Mandatory Blue Cards

Yes the company I work for you to sign a lease to work for them. Some companies make their drivers illegally rent the cab for say like $40 a day, when you're only supposed to pay a percentage of the meter or miles. My company pays the 40% cut of the meter which doesn't sound like a lot but you get a $1.30 for each extra person over 2, the first two are free plus you get to keep all your tips. I average about 200 a day in the summer which means I have to put at least 500 on the meter. When it's slower I make maybe about 100-150 a day. This is extremely good for Rhode Island cab driver. Many of the drivers here ***** about 60% cut the owner gets. They don't seem to realize I understand with his 60% he has to pay the payroll staff, the IT guy he has on staff to take care of any computer issues and GPS issues, dispatchers, the cabs, the registration, the insurance, and the two full-time mechanics he keeps on staff. He has to reinvest that if he wants to continue to do business and many of the cabs are running 24 hours a day 7 days a week. I make my own hours there we get a lot of airports from Newport to Providence and many people catching the train in South Kingstown and the ferry from Narragansett as well as pick up those places. I have a several repeat customers that do long trips because I pass out my business card and once I find out why they were in town I can try to set up a return trip or ask him to call me the night before to set anything up they want. We really are independent contractors here that the cab company at work yet because we can make our own hours, find our own fares and solicit and maintain our own customers and pass out on business cards with our personal numbers on them

Did you drive for Yellow Cab in Providence? I know they're based out of Cranston or something. Driving in Providence way too cut throat. Too many cab companies not enough jobs. And they have some of the worst cab drivers ever. I worked with them I know this for a fact. I even consider driving for Uber but too many things were negative in my eyes. Even when I came to this company the manager told me about how much you could put on the meter a day, telling me that many of the drivers average $600 to $800 on the meter a day with a 40% split. I thought he was exaggerating haven driven in Providence and 200 on the meter today was an excellent day. But what he told me was absolutely true and they actually run things by the book legally with proper forms and everything. They know of my pain condition and let me go home early if I want to but I also can come in anytime that I'm not working and drive if a cab is available which it usually is given the company has 36. We also have to pay for my own gas and a dollar for any tolls over the Newport Bridge but only one we have somebody in the car with the meter on can you turn it down when you cross the bridge. Some cop owns Yellow Cab now I don't know if he was the I know when you work there but I know all the yellow cab drivers ***** about him