If Ublur is tough, come over to the Dark side. Join me and be a Grab Driver.




This post has been edited by sartan13: Jul 15 2017, 05:45 AM

I don't understand how drivers calculate their nett earnings. When got full time job the calculation is basic salary less EPF & Socso; sometimes include travelling cost.
But with Grab/Uber it's total earnings less pertol spent including personal time, less food, less toll which the customers pay for, less maintenance.

Grab/Uber:
Weekly Earning: RM1500 (for 6 days work)
Less Food RM60 x 7 days = RM420 (RM30 per meal if you only count 2 meals. Most count 4)
Less petrol RM50 x 7 days = RM350 (I only spend RM30 to 40 a day)
Less toll RM100 ( I usually spend about RM50)
Maintenance RM50 based on RM200 a month
Nett weekly earnings calculated = RM580 not counting maintenance yet.

So monthly looking like RM2320 only for 60-80 hours of work per week. This is what I call cock calculations.

Full time job:
Salary RM3500 (average income) less EPF and Socso maybe about RM3100. Petrol to travel to work RM200 a month. So, nett earning is RM2800 for 40 hours week.
Looks nicer right?
What happen to parking cost and personal driving time cost? What about food cost while at office? While we are discussing it, how about food at other times?
And 40 hours week? Really? How many of you clock out exactly after 8 hours everyday? Also, you never count in travelling time to and fro work. That's for the average person an added 2 hours a day or 10 hours a week. Even at 8 hours a day that is still 50 hours.


Real calculations for Grab/Uber:
Weekly Earning: RM1500 (I touch RM1800 for 6 days work)
Less Food while working RM20 x 6 days = RM120
Less petrol RM40 x 6 days = RM240
Less toll RM0 (because customer pays for this)
Less average maintenance every 8 weeks RM40
Actual Nett earnings calculated = RM1100.
MONTHLY RM4400.
I only work 60-65 hours weekly. No travelling time to work. My car is my office. I can eat at various places around town without added travelling time for it. I can take 1 hour lunch or 5 hour lunch. It's up to me. I can take a day off on Sunday or Monday or Wednesday or any f@%king day I like.

Now you do the proper math. Every job has ups and down. If your job was so great why even look at Grab/Uber as a possible source of income?
I prefer if you stupid idiots don't join and then maybe both companies will keep our incentives high.

This post has been edited by sartan13: Jul 19 2017, 02:21 PM

This is not a career opportunity. This is a means of making money for those who need better options. You cannot compare to Senior management positions. No every one is corporate savvy and play politics well. What I'm saying is don't paint it black when it isn't. It is better than the average job unless your boss really takes care of you. How many companies do that. All I've been hearing is shitty stuff about companies and bosses and bad salary and late payments etc. If your job is already that good (i.e. Great boss, great company advancement opportunity and you are already earning RM6k and above) this is not for you. So, don't shoot it down for other.

On the other thing: If 54 trips you get only RM90 in incentives, you either had a lot of high fares and made like RM600 in earnings or you drive stupid hours. You also cannot compare driving part-time after work to full-time drivers like myself. The earning potentials are very different.

P.S. I want to know which companies pay to lunch and give allowance for Managers and below. Entertainment claims do not count

This post has been edited by sartan13: Jul 19 2017, 02:25 PM

Bro, that is an advertisement. Working in Oil and Gas but at what level? Marketing bro. That's my field. I used to market a product that literally says "This will kill you but have one any way" and people buy by the container loads.

Working for Uber/Grab has it's pros and cons. Let's not lie to ourselves. In all honesty, this is a good income source, but not a career.

This post has been edited by sartan13: Jul 19 2017, 02:37 PM

From the images, he's a welding inspector at an off-shore oil rig. Do you know how much they get paid? They work for 3 months on the rig and then get 1 month or something like that off and paid. Their salary is nothing short of RM12k a month.

This post has been edited by sartan13: Jul 19 2017, 02:54 PM

I totally agree. Hard work is key in any thing that we do. If you're not willing to put in the effort, don't complain for the lack of results.
Kudos.

I'm curious, you can see your queue number in the Uber app for KLIA?