The driver's brother earns 20,000 a month and drives the farthest to Harbin
Frankly speaking, driving on behalf of others is a job that truly reflects more work and more rewards.
Flexible employment is one of the hot topics recently.
According to the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, by the end of 2021, there are 200 million people in flexible employment in China.
Driven by information technology, a large number of new flexible labor demands and opportunities have emerged.
Different from traditional employment relationship and other characteristics, all workers who belong to flexible employment relationship are classified as flexible employees.
In addition to traditional flexible employment forms, with the development of new formats, they also include a large number of takeaway riders, online car drivers, e-commerce anchors, online class teachers and other groups.
Due to the flexibility of time, space and salary, these occupations are increasingly favored by young people, and many college students choose to enter the flexible employment platform after graduation.
In response to this group, the national level and provinces have introduced corresponding support, encouragement and safeguard measures.
The newspaper "Youth School Workplace" will focus on this employment group and launch a series of reports to tell their real workplace stories.
Liu Pengfei has been driving for nearly 7 years.
He goes online at 19:00 every day, and goes offline at 4:00 in the morning. He can be online for up to 14 hours. He can earn more than 20,000 yuan a month for hard work.
During the Chinese New Year this year, my daily income is more than 1,000 yuan, which is the busiest time of the year.
Liu Pengfei had a job in a hospital before, and when he talked about choosing a chauffeur and why he persisted for so long, he said that he liked the freedom of this business, being able to meet all kinds of people and drive all kinds of cars," I have also met customers who offered me a monthly salary of 30,000 to be a full-time driver, but I refused, I like freedom and freshness."
Entry experience
Resigned from the hospital to be a chauffeur
The first step to get a job is to take the road test
Liu Pengfei was born in a military family, and he chose to join the army after graduation due to his father's influence.
After the army changed his career, he was placed in a hospital in Beijing as a back office worker, responsible for security work, and earned a good income.
To outsiders, this job, which seems stable and has a good unit, is "too comfortable" in Liu Pengfei's view. He feels that a day-to-day job without an ascendant will make him "stupid". In his 20s, he began to get off work in Do some side hustle after work.
I choose to drive on behalf of myself, on the one hand, because I can make more money, and on the other hand, it is out of hobby.
"Boys love cars. It's interesting to me to be able to drive a variety of cars and experience different driving sensations."
Liu Pengfei introduced that when he first started working as a chauffeur, the chauffeur was a major offline company, and he needed to call and contact him long in advance. There were few masters and the cost was very high. He couldn't take several orders a day, and it was very expensive for customers.
In 2015, Didi started the chauffeur service and was attracted by the advertising. In August, Liu Pengfei registered with Didi chauffeur. He is the second batch of chauffeurs on the platform.
If you want to drive a modern car, the threshold is still relatively high.
According to Liu Pengfei, the current entry process is that after individual registration, the platform will conduct an advanced administrative review to confirm that there is no criminal record, no dangerous driving record such as drunk driving, speeding, etc., and then conduct an interview. If there is a large area of tattoos, it will not pass the interview.
After passing the interview, they must take a unified driving school road test, similar to the "subject two" test, to test the driver's proficiency in driving a manual transmission car; after passing the test, go to the training service process, "The first sentence we said from the order, There are regulations for each link, from meeting the guests to getting on the bus, starting the itinerary, and ending the order.” After all the training, it will take about a week to officially start accepting orders.
Liu Pengfei found that with the deepening of people's awareness of the rule of law, more and more people called chauffeurs, and his income also increased significantly.
Moreover, by taking orders through the Internet, you don’t have to worry about running out of orders, and because of your good performance and service, you can receive more high-quality orders.
In 2017, he resigned from the hospital career editor and devotes himself to being a driver.
Income level
Usually more than 10,000 a month
The farthest to Harbin
The family didn't know about Liu Pengfei's resignation until two years later, when his father went to the hospital to find him without saying hello, and his colleague leaked.
