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GoSend drivers threaten to go on strike over incentives cut
Delivery riders working for the GoSend service of homegrown decacorn Gojek have threatened a three-day strike in response to incentives being slashed in half.
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Gojek riders wait for their delivery orders at a distribution center in Surabaya, East Java, on May 17, as Gojek and Tokopedia unveiled a merger to form GoTo Group, creating the largest tech firm in the world's fourth-most populous country.
(AFP/Juni Kriswanto )
Delivery riders working for the GoSend service of homegrown decacorn Gojek have threatened a three-day strike in response to incentives being slashed in half.
Partners working for the service say they face incentive cuts of more than 50 percent starting on Tuesday, which they fear will significantly reduce their overall income.
Yulianto, one of the drivers representing the Greater Jakarta GoSend Drivers Alliance, said they would normally receive a bonus of Rp 30,000 (US$2.10) for delivering at least eight packages a day, and up to Rp 100,000 for delivering 15 packages. Under the new policy, they will only receive Rp 9,000 for delivering at least nine packages, and up to Rp 37,500 for 15 deliveries.
“The cuts are nonsense. The merger should not make the company neglect driver’s welfare,” Yulianto told The Jakarta Post on Monday, referring to a recently announced merger of Gojek and Tokopedia, two leading Indonesian new economy players.
Read also: Gojek, Tokopedia merge to form GoTo Group
The incentives, he said, served as additional income for the drivers beyond their basic daily income per delivery order, which was about Rp 50,000 after deducting drivers’ costs while operating around Greater Jakarta. Each order could be for several packages delivered to different recipients.
