Taxi Driver Online

A mate of mine done a job the other week taking someone into work in the early hours. It was an account job. If it would have been a paying customer the fare would have been £22. however when he collected his money from the office he only received £13. Are most account jobs discounted or has he just been underpaid ?

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Leon, Ellesmere Port.

Depends on the terms of his contract with the office. But quite often it's a case of the driver only getting to know this after the event.

A good office would tell you what you'll get before you've actually done it (eg meter less 20%), but in any case you should find out the terms of this arrangement so that you know what to expect in future.

But account work at almost half-meter sounds like taking the mick, but it's probably just a case of take it for leave it.

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Taxi Driver Online
www.taxi-driver.co.uk

Some are and some aren't.

What you or your mate have to decide on is whether the job is worth it, because, unless you have a monopoly in your manor, it's £13 or nothing.

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IDFIMH

In areas where there are many Taxi and Private hire radio company's competition for contracts can be quite fierce. Therefore tendering a barely economical mileage rate is in many cases quite common. The person who this effects most is the person supplying the service, the driver. A Company might charge the account holder one pound forty per mile and only give the driver one pound per mile. Many companies charge the account holder an additional percentage on top of the fare, so in many cases the opportunity is there for radio companies to not only make money from hiring out radios but also by using mileage and account surcharge percentages, in order to sustain their business model.

Regards

JD

JD is right when he says " where there are many Taxi and Private hire radio company's competition for contracts can be quite fierce"
the firm i work with have set fares for some contracts and others are done on the meter.
we all have price sheets for the set fares so you know what you are getting in advance of the job and if its not on the list they tell you when they give you the job

contract work can be a pain in the ar*e but when there is not a lot of work going they can keep you going.
i find that account work pays my radio each month and whats left over covers most of my fuel costs if not all.

no one likes doing rubbish account work but as sussex says its better than nothing at all

Chipper Wrote:



The “better than doing nothing” all started in Edinburgh about 5-10 years ago. The Ph started competing for all the pubs, restaurants and small hotels. The Hacks in their arrogance would not compete on price and in effect gave the work away. The Ph then move on to the larger hotels and business contracts with fixed prices for staff and customers.

In a lot of cases they would not cover the small jobs and would phone it away to the hacks. There only interest was the cream i.e. the country and airport work. The Ph numbers then increased and the short runs would be covered also.

In other words ‘quality not quantity’ until you have the numbers to cover it all the work.

The only people who really win are the radio circuit owners. In the case of Edinburgh it’s driving CRT and City Cabs to the wall with ComCab now soaking up all their work and Cabs.

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