Liu Pengfei said that until now, the family only knew that he was "running Didi" and never said that he was a driver. Because the old man would not understand, he always felt that he came out at night and would come into contact with some drunk people, so he didn't want them to worry.
"I didn't expect that I would be able to do it for so long, but now, I'm still willing to keep doing it." Liu Pengfei said that this job has free time, and he "can come out when he wants to, take a day off when he wants to rest, and don't need to punch in to work. ”, and the more you work, the more you earn, and the income is also good.
Liu Pengfei lives in Tongzhou District, Beijing. Every night around 7 o’clock, he goes online in places where orders are concentrated, such as Moon River and 1988 Town in Tongzhou. The customer group, because if it is a family dinner, many daughters-in-law drive back.”
Then, with the assignment of the system, he will go to Tongzhou, Beijing urban areas, and even other places in the suburbs of Beijing.
"After working for so many years, I have never cancelled an order for personal reasons. For example, if it is too far away, I will go anywhere. Fangshan, Pinggu, etc., are not too far in my eyes." With the decrease in orders, Liu Pengfei went offline and rode his electric car back to his home in Tongzhou.
Once, a customer placed an order for a chauffeur in Harbin. This was the farthest order he had ever received, more than 1,200 kilometers.
This guest needs to drive two cars back to Harbin as a wedding car, but only one person can drive. At 7 am the next morning, Liu Pengfei drove to the destination at 10 pm, and the whole journey took 13 hours.
The guest insisted on buying him an early morning flight ticket to send him back to Beijing, and Liu Pengfei earned 2,900 yuan for this order.
For chauffeurs, one-year orders have obvious seasonality, and orders are more in winter.
The busiest time of the year is the twelfth lunar month and the first lunar month. "From the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, my daily income is more than 1,000 yuan; from the fourth to the sixth day of the first lunar month this year, I earned 3,500 yuan after running for three days." In this industry, the income is relatively good. Normally, it is no problem to earn more than 10,000 yuan a month. If you work a little harder, you can earn more than 20,000 yuan.
"The online upload of more than 30,000 may be a bit high." Liu Pengfei said with a smile.
job story
Was invited to work full-time with a monthly salary of 30,000
Once saw the courage to help catch the car thief
Having been a driver for many years, Liu Pengfei has not only met all kinds of people, drove all kinds of cars, but also encountered all kinds of things, noble people, and lunatics.
One night in 2019, Liu Pengfei received an order to drive under the influence of alcohol and needed to go from Tongzhou to Tiantongyuan. He drove normally at the maximum speed limit of 100 kilometers per hour in the inner lane of the Fifth Ring Road.
There was an argument between two passengers in the back row on the road. One of them was intoxicated and suddenly opened the door. At that time, there were two large trucks running side by side. The truck in the middle lane almost collided with the truck in the outer lane to avoid their vehicles. .
Liu Pengfei made an emergency stop.
"Who knew that after getting off the car, the male guest who opened the door directly gave me (hit) twice, and he also said, 'Why don't you stop if you want to stop.' In fact, he didn't say to let me stop at all." Liu Pengfei Said, another guest quickly apologized to him, saying that his friend drank too much for such a rude behavior.
Liu Pengfei, who is about 1.8 meters tall and has been a soldier, did not fight back. He just reported to the platform and called the police according to the procedures, swallowing the grievances in his stomach.
The next day, he accepted the mediation of the police station and refused the other party's compensation. "He has a very good attitude. There were two people with him the night before. I know that he was drinking too much, so forget it."
Another time, Liu Pengfei took an order to Tianjin at 1:00 in the morning. When he arrived in Tianjin, he found that it was raining heavily there. After parking the car, the customer gave him an umbrella and asked him how to get back.
He said he planned to take the first high-speed train at 5 am to go back.
After a while, the guest came back and said, "I went back to have a look. My daughter-in-law is not at home. Come to my house and make do with one night." Finally, the guest dragged Liu Pengfei home and cooked two packets of instant noodles. This rainy night Make him unforgettable.
