Discount Cab Reviews

2.7

34% would recommend to a friend

(38 total reviews)

Craig Hughes

55% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Discount Cab has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 38 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Discount Cab employee rating is 23% below average for employers within the Transportation and logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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38 reviews
3.0
17 Feb 2013

Means to an end

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

An independent and self directed way to make some money. Cars seem to be well maintained and they get great gas mileage. Safety is stressed.

Cons

$100-$150 a day seems like decent money until you break it down hourly. If you're working 12+ hour days with no breaks that leaves very little personal time and if I'm going to be working that much I should be making great money. Though, often you make less than that and feel like you were lucky to make enough to cover your lease. It seems wrong to get charged for no shows, at the very least they could split the difference on a no show. The reason for many no shows is that people call 2 or 3 different cab companies and whoever gets there first gets the fare leaving the others with no shows. Most of these no shows seem to be in areas considered "bad neighborhoods" where few drivers hang out. When someone calls a cab and they don't show up for 45 minutes or longer and they become late for work or miss their plane I can understand why people do that. I had the experience with Discount where I called for a cab way in advance to go to the airport. No one ever showed up and it was getting so close to my flight I had to drive there myself and had to pay $100 in parking. The vouchers that are under $15 are not worth the time and if that's all you're getting you will be lucky to make your lease even if you are an efficient driver.

1.0
22 Feb 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

NONE . I had to put a star so I did. otherwise no stars!!

Cons

After doing my all for nine months, I finally had to give up. I kept track of all the hours I worked and all the money and all my expenses. When added and subtracted I made less than $1 an hour. I had to drive for 14 hours straight a day just to make that $1. The entire time worrying if I was going to be able to make the lease payment in full. There were several days that I did not even make enough money to pay the lease and would start the next 14 hours in debt.

1.0
29 Aug 2012

Not all its cracked up to be.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They have the highest standards in the industry in terms of who they will contract with on the driver side.

Cons

Lack of leadership. Leadership does not listen to the needs of their employees. Company does not believe in or follow their own Core Principles.

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