Bad partnership, predisposition to drivers in a hurry …

JAKARTA – The University of Indonesia (UI) public policy observer, Harryadin Mahardika, predicts the continuation of the mbadive migration of Indonesian seasonal drivers to Go-Jek. This is due to Grab's poor partnership system, which included benefit-sharing between partners with applicators, pricing algorithms, and driver safety and well-being guarantees.

"This migration is proof that the partnership conditions in Grab are worse, as long as it does not change, the migration will continue," said Harryadin in Jakarta on Thursday (29.11.2018).

He felt that this was normal because it reflected Grab's condition of applying too low tariffs and promotional floods to sacrifice the driver's income. "The access to Indonesia is too ambitious to continue the badessments and market share, but the conditions of the partnership between the drivers are lame," he added.

Not only in Indonesia, local drivers from Singapore joining Go-Jek, who are officially entering the Singaporean market today, find themselves in similar conditions. The large number of drivers willing to migrate to Go-Jek reinforces the idea that Grab's partnership system is not attractive and does not benefit the driver.

The flexibility of management to accept the aspirations of drivers is also a factor that makes Go-Jek more attractive. "How can Go-Jek deal with its partners, it is also a factor of differentiation taken into account by the drivers," he said.

Go-Jek must also accept the driver's migration as proof of the superiority of his business model. However, in the ideal calculation of the driver, Go-Jek must also be careful not to reduce the income of existing partners. "It has to be received gradually and take advantage of the expansion of Go-Jek in other cities." The search for the quality of the partners also can not be loose, "said Harryadin.

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