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Author	Torran_Toi
Comment	Yeah, they can do ok with the apps. I struggle to make sense of the economics of it sometimes as they get paid more than just the delivery fee. When you pay £2 to £3 for delivery fee, the driver/rider doesn't just get that fee, they get paid per mile and time (plus surges). I've seen some really, really silly ones where I got paid around £10 for like a 1 mile delivery. This is why a lot of taxi and PH drivers left the trade and won't go back. The financial turnover for doing food delivery with these apps is comparable to taxi driving, but without the same costs. So, either, you end up with a better profit margin for the same hours or you can make the same as you did before but by putting in less time. ... Food delivery insurance is cheaper than taxi and private hire insurance, you can run about in an older, cheaper car as you don't have the same vehicle age limits imposed on you, and you can do it without the taxi licensing and inspection costs. Plus, you don't need to put up with the same people problems like belligerence, racism, vomit, COVID ... it's all a bit of a no-brainer. Basically, Covid/Lockdown forced a whole load of taxi/ph drivers to a different game, and it woke them up to how shite the trade actually is. I don't blame them for not wanting to go back. I doubt I ever will. (Although, for clarity, I no longer drive at all right now, neither taxi or delivery. I went in a different direction completely and now sit at a desk and I'm a whole lot happier for it, with better money, and much, much more job security).
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/q7f2jz/has_brexit_caused_a_shortage_of_bus_drivers_taxi/hgtwsz5/
Created	Sat 16th Oct 2021 6:46am
Status	normal ()

Yeah, they can do ok with the apps.

I struggle to make sense of the economics of it sometimes as they get paid more than just the delivery fee. When you pay £2 to £3 for delivery fee, the driver/rider doesn't just get that fee, they get paid per mile and time (plus surges). I've seen some really, really silly ones where I got paid around £10 for like a 1 mile delivery.

This is why a lot of taxi and PH drivers left the trade and won't go back. The financial turnover for doing food delivery with these apps is comparable to taxi driving, but without the same costs. So, either, you end up with a better profit margin for the same hours or you can make the same as you did before but by putting in less time.

... Food delivery insurance is cheaper than taxi and private hire insurance, you can run about in an older, cheaper car as you don't have the same vehicle age limits imposed on you, and you can do it without the taxi licensing and inspection costs. Plus, you don't need to put up with the same people problems like belligerence, racism, vomit, COVID

... it's all a bit of a no-brainer. Basically, Covid/Lockdown forced a whole load of taxi/ph drivers to a different game, and it woke them up to how shite the trade actually is. I don't blame them for not wanting to go back. I doubt I ever will.

(Although, for clarity, I no longer drive at all right now, neither taxi or delivery. I went in a different direction completely and now sit at a desk and I'm a whole lot happier for it, with better money, and much, much more job security).