wannabeeahack wrote:
grandad wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
Jockeys on 50%?
I hope they are not jokeys then, cos that would leave peanuts for the car owner, they must be hireing/paying rent to the owners surely?
Why, If the jockey takes £750 in the week, the owner is getting £375.
who pays the fuel, insurance, radio rent, tyres, servicing, wear and tear, replacement/depreciation (for the extra shifts worked), and lets be fair, do jockeys/drivers take as much care of a vehicle as an owner does, and what % of fares get declared....
When i started driving cabs i earned 33.3% of takings, i felt this was a fair deal, in fact i still do, the problem is that one bright spark owner comes along and offers 40%, he puts a few car's on the fleet and appears to be doing well, so all the jockeys want to work for him. Competition amongst the owners for the best jockeys eventually lead to some jockeys earning 50%, which i agree is simply too much.
I am not a fan of jockeys earning such high %'s, in reality it can't be sustained and the owners will suffer because of it, when they realise this (some already do) perhaps they will all come together and forge an agreement between them to pay a more realistic % to jockeys that can be sustained long term.
Jockeys pay for nothing apart from our £2.00 shift charge, which we would drop if they were all on say 35-40% of takings, it really is something that the owners need to address. I personally have offered this advice to several owners, unfortunately to no avail so far, it may be something that we need to push further.
One problem is that if the owners at the other circuits in town don't do the same then we would all be back to square one, IE jockeys leaving my circuits owners as they can earn a higher % of the takings else where........ Any idea's guy's?..... What do the jockeys earn in your area? Do you consider they get a fair deal on your circuit?...... What works for you?
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