Komsan Chiyadis
GrabFood delivery-partner, Thailand
We’re piloting a New, Improved and Grab-App Integrated Shifts System!
Introducing Grab’s new and improved In-App Shift Pilot System for Delivery-Partners on Motorbikes, Bicycle and PABs! We have taken on your feedback and you can now make shift bookings more easily within your Grab Driver app. Read on to find out more, sign up for your first shift and be prioritized!
⚠️ No action is required from Delivery-Partners who do not wish to sign up for shift pilot system. You can still go online and receive orders as per normal.
Important Dates & Information
Duration: 1 Feb to 31 July 2021
Zones: Lower Central+Upper Central, Downtown+Bukit Merah, Southeast, Southwest, East
Vehicle Types: Motorbikes, Bicycles, PABs
Time: 11am to 2pm (AM) and/or 5pm to 8pm (PM)
From 9 Aug 2021 onwards, off-peak shifts will be made available as an Emerald Circle benefit to all Sapphire tier Delivery-Partners. Please keep a lookout on your Grab Driver App > Notifications for more updates by the end of July.
How Does Shift Booking Work?
Signing up for a Shift
- Tap here or on your profile pic
- Tap on Bookings Planner to view the available shift timings and zones
- Select the shift/shifts that you want to join
Please Note: The cutoff time for booking a shift is 2 hours before its start.
Releasing a shift
- Tap “My Bookings”
- Tap on the shift you want to release
- Tap on release my slot
Please Note: You can only release your shift up to 2 hours before the start of the shift
Perks & Benefits of Shift Booking
- ZONAL LOCK IN! You will only get orders where the pick up AND the DROP OFF is WITHIN the shift zone.
- PRIORITY ALLOCATION You will get priority allocation for jobs during the shift timing, so you can hit your quests faster!
- EARNINGS STABILITY: You will get a Minimum Trip Fare guarantee for the shift period. If you earn below the guarantee, we will top it up to the guaranteed amount in the following week.
Minimum Trip Fare Guarantee
What does a Trip Fare guarantee mean?
This refers to the total Trip Fare (amount that you earn on the app, exclusive of zone boost and quest incentives) that you earn for the entire designated shift period. Please refer to your booking planner for details on each shift’s minimum trip fare guarantee.
Example
John (on Bike) earns a total of $37 for his 3 hour lunch shift in Central on a Weekday. A top up of $3 will be processed to his cash wallet the following day as he has not hit the minimum trip fare guarantee of $40. However, if John earns $45 for the designated shift, he will not get any top up as he has earned more than the guaranteed amount.
All other incentives remain the same and are in addition to the trip fares.
Requirement & Criteria for Trip Fare guarantee
In order to receive the Minimum Trip Fare guarantee payout, delivery-partners are to maintain the following:
- Minimum of 90% acceptance rate & Maximum of 10% cancellation rate during the shift
- Online for a minimum of 95% of the entire shift duration. Please refer to the following important points on eligible online hours:
- Auto-Accept must be toggled ON
- MyDestination must be toggled OFF
- Only hours that you are online within the shift zone will be counted
- Both GrabFood & GrabMart service type must be toggled ON
Please refer to your booking planner for full details on each shift’s minimum trip fare guarantee.
Shift Zones
More information on the various zones here. Please note that if you have opted-in for zonal fleet, you will need to opt-out of it before you can try out the shift booking system.
No Shows, Strike & Appeal System
A no-show takes away the slot from another Delivery-Partner. If you are unable to make it for your shift, do remember to release your booking.
Delivery-Partners who do not show up for their booked shift(s) or achieve less than 50% of their shift will receive strikes and reminder messages from Grab. A 3-strike rule has been implemented and delivery-partners who receive 3 strikes in a week will be banned from booking a shift for the following week. Strikes are refreshed on a weekly basis.
For example, John still did not show up for his shifts even after receiving reminder messages and received the message on Monday, 28th December, informing him that he is banned from booking shift(s) for the following week of 4th to 10th January. He can only book shift(s) again from 11th January onwards.
Delivery-partners found out to be attempting possible fraud will be suspended from GrabFood platform.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you will still receive your zone boost and quest incentives.
The shift system is different to the zonal fleet in the following ways:
- Your pick up AND drop off will be within the shift zone. Hence, your trips will be shorter than if you were in the zonal fleet (where the drop off can be outside the zone)
- You get a minimum trip fare guarantee for the shift timing which is not applicable for the Zonal Fleets. Thus, you have downside protection if you sign up for a shift!
No, you will need to opt-out of Zonal Fleets before you can book your shift. If you book a shift without successfully opting out of your zonal fleet, you will not receive any orders during the shift hours.
The top-up amount for your trip fare guarantee will be transferred into your cash wallet within 6 hours after you have completed a shift.
You are able to release your shift through the Grab App upto 2 hours before the start of your shift.
Delivery-partners can write in via our appeal form and it will be reviewed on a case by case basis.
New shift slots are released every Friday evening for the following Monday to Sunday.
You will see the following once your booked shift period has begun:
- ‘Searching for bookings’ if you are in your zone, or
- ‘Go to your zone to get bookings’ if you are outside of your zone
No you will not. For the shift booking system, your pick up AND drop off will be within the shift zone.
Yes you can book/release your shift on the same day, up to 2 hours before your shift timing begins.
To ensure that you are able to receive jobs during a shift, please make sure to have the following:
- Be within the shift zone area for the shift which you have booked
- Have successfully opted-out of zonal fleet (if you previously opted-in)
- Toggle:
- OFF My Destination
- ON Auto-Accept
- ON both GrabFood & GrabMart service types
You can refer to your Shift Earnings Summary under Shift Details after you have completed a shift where you will be able to see your shift earnings and know if you managed to qualify for any MFG (Minimum Fare Guarantee) top-up/s.
Off-peak 2 to 5pm shift is currently still in testing and is only available for a random list of selected Delivery-Partners.
From 9 Aug 2021 onwards, off-peak shifts will be made available as an Emerald Circle benefit to all Sapphire tier Delivery-Partners. Please keep a lookout on your Grab Driver App > Notifications for more updates by the end of July.
No, you will not be eligible for an MFG top up if your GrabMart Service Type is toggled off. Please ensure that you have both your GrabFood and GrabMart Service Type toggled ON when you are on shift.
You need to make sure that you toggle on all the shift service types for your online hours to be captured.
For example, if the shift has GrabFood and GrabMart services and you only toggle on GrabFood, your online hours will not be captured and you might be recorded as no-show for the shift. In this case, you need to have both GrabFood and GrabMart service types toggled ON for duration of shift.