Several times, because of Liu Pengfei's good skills, good service, and insight, customers asked him about his background. When he learned that he had served in the army and had done security work in the hospital, he directly asked, "Come to my company to work and do My full-time driver", the highest one directly offered a monthly salary of 30,000.
But Liu Pengfei refused, "It is indeed more stable and high-paying, but I know what the purpose of my work is. I still like this sense of freedom, being able to meet different people, and it is also convenient to take care of my family and children, so I refused."
Once, Liu Pengfei accompanied a team member to the traffic team to deal with violations of regulations. With years of professional sensitivity, he saw two sneaky people on the side of the road around a motorcycle, "I said these two must be. The thief, so I parked the car in front of them, and saw that they turned around and turned back, I was basically sure. I dialed 110 directly, and the other party asked me for the specific location and how many thieves there were. , they succeeded, one of them went back to ride their own car, the other was going to get on the car and go, here I directly told the 110 operator, I will help you catch it! 110 reminded me to do what I can, and wait until Our policemen are here. I'm afraid if they run away, we will go up with another master and press the thief there. We also check his pockets to make sure there are no sharp knives or the like, and then control and wait for the police. After his accomplices I came to the meeting and wanted to run after seeing it, but I went up and dragged him down, he might have been frightened at the time." Later, they handed the person over to the police who came and cooperated with the police station to make a statement. The police station said that they should apply to the Chaoyang District Civil Affairs Bureau. Although he was not elected in the end, Liu Pengfei felt very proud.
Industry shift
A new trend in chauffeured driving
Valet to 4s shop maintenance
Today, Liu Pengfei has become the captain of the driving team. He manages 60 or 70 masters, and the team has 200 people at most.
The new driver will ask him if he doesn't understand anything, and he will remind everyone to make more money online during the peak period.
He is still opening an account on Douyin, posting some interesting things he encounters in his work and life.
After 7 years of modern driving, Liu Pengfei found some changes in his work. For example, there are more and more people driving on behalf of him, and the range of orders has been shortened from 3 kilometers before to about 1 kilometer now, but there are many more customers.
The person who calls the driver is not only because he is drunk, but also has services like "running errands". For example, if he doesn't have time to go to the 4S store for maintenance, he asks the driver to help.
They also cooperate with Audi, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota stores, and the 4s store will pay to help customers call for driver maintenance.
Some second-hand car dealers will also use chauffeurs when they collect cars, so as not to delay other trips.
Talking about the work testimonials, Liu Pengfei said that driving on behalf of others is really a job that can do more for more work, and as long as you work hard, you will get a good return.
Of course, mere physical effort cannot fully complete the chauffeur work, but also a good sense of service and accumulation of experience.
Of course, there are difficult things in the work. You have to wait patiently, accept bad weather and all kinds of customers. At this time, you have to control your emotions and try to understand them as much as possible from the perspective of customers. You will accumulate old customers for yourself, and eventually or benefit yourself.
Dialogue Expert
Chauffeur is a stable employment option in the short to medium term
Zhuoxian (Deputy Minister and Researcher of the Development Strategy and Regional Economy Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council)
Since 2011, my country has implemented the "Amendment to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China (VIII)", which includes drunk driving as the crime of dangerous driving.
In 2021, the e-Driving Big Data Center will release the "Drunk Driving Industry Data Report on the Decades of Penalty for Drunk Driving".
The data shows that from December 1, 2011 to April 20, 2021, the cumulative demand for chauffeured drivers nationwide exceeded 1.6 billion, and the number of chauffeured users exceeded 150 million.
Among them, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and other super first-tier cities are the cities that use the most chauffeured chauffeurs. New tier-one cities headed by Chongqing, Zhengzhou, Chengdu, and Xi'an have seen a rapid increase in chauffeur-driven orders.
Beiqing Daily: Not long ago, the relevant person in charge of the National Bureau of Statistics said that by the end of 2021, the number of flexible employment in China has reached 200 million.
