Family Driver

[Radical!]

I'll be interviewing a driver tomorrow to drive my eldest child to school.

Need your advice on the following:

What should I look out for?
What is the going rate in terms of salary, overtime, meal allowance etc.
What are the requirements in terms of experience

Please share other thoughts and advice.

TIA

[Memphis Raines]

1. Ask for a Police Clearance.

2. Experience in different tranny's (auto/manual), change flat tire. Basic trouble shooting like overheating, etc. Better yet have him drive you around to observe his driving manners.

3. Salary and overtime depends if he will be a 'stay-in' driver or on call lang. I think you can save a lot if he gets free room and board from you then adjust his salary accordingly.

4. Of course check his driver's license which is better if his restrictions are 124, this means he can legally drive automatics.

HTH.

[nitrox]

1. Dont forget to ask for his family background - single or married w/ kids, etc
2. NBI clearance na rin if possible or previous employer references.
3. Ask if he is open to helping out with some non-driving tasks when he's free (like running errands, etc).

Question: May overtime pay ba ang family drivers nowadays? Arent they supposed to only have a fixed monthly salary like housemaids and work for a reasonable number of hours? Plano rin namin mag-hire eh.

[HoyMicky]

1. Get as much info on his background as possible: address (visit the address to verify), parents name, family, previous employer(s), experience, hobbies. Get his picture also.

2. of course kailangang may police clearance/barangay clearance

3. Yung sa akin fixed salary lang. Ang ginagawa lang naman mostly e hatid sa school at sundo sa school ang mga anak ko. No OT pay. Pag may lakad lang na gagabihin, syempre bigyan ko ng allowance for food. Hindi rin stay-in. Uwi sya sa bahay nila (So I actually had to make sure I hired one who does not live too far away).

4. Tell him na under probation muna sya so you can observe him at work for at least 2 months before you tell him na pemanent na sya.

5. Let him know about the things you DONT tolerate: like drinking, smoking, being late, etc.

6. Tell him rin yung other expectations mo like cleaning the car(s) regularly, going on errands, etc.

Hope this helps.

[mbeige]

If you drive an SUV or if your child will be brought to school in an SUV it might also be good to see how he drives considering the larger blind spots and being in the presence of lots of children. Go with him on the first few days maybe even weeks, mahirap yung first day on the job siya na mag-isa.

It might be good if you could provide him with a basic prepaid phone to contact him in any case. Set the ground rules for phone usage too and make sure you tell him you have the right to get it back if he gets fired, etc. If he loses it he'll have to compensate you for it. Load it with whatever you deem is necessary but mention to him that you'll monitor its usage from time to time. It's up to you if you want to provide load for him or just leave that up to him to provide. And make sure you tell him you want it on all the time.

Finally check his driving/professional background, what he drove, who he drove for, etc. You never know what you can dig up. Good luck!

[Radical!]

Thank you for all your useful advice. Did an initial interview and took your advice to 'road test' him tomorrow. He is a taxi driver at the moment, but he wants less work and more time for the family. It takes about 10 hours of driving to over attain boundary. He used to be a family driver, so that's a plus.



Question. How much is a fair daily salary for a stay out, 5 days per week driver (don't need a driver on weekends). I understand minimum wage for NCR is about P369 for a 'skilled' worker (or thereabouts). How much for meals when we are out?

Thanks again.

[tidus1203]

Kami bayad namin sa driver namin P6000/month (paid weekly P1500) pero stay-in sya umuwi lang Saturday night and libre kain na. Pag wala kami sa bahay libre parin pagkain nya sabay sila ng mga katulong kumakain. Pag ginamit namin sya we just give him P100 tapos kain na lang sya dyan sa carinderia....

[Radical!]

Kami bayad namin sa driver namin P6000/month (paid weekly P1500) pero stay-in sya umuwi lang Saturday night and libre kain na. Pag wala kami sa bahay libre parin pagkain nya sabay sila ng mga katulong kumakain. Pag ginamit namin sya we just give him P100 tapos kain na lang sya dyan sa carinderia....

Salamat tidus1203!

[baker123]

randomly go with the driver to school. so you can get to see for yourself how he drives. and where he drives. you can also look for streets that they should not drive though.

very important. get a scanned (computer scanner and colored) of his drivers license. plus take a picture of him. para recent. and go visit his home too.

very important also. discuss with your driver escape routes. if you think he or your child needs it. discuss this infront of your kid. so he/she knows whats going on. whatever you instruct the driver your child must also know so he/she wont be blindsided incase of things that may happen.

