Fewer full-time platform drivers on Singapore’s roads as employee jobs beckon
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SINGAPORE’S tight labour market may be drawing workers away from full-time private-hire driving, especially as service sector wages improve.
Major platform companies Gojek and Grab have found that private-hire drivers are thinner on the ground now than before the Covid-19 pandemic.
“While the ride-hailing industry has shown strong signs of recovery, the active number of private-hire drivers has not returned to pre-pandemic levels,” a Gojek spokesperson told The Business Times.
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