As a derivative of hedonic economy, online carpooling has become the choice of many people for employment and entrepreneurship because of its unique flexibility, fairness and diversity. From Didi, Uber, to Cao Cao, Shouqi, Shenzhou, Yizhi, T3, Enjoy the Road ... More and more online cars with different LOGO are flashing in front of people and blending into the traffic of the city.
These two days, qianjiang evening news Hour reporter also chatted with the online car driver in Hangzhou, about income and life, about stress and anxiety.
43-year-old Master Tian
"I have only had a day off since the Chinese New Year."
At 9 am on May 1, a white Changan stopped in front of me. After checking the phone number, the driver Tian Shifu put the sauce cake in his hand on the dashboard and said apologetically, "Sorry, I didn't have breakfast when I went out. I just bought some on the way. "
The 43-year-old Master Tian stepped into the network car "Jianghu" for just over four months. His hometown is Fuyang, Anhui. He has been wandering alone in Hangzhou for more than 20 years, worked as a technician in a clothing factory and drove an engineering vehicle for several years. In recent years, the management of engineering vehicles in Hangzhou has become more and more strict and standardized, and "Doraemon" has become a thing of the past. At the end of last year, he finally made up his mind to rent an electric car on a platform and take a trip to the network.
However, after several months of experience, he became more and more skeptical about whether this decision was correct. "Driving this is more tiring than driving a truck. The main reason is that the driving time is too long every day, so I can't catch up with eating, and it is not convenient to go to the toilet. "
Master Tian said that the monthly rent of platform vehicles is deducted from 3,700 yuan per month, and the charging electricity fee is about 1.200 yuan per month, and 1 10,000 yuan per month. It looks good, but the price is to leave at 9: 00 every morning and pick up the car at night 1 1. The monthly mileage is tens of thousands of kilometers, and you have to run 14 or 5 hours every day, and there is no rest day.
"Young people want to go shopping to watch movies and talk about girlfriends. I don't have these needs when I am old, so I won't rest. " Master Tian calculated that if you want to earn more than 8,000 yuan a month, you should run at least 13 hours a day. "If the running water does not reach the 300 yuan in one day, it is basically a loss."
"As long as you are awake, you are grabbing orders and running orders." Master Tian described his life like this. He hasn't left the car for only one day since the Spring Festival this year. "The main reason is that he was in a bad mood that day and didn't want to drive."
39-year-old Master Zeng
"Without two or three years, I can't touch the doorway."
Master Zeng, a 39-year-old from Xiangyang, Hubei, has been driving trucks for different bosses and transportation companies since his wife worked in the factory for more than ten years. Last year, because of the epidemic, the benefits of enterprises were not good, and his salary dropped again and again. He quit his job and went to work on the construction site in Guangzhou for several months. I came out of my hometown this year, but I didn't find a suitable job for a while, so I ran for a car online.
He added a lot of WeChat groups of online car drivers, and the monthly surplus of seven or eight thousand yuan is relatively normal. "Every industry is doing well. Some peers who have been running for more than five or six years can indeed earn one or two thousand a month. " But it depends on the accumulation of experience and the skillful application of various rules of the platform. At the same time, the platform will also send orders to drivers with long service time and high reputation. "For example, if there are several cars nearby, a good list will be given priority to them." A novice like Master Zeng can only "resign himself to fate".
However, he didn't care too much about it. In his view, this is not a long-term career, but a transition between the last job and the next job. "There is no big future." He is still looking for a job while running the internet to get a car. The best choice is to drive a big truck for the enterprise. "In the past, I could take four days off every month. The company manages meals and has social security. There are seven or eight thousand a month, and it is not so tired. " Master Zeng said that it used to be very hard to drive long-distance freight, but it was not as serious as it is now. I felt weak when I got off at night. "But I'm really tired and determined to have a good sleep all day, but I can't sleep at all."
Wang Lin, deputy director of network celebrities, was surprised by Xiao Yang's attitude towards social security. In his view, the careful Xiao Yang has no plans to give himself medical insurance or social security, even if the government can provide smooth channels. "I'm not going, I haven't decided yet." Xiao Yang admits that he thinks the most important thing at present is to "earn money and save money".
Social security was interrupted when Master Zeng resigned last time, but he didn't renew it for himself, because he thought he would find another job with social security sooner or later.
Master Tian has been paying social security and medical insurance for himself. He said that he can understand his peers like Xiao Yang very well. "This account is actually very easy to calculate. Take me, for example, with a net income of 20,000 to 30,000 a year, I will spend another 10,000 on social security. Really reluctant. "
Nevertheless, he insisted on paying social security and medical insurance for himself. "The weather is unpredictable, and money can't be saved. It is also a guarantee. "
Maybe it's the age, maybe it's the relationship with cars for many years. Master Tian has a strong sense of risk. For another example, while many people are still hesitating whether to vaccinate COVID-19, he has already finished three doses of vaccination ahead of schedule. "In our industry, meeting different people every day is good for ourselves and our passengers."