How good are Karwa services?

crazy

Painther.. mind it... I dont want to be in between a Girl Girl thing... lol

Lol... Painther... You must be the only lucky one... to get good Karwa experience...

Yeah UK... but the drivers trick the people into believing that if the passenger agrees to go without using meter then they will get lower rate... actually they end up paying higher.

karwa sucks period

@tinker bell

FYI second hearing had the same outcome as first!!

did not turn up! how convenient!

Ok, blistering...show over, close the shop, count the coins and go home..."good Show"

:):)

Its a good thing she left...my popcorn just got over :(

Smoke? where is smoke here? yes i can see lots of fire though :P

I'm sorry to disappoint Smoke but i really have to go, my latest assignment (on this subject) is due at 5pm and I have a page of scribbles, mainly doodles of flowers I have done whilst on QL. Bye Tinkerbell, thanks for a good debate.

..ok no more cuddles, it reignites, now it's multi-fronts,

....and who to blame? well, the ring master, the OP :P

I obviously get the way it is here, I have been here for 8 years and had a variety of jobs. We all know how vulnerable the workers are. I am saying that the reason services are shoddy is because they don't look after their staff in any shape or form. It is the very most basic of HRM principles in modern (since 1975ish) theory.

I agree with jasminejasmine's first comment on this thread..

Tinker...read QLpro or dohanews for the update on second hearing on Villagio. Now a days news waali bai is missing (dohanews reporter is missing)...:)

What do you think I do for a job? I don't work in an ice cream shop! This is what I do for a job. I don't sit around all day reading books, I work in a HR role.

JJ...from me mostly it is not an intentional attempt but say got carried away in writing the story rather than making it politically correct.

Prism-I never said the exploitation was racism. I said I don't like the casual way that QL allows casual racism on almost every thread you read. Why each driver has to be defined by his race is utterly outdated. Thank you for changing it, I know a lot of it is because we come from different cultures but it doesn't make it right.

and then, post a mammoth bout both cuddle together :)

Aha..."complain"...read as it is written and not as you want to read it...:) Pause and read, I am going nowhere soon, will give you all the time to go after me. BTW you need to be working as high profile as me to understand things.

I agree but the change will only ever come from Karwa. I am studying this at the moment. Employees who are not fairly rewarded or experience unfairness such as broken promises about leave, arrive here and find their contract is not what they signed up to, dangerous and shoddy housing etc, will not be able to perform at his full potential. Motivation and reward and, actually more successful, making the employee feel valued creates a workforce of well disciplined and loyal staff. It goes back to the massive outsourcing of jobs that happened in the early 2000s. Everyone says how good the orange cabs were, iI vaguely remember them but why? Why were orange drivers more satisfied? I would love to research this further.

Lovely scenes: Lionesses while feeling ‘boredom’ prowl vigorously, smell others, big roars and assault….and no cat fight….it’s mighty lionesses taking on each other’s…. what a scene!! …in between monkeys clap :)

It makes no sense when people spent 3-4 hours on QL during office hours and sit extra hours in the office to finish their work and still complain about no overtime.

JJ, another mystery solved, I guess that explains the Alcohol ban at the Pearl then. :)

I still dont understand how does exploitation of drivers or customers by the company can be racism??? or is it taking it unnecessarily too far, just cos I think so and I am the cleverest.

No, Scottish!

Tinkerbell, I am not fighting now I promise but I am very interested. Do you not believe that all humans are equal? I am not talking about how they are employed here, I mean as actual human beings.

wish I had been there .. Were they Geordies ?

We all have different experiences . As I said earlier, i have always found them courteous.

Why not listen to everyone's viewpoint and then decide :o)

Uk, I saw a really big fight between 2 British girls on the Pearl last year at the Mango Tree. Proper full on scrap over a bloke. Ahhh, was like being back home!

But you know, it doesn't hurt to have someone come onto a narrow use website and challenge institutionalised behaviour. Not that I am studying this for my PhD or anything ;)

Err your not fighting, now how depressing is that not seen a real girl fight in ages..:(

Don't worry Smoke, I am only here because I am bored. I go back to work on Sunday thank God. I couldn't imagine anything duller than spending all day every day sitting in front of a computer on an internet forum.

Tinkerbell and Eeyore fascinating characters both in books and on QL..:)

KAT FIGHT!! Bring in the mud and bikinis!

Good God, how idiotic. I was replying to Prisms question, selective reading Tinkerbell.

I agree with blisteringbarna regrding the refusal of accepting passengers by an empty taxi driver. I have been in Dubai during the old busy season when it was very difficult to find an empty taxi but none of the empty ones refused to take the passengers but Karwa is the only one which refuses to accept a passenger especially if he/she is going for a short ride.

It's not always about you Tinkerbell, there are other people here as well.

Saying that the "Indonesian" driver has not been an acceptable way to speak for at least 15 years outside of QL.

Read properly dear and you will see that I said the COMPANY is exploiting both the employee AND the customer.

Spending all day every day on a censored website does not make you clever.

How is asking someone to work as they are supposed to racism????

I don't live in an idealistic world, I live in the modern world where racism is unacceptable. Maybe you need to go and live in a less protected environment where you will learn that in the 21st Century, humans are considered equal to one another. You have no idea, really you don't.

