Protest action of "Bolt" company drivers begins

Baku/13.04.23/Turan: Car drivers cooperating with the "Bolt" taxi company held a protest rally in front of its office on April 13.

They complained about low tariffs and low earnings. "How can there be such fares as 60-80- gapiks. Taxis have become cheaper than buses. The 9 km route costs only 2 manats 10 gapiks. You have to drive 200 km to earn 30-35 manats, and you have to pay for gasoline and spare parts. Everything has gone up in price. The cheapest engine oil costs 60 manats. Besides, the company withholds 20% commission from each trip," said one of the participants of the action.

Note that "Bolt" received representatives of the protesters, assuring that their demands would be brought to the attention of the head office abroad and prices would be adjusted.

This was reported by another participant of the action.

It turn, press service of the Bolt company in its commentary sent to Turan reads:

"We believe in the right of drivers to protest and express their opinion,  we’re open in having a dialogue with their representatives.

Thousands of the drivers use Bolt`s app in Azerbaijan. The whole Bolt team truly believes that happy drivers provide a better quality service for riders. Therefore, we are committed to treating our drivers with respect and our main goal is to provide drivers with the highest hourly earnings on the market. We always analyze the situation to make sure that tariffs are attractive to customers and profits motivate partner drivers. 

We encourage our drivers to give us direct feedback about their experience as this is what we rely on to provide the best service and support for our drivers. Despite the large number of partner drivers, we always hear every driver's voice.

The conditions of cooperation and the level of payment of Bolt partners drivers are among the best on the market. We also understand some drivers who decide to pause the platform and try other services - it's their choice. After that, a lot of them still return to cooperate with Bolt. We will continue to work to provide the best conditions for drivers and users of the service.

Bolt is a multi-application whose main goal is to make the city more accessible, safe, and eco-friendly. More than 100 million people in 45 countries in Europe and Africa (more than 400 cities) use Bolt services. The multi-application provides a range of services such as requesting a car, car-sharing, scooter and electric bike rental, and food and grocery delivery. Today, the company cooperates with more than 2.5 million drivers and 100,000 couriers around the world". -06B-