OT though somehow related. ask your child to always and i do mean always. have his/her cellphone in-hand. ready to dial anytime. you already know why. the child should also watch where the driver drives and not stare blankly when seated. let him/her text you or call you when they have arrive in the destination. talk with your child after they get home. he/she can give you feedbacks with the driver.

[tidus1203]

Ayy oo nga pala if possible maganda kung kakilala yung driver. Meaning like yung samin, kapatid sya nung driver ng uncle ko eh yung driver dun sa uncle ko lagpas 10 years na nagtratrabaho sa kanila....

[Radical!]

very important also. discuss with your driver escape routes. if you think he or your child needs it. discuss this infront of your kid. so he/she knows whats going on. whatever you instruct the driver your child must also know so he/she wont be blindsided incase of things that may happen.

OT though somehow related. ask your child to always and i do mean always. have his/her cellphone in-hand. ready to dial anytime. you already know why. the child should also watch where the driver drives and not stare blankly when seated. let him/her text you or call you when they have arrive in the destination. talk with your child after they get home. he/she can give you feedbacks with the driver.

Thanks for the advice. Got me nervous reading this. But yes, you can't be too careful nowadays . Thanks again...

[fireblade]

Cary,

You wont believe this! Somebody referred to me a driver applicant who used to belong to PSG.He went AWOL as he left the country for greener pasture and decided to come back. As usual, he was able to get an AFP intel ID complete with sidearm and wants to drive for me. Wow, driver-bodyguard

But I thought that he might just use it on me or my family given the times nowadays. Baka akala niya PSG pa rin yung kotse ko at walang santuhin sa traffic he he. Pero, it kinda tickled me having a driver and hawi boy at the same time.

So now, me and Menchit are seriously considering moving to a Makati condo M-F and go home weekends. We found a decent unit in Salcedo village and might effect the contract by June 1. Best of all, pets are allowed so Kimi can stay with us.Sobra na kasi traffic sa atin and Mika and Isa will now go to AC at the same time. Sold the Escape and the bikey na rin! Half of my gears are gone Hey, lets meet up na rin to catch up

[chua_riwap]

- All of the above
- and, dapat di Playboy.

[SIZE="1"](Peace po....)[/SIZE]

[m777]

background
the way he drives

mas maganda pag kakilala (our driver now was the driver of my sister in law when she was still in college) medyo matanda na but drives ok parin. maingat and malinis sa auto.

[baker123]

- All of the above
- and, dapat di Playboy.

[SIZE="1"](Peace po....)[/SIZE]

hahaha tama si chua_riwap. yung driver namin e nawawala sa gabi kasi maraming chicks (yung mga yaya ng kapitbahay). dadating ng umaga puyat na. lagi pa may nag te text at tumatawag habang nag mamaneho. naka suncell kasi.

[WeaponX]

- All of the above
- and, dapat di Playboy.

[SIZE="1"](Peace po....)[/SIZE]

Natawa ako dito.

Pero, mahirap yatang paaminin kung playboy sya.

Basta naman magagawa lang ng maayos ang trabaho pwede na rin.

[s_quilicot]

alamin nyo po ang reason kung bakit siya nawala sa previous amo nya ..

[russpogi]

4. Of course check his driver's license which is better if his restrictions are 124, this means he can legally drive automatics.

HTH.

Bossing, actually the License Restriction Code 4 means a person can only drive automatics and is not allowed to drive manuals.

It's nice to have License Restriction Codes 123 as:
Code 1 - allows you to drive a motorbike/tricycle
Code 2 - allows you to drive cars, vans, pickups
Code 3 - allows you to drive trucks (License needs to be Pro to get this Code)

HTH

[Galactus]

^^^ +1 on restriction codes (with the addendum that RC#2 allows one to drive cars up to 4500 kgs gross vehicle weight.

Naging racket yan ng mga tiwaling traffic enforcers before. Pag napansin nila na matic yung sasakyan tapos RC2 lang yung driver's license, tatakutin nila na additional penalty to force the driver to come across. But this issue has alredy been clarified before numerous times already by the LTO and MMDA.

[userfriendly]

All of the above +

- get a chest x-ray. dami may TB dito sa atin. you dont want to expose your family. Well worth the 300+ pesos its going to cost.
- get a drug test, best kung kasama ka para walang daya
- take his picture na rin