Are Uber/Grab drivers making decent income?

[arsenal168]

Straits Time (12 Oct 2016) Home Page 1 carries an article citing many Uber/Grab drivers are trying their luck on picking up street passengers i.e. those who did not book them through Apps. It is illegal. Why are they doing that if they claim to earn $5000-$6000 a month?

[huhu123]

can make but long hour.....some driving even 15 to 17 hr. But average 12 hr work 6 days with incentive should be around 1k per week.

[arsenal168]

Originally Posted by huhu123

can make but long hour.....some driving even 15 to 17 hr. But average 12 hr work 6 days with incentive should be around 1k per week.

I heard some coffee shop talk that the Uber/Grab's incentive scheme are a temporary thing to attract drivers to join & riders to book(free/discounted rides). Once they stop the incentives, drivers' income will drop substantially. If the Apps booking is overwhelming, the drivers won't need to flout the rules & solicit pax on street, become 霸王车 like the 70s.

[Drooler]

From someone who has driven for 9 months. Not easy to earn. Your car is important, need to be fuel efficient. I only drive to subsidise my cost of car ownership.

[stonned]

I once talked to a taxi uncle and was told that being Uber/Grab driver exclusively is much harder than a licensed one. Main thing being that Uber/Grab drivers can't pick up passengers from taxi stands and roadside. So they have to take bookings only. And that will take place mainly only during peak hours or some really ulu places. It's not so rosy as painted by some high earners, which are more exceptions than the norm.

[Welbeck23]

Originally Posted by stonned

I once talked to a taxi uncle and was told that being Uber/Grab driver exclusively is much harder than a licensed one. Main thing being that Uber/Grab drivers can't pick up passengers from taxi stands and roadside. So they have to take bookings only. And that will take place mainly only during peak hours or some really ulu places. It's not so rosy as painted by some high earners, which are more exceptions than the norm.

Very logical!

[weeklys]

Currently just out of job. Driving grab abt a month now.

Average daily daily billings (excluding deductions) = $170
Start 7:30am and ends ard 6:30 to 9pm depending on where I am.
Drive Monday to Saturday only.
Net earnings per day : approx $80 after deducting petrol, grab 20% comm and $60 car rental.

So u think if it's feasible?

[DieselTech]

Originally Posted by weeklys

Currently just out of job. Driving grab abt a month now.

Average daily daily billings (excluding deductions) = $170
Start 7:30am and ends ard 6:30 to 9pm depending on where I am.
Drive Monday to Saturday only.
Net earnings per day : approx $80 after deducting petrol, grab 20% comm and $60 car rental.

So u think if it's feasible?

$80 per day for a 12-hour job? Not so good IMO

[weeklys]

Originally Posted by DieselTech

$80 per day for a 12-hour job? Not so good IMO

Precisely. Its just a temp measure to get u by OR u need a car for some other jobs while u still have the flexi to do some grabbing to help offset a bit of your cost.

[Nexcunt]

Originally Posted by DieselTech

$80 per day for a 12-hour job? Not so good IMO

And no CPF, medical/annual leave ...

[luv2f]

With no basic benefits of CPF and Annual Leave it works out only to be around $7.00 an hour ($80.00/12 hrs work).

Not so attractive (Slightly better than a Cleaner's Pay.)

[sadfa]

Originally Posted by Nexcunt

And no CPF, medical/annual leave ...

Ya lor.

And on the road so long, car wear Down.
Plus got accident how? N drive so long, will affect health.
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Exchange points affect health ma?

[SiaSuay]

Very soon there will be no more taxi drivers .

[sadfa]

Originally Posted by SiaSuay

Very soon there will be no more taxi drivers .

Wrong.

Taxi drivers is garbagements fall back for their failed economic policies n how they failed spore.

If even taxi driving also cannot, there'll b tons of unemployed ppl. Then garbagement will b in real big problem n have to quickly siam when sporeans finally rise up
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Exchange points got fall back ma?

[SiaSuay]

Originally Posted by sadfa

Wrong.

Taxi drivers is garbagements fall back for their failed economic policies n how they failed spore.

If even taxi driving also cannot, there'll b tons of unemployed ppl. Then garbagement will b in real big problem n have to quickly siam when sporeans finally rise up
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Exchange points got fall back ma?

Don't you know that the government is now testing out driverless taxis ?