i'm surprised to know some of my friends joining this trade.
took class with smrt and passed and now await meter training.
but undecided to be hirer or relief...
but i can only conclude
Hirer / Relief
Advantages
1. OTOT, u decide and when u want to drive / Drive within your time range, anytime thereafter, rest time
2. Car at your disposal, no need handover / Must make sure vehicle returned on time, but after that none of your business, don't like hirer, can just return key and move on..
Disadvantages
1. Higher cost = means need more time on the road to see profit
/ lower cost, easier to manage, but
drive within your time shift
2. If cannot drive, or go holiday and can't find suitable people
to cover, need to throw rental / hirer can terminate partnership with u
anytime
Originally posted by bowah:To be frank..in taxi driving, be it hirer or relief, life will be hard going forward.
The most important is be pychologically prepare, both OMO and relief is also a taxi drivers, both earning quite the same, only that OMO got better benefits, however, relief can change anytime, that is also another benefit for relief.
By and large, as Taxi drivers ourselves, best, if can, dun drive taxis lah, take the licence and keep it for future or weekend partime use, go find a job that got much better benefits and future. Our labour market is one of the tightest in the world, it all a matter of whether you wish to get out of your comfort zone, but actually not so comfort, so to speak.
Job market don't seemed good leh