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 Post subject: too good to be true?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:21 pm 
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Just been listnening to the local radio and blueline taxis of north tynside are guaranteeing all new drivers a take home pay of at least £350 each week. This seems far to good to be true!
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 Post subject: Re: too good to be true?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 1:16 pm 
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fatty wrote:
Just been listnening to the local radio and blueline taxis of north tynside are guaranteeing all new drivers a take home pay of at least £350 each week. This seems far to good to be true!
Sean


It probably is to good to be true.


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 Post subject: Re: too good to be true?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 1:43 pm 
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Is he paying the tax and National Insurance too?

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 Post subject: Re: too good to be true?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 7:50 pm 
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Do they say how many hours they have to work to guarantee the £350 ?


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 Post subject: Re: too good to be true?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 7:57 pm 
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Thats no doubt in the small print. There will be a big catch somewhere. I think its a big bold statement to make.


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 Post subject: Re: too good to be true?
PostPosted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:51 pm 
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sasha wrote:
Do they say how many hours they have to work to guarantee the £350 ?

It is about 56 hours for it to be minimum wage, before tax of course.

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 Post subject: Re: too good to be true?
PostPosted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:08 am 
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How long will you be considered a new driver for? I guess it will be at the expense of the current drivers :wink:

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 Post subject: Re: too good to be true?
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This is the ambitious lot that had to close one of their offices a year ago isn't it ?

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 Post subject: Re: too good to be true?
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It certainly is edders. They were working outside their licensed area I believe. It boiled down to phone numbers I believe.


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 Post subject: Re: too good to be true?
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 Post subject: Re: too good to be true?
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well they are anything like "1,3,5 sweetie shop" cabs here they'll make all sorts of wild promises to get drivers on board they usually find out the hard way what the true earnings are :wink:

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 Post subject: Re: too good to be true?
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They only way I can see it happening is if they employ the new drivers and then set their hours.


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