who lost in casinos scolded me so loud just for a few metres short of his intended stopping location and many more. But that is part of our life we choose to live on, we blame nobody and certainly expect nobody to blame us. And frankly, it is not that I have not work before, for working is rules and disciplines, you can siam here and there, and there is alway a room to negiotate over it, but for taxi driving, if you dun not have a self discipline, plan your own rules and regulations, you are doom.

parn SG

It's not self discipline, it's just bad upbringing.

No matter how bad your day is or how bad your mood are, manners are simply just manners and people should at least maintain their composure by treating each others with basic manners especially when they are plain strangers talking and facing each other for the first time.

Singapore should adopt the ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY in all our service sector.

Be it a foreigner or local, the people in the service sector should have absolute zero tolerance towards all hostile behaviour and should report to the security/police to have these troublemakers arrested or thrown out or banned from the premises.

komade SG

Then the upbringin of some commuters r really bad…...

Tio Call Liao SG

It's not self discipline, it's just bad upbringing.

Singapore should adopt the ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY in all our service sector.

Parn the fag ( dont think we assume u are a gal just coz of your avatar) belongs to the customer from hell group. Never emphatise people , never give people a back door.

It's gotta be real bad luck for a TD to pick someone of parn's oops i mean fag's kind.

So guys , no mercy is the key. Line your pockets first before anything else.

I emphasise from day 1 till now

Poolman SG

Huh ? Why is it when something has to be link with service , it can be a much debating issues here ?

Let them talk , let them raise the ratings of this forum .

Although ratings are nothing to me , i dun see why i should stop people talking non-sense about service , taxi service .

Poolman SG

Same shit , when a Ah Beng and Ah Lian goes into Luis Vuitton , does this 2 expect service from the sales staffs ?

It's more likely they get tagged by the security guard inside .

Poolman SG

Back to the thread ....

Cabbies no need pay more or pay less .

U smart , intelligent , vigilent , versatile , u can make it .

U idle , lazy , go home early , woke up late , can you make it ?

Main obstacle is yourself , nothing else .

Another obstacle , it's the government .

Don't disturb us , we thank god liao .....

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