I think JJ just has a different POV and I kinda like the aggression in her posts...:)

1. Most of the VERY RUDE (based on my eperienced)

2. Longer route

3. EVERYTIME

4. BIG NO

6. they know but they want long drive so they pretend NO

7. Yah its a pleasure huhuhu.

If U found u'r meter in 0 means your travelling outside doha the meter run faster than regular 1 means u are travelling inside doha. This is the technique for them to earn more. Check if there is bottle of Mineral Water that covers and hide their meter.

This was also adviced by one of the good Karwa driver to me before. be aware.

Never had a problem with them. Always found them courteous. Took slightly longer routes a couple of times, but perhaps they know of traffic jams better than me.

"How many of you do free overtime?"....I am mostly found in office not only on weekdays after work (normally 3-4 hrs each day running upto say 8-9 hrs at times i.e. upto 11 PM) but also on Fridays and Saturdays...:) And being a Senior staff I am not entitled for overtime....:)

Goodness, how disgusting, human beings wanting to take a rest break, being hungry or wanting to go off duty when he is due. How many of you do free overtime?

The are clearly organizational issues with Karwa and as in any business, the impact of this is on a) the employee and b) the customer.

Why not state your complaints in writing and submit them to the management? if they don't reply, well don't give them your custom. There are plenty of private drivers available.

I hope you people appreciate having internet access and employment where you have breaks, food, water and somewhere decent to live. And if you have your families with you lucky old you. They don't. They are also not the people making the money from the business. They are being exploited just like you, the customer.

Please can't people have a tiny bit of compassion and sense?

Agree with pashtun drivers thing...though didnt experience here but they made life easier in Abu Dhabi.

Till now...

1. Experienced 15 Rude drivers & 3 good drivers

2. They do try to take the longer route

3. They always try not to switch on the meter and they are always courteous when they ask this question.... and become quite grumpy when they get a "No"...lol

4. Never use GPS. And dont know the way either.

5. 50% of the time they pretended not to know the route.

6. Only 3 times did I enjoy the drive. One guy had nice music playing out and he had also put in air fresher.

7. Empty Karwa have regularly refused to take a passenger.

Apparently Al Million are same as they also seem to be hiring same Car and driver from Karwa. Last time two empty Al Million taxi refused to drive me.... I guess this must be the only country in the WORLD where an empty Taxi refuses to take passenger.

Why are such Illegal services allowed in a country trying for 2022? I guess they should terminate all the Karwa contracts and bring back the Pastun drivers.... most are still in Doha and its always a pleasure driving with them. I have never met a rude Orange Taxi driver.

I think Qatar shot itself in the head with Karwa!

I read a poster on a Karwa taxi yesterday and it it read

"if my meter is not working, then the ride is free"

Is this an attempt by Karwa to weed out the cheating drivers?

Has anyone else notices these poster/stickers on Karwa taxis?

I miss the old Orange Taxi..never had any problems with them.

all Karwa drivers stupid >>>>>>

I agree with you Tinkerbell, they used to be polite and do what the customer wants and set the meter on entering the cab. Everything is the opposite now, no meters, they think you are foreign with loads of money. They chat too much in the car and ask questions which is none of their business. They decide where they want to go, NOT where you want to go, if it doesn't suit them, they shake their head and drive off!! If only there was another taxi company, then Karwa will start to pull up their socks!

lol, owner of Karwa in QL, 9th wonder :)

anyways, this thread will end up targeting some 'smelly' nationalities ultimately...**yawn**

Discussed before to death! IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT

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very worst taxi service!

tinker,

first one was under severe ‘peee’ pressure , so refused,

2nd, duty time over, so refused,

3rd, was hungry, going to taxi hotel for a bite,

4th, time up for duty,

5th, had an earlier assignment, pre-booked, so refused,

Now ask your neighbor to have a car herself and stop cribbing :)

JJ...my bad...point taken and post edited.

1) Don't use them much except in and out of airport. However, had bad experience with an $$$$$$$$ (as told by the driver himself...tried to run away with my bag) and an ************ (asked for more than the amount on meter as tip to provide better living for his 7-8 kids back home. I only asked him why so many if you cant afford. I walked out without being asked the second time).

2) They know the route, never had to direct them but some did try to use the long route only to be denied by me.

3) NA

4) Dont know.

5) Not in the list ...:)

6)Refer 2.

7) Just OK...for 10-15 minutes I am not looking for former.

I use them a lot for a variety of uses as I live in Dukhan.

5 years ago if you called and asked for a taxi tomorrow they would say that nothing was available until 3am two weeks on Tuesday.

Now they say yes no problem, call back to confirm the details, call the day before to remind me and call when he is on the way.

I have never had a problem with the drivers except sometimes they are clearly under a lot of pressure and stressed. Maybe people could show some compassion for the drivers who live under difficult conditions so you get a cheap service.

By the way I find the blatant racism on this website offensive. Most forums would not allow it. It is outrageous to define people by their nationality and such serious allegations, if not able to prove are simply slanderous.

@ OP...what is your opinion on all those points...:)

for me,

they are 10/10, why, I used their services ONLY for airport pick & drop, wallahi, can be booked over phone, they're always ONTIME, reasonably courteous, correct route-well, there's noway he can take a detour,

pleasure : i dont expect 'pleasure' from 'em.