Pattaya Grab Food drivers strike over wage cuts, long hours

 

PATTAYA:--About 150 Grab Food drivers went on strike to protest wage cuts and heavy workloads.

 

The motorcyclists assembled Nov. 18 outside Big C South Pattaya. All the drivers signed off the food-delivery mobile app, leaving hungry Pattaya residents searching for other dining options.

 

Driver Sanor Engseng, 44, accused the Singapore-based firm of exploiting workers by making them work 12-hour shifts and cutting their wages recently and not providing insurance.

 

He said drivers are losing money and feel unsafe by having to drive long distances after dark to areas in Nongprue subdistrict. Such a delivery used to pay 55 baht, but Grab recently cut the fee to 30 baht.

 

He said drivers want to meet with Grab’s Thai management before going back to work.

 

-- PATTAYA MAIL 2019-11-24--

8 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

the Singapore-based firm

but 51% Thai?

I ordered a pizza recently, arrived 1 hour and 20 minutes later, stone cold, and the delivery girl stank. Maybe they are already overpaid !

Looks like the boss is grabbing 25bt more and is very hungry for their cash????

19 minutes ago, phantomfiddler said:

I ordered a pizza recently, arrived 1 hour and 20 minutes later, stone cold, and the delivery girl stank. Maybe they are already overpaid !

Oh poor you, my heart goes out to you, it must be such a struggle....

I still prefer the traditional form of take-out food. Grab it myself and take it home.

It tastes better too because I don't have to wonder if the driver has had his greasy fingers in my greasy food (Read an article about this recently. Quite common.)

Greedy large corporations even 55 baht to darkside is low!

6 hours ago, PremiumLane said:

Oh poor you, my heart goes out to you, it must be such a struggle....

When you pay for a service you expect that service. Your sarcasm is totally unjust. 

Looks like again Thai greed and self believed entitlement that your workers should pay homage to you for a job. They just can't help it. Take the contract away and award it to someone else more honest. It is causing the franchise a bad name. 

On 11/24/2019 at 10:21 AM, Rimmer said:

Pattaya Grab Food drivers strike over wage cuts, long hours

So go on strike... until the wages are re-instated, the company will soon see the losses mounting up.

Grab is a taxi company, getting into food delivery doesn't seem a great fit. It never bothered me until I was asked to carry a large pizza when being taken home recently, and not being allowed a slice. 

6 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Grab is a taxi company, getting into food delivery doesn't seem a great fit. It never bothered me until I was asked to carry a large pizza when being taken home recently, and not being allowed a slice. 

The opposite happened to me!... When my Grab pizza arrived there was one piece missing!... 

2 minutes ago, sfokevin said:

The opposite happened to me!... When my Grab pizza arrived there was one piece missing!... 

Thailand, everyone has to get a slice!

52 minutes ago, sfokevin said:

The opposite happened to me!... When my Grab pizza arrived there was one piece missing!... 

I made a small comment about this in my post (#6). I read a story recently, can't remember what news feed, but I think USA, where UBER drivers are dipping into the customer's food along the way.

Perhaps "helping themselves" is how they avenge their low rate of pay.

Expect many more bad press stories from Uber and Grab services until the authorities realize that they have opened a monumentally bad can of worms. Uber has already lost London cab licence. 

 

They will exploit their workers to maximize profits. Then massively increase their fees without compensating  their workers creating a monopolistic environment to benefit their investors. 

 

Thai workers and the general public will lose and bemoan they day they whinged about taxi drivers and the like. 

 

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