Do you think this kind of job as a chauffeur is a type of flexible employment?
Zhuo Xian: Driving on behalf of others is a flexible form of employment, a form of self-employment.
My opinion on flexible employment, first of all, from the definition, flexible employment is opposite to non-flexible employment, flexible employment is a situation that appeared after the industrial revolution, because the industrial revolution is the centralized production of standardized products and assembly line production, it requires Employers do standardized things for the same purpose at a fixed time and space.
Now, countries including our country have developed into the post-industrial era, the proportion of the service industry has increased, and the number of jobs in the life service industry has increased, leading to the emergence of flexible employment.
This flexibility is mainly reflected in three aspects: time flexibility, space flexibility, and salary flexibility.
For example, the driving brother is a way to use the unit time to calculate the price.
Beiqing Daily: What is the difference between the flexible employment form of driving on behalf of others and other flexible employment, such as delivery boys and online car-hailing drivers?
Zhuo Xian: Compared with the delivery boy, the technical threshold for chauffeuring is higher.
It not only needs to be able to drive, but also has requirements for the driver's driving experience, driving skills, and illegal records.
Therefore, there are more full-time and long-term drivers among the chauffeurs, which can become a relatively stable occupation.
And there are drivers who can earn 20,000 yuan a month, which is considered a high salary in flexible employment, precisely because the threshold is higher.
Compared with online car-hailing drivers, driving on behalf of others is a kind of "asset-light" employment.
Because online car-hailing drivers must have a car, whether they buy one or rent one, they must have assets that meet the threshold.
Online car-hailing drivers have to pay for gas, charging, parking, etc., so the driver only needs a folding bicycle, which can be used as a production tool.
Beiqing Daily: Why does Tongzhou driver driver Liu Pengfei feel that there are more and more masters in this industry?
Is it related to the trend of flexible employment?
Zhuoxian: First of all, the current generation of driving has become a platform-based economy.
Six or seven years ago, chauffeurs could only do part-time jobs because they couldn’t earn as much money as full-time jobs.
After the platform economy, information asymmetry is reduced, your list is relatively continuous, and your income is enough to cover full-time work.
There are also many factors that will affect the development of chauffeured driving, such as the improvement of the awareness of the rule of law, such as the consumption preference for alcohol.
From the perspective of specific locations, Tongzhou's economic development is related to Beijing's development policies, including the transfer of commerce.
In the past, commerce may be more distributed in the main urban area. Now the whole of Beijing is expanding, and the industry is expanding to the periphery. There are many places to choose from for consumption, entertainment, and catering. Because many people consume nearby after get off work, then The scope of the corresponding night economy is expanding.
Beiqing Daily: What do you think of the future trend of chauffeured driving or flexible employment?
Zhuo Xian: Judging from the demand for chauffeured driving, it will be a relatively stable employment choice in the short and medium term.
From the perspective of demand, the first is that the number of family cars in China is still increasing. At present, the number of cars owned by every thousand people is still relatively small compared to developed countries.
Second, people's demand for social entertainment at night, with the improvement of people's living standards and the development of urban commerce, this demand is going up.
These two factors are superimposed together, and the demand for chauffeurs is actually growing.
From the perspective of labor supply, first, because it has a threshold, its labor supply will not be like other flexible employment, and it will flood in when there is a better income; second, driverless technology In progress, the impact of factors such as technological substitution should be comprehensively considered, but the impact of this factor will not come so soon, but it may be a more medium and long-term factor.
Beiqing Daily: Why are some chauffeur-driven services now no longer just driving after drinking, but also adding services such as helping to go to 4S stores for maintenance and annual inspections?
Will the proportion of this service increase in the future?
Zhuoxian: This is actually a time-buying service.
Similar to running errands with our food delivery guy, it allows consumers to save time to do other things.
The proportion in the future is hard to say, but the total amount should still increase.
This edition of the article / our reporter Wen Jing
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