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24-7Taxis
PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:04 pm 
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we are a newish taxi firm and are looking at taking on drivers for our cars - and would be interested to hear weather its better to pay a % of takings to driver or lease car either by day shift / night shift / or full time ??? any feed back grateful

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:31 pm 
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24-7Taxis wrote:
we are a newish taxi firm and are looking at taking on drivers for our cars - and would be interested to hear weather its better to pay a % of takings to driver or lease car either by day shift / night shift / or full time ??? any feed back grateful

Offer both to the prospective drivers and see what they want.

Personally I would prefer the fixed rental.

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Some drivers prefer % so double shifting the cars is the best idea to get full utilization say 50%, but 33% or 40% for the drivers is not uncommon. Most drivers would prefer renting the car as they can do any shift/any day and use it for themselves when off-duty.
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If you go for % be prepared to get ripped off. Some jobs will just not go on the meter or some pick ups won't happen and the driver will pocket the money.

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