Squiggs Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) How on earth is this company making a profit if they have six engineers driving around the city performing repairs? The bikes seem to be also picked up on a trailer - pulled by another bike - so I doubt they have 6 people driving around all the time. Zero-hours contracts probably. The maintenance is performed by an existing local Sheffield business Edited January 19, 2018 by Squiggs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexo Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 How on earth is this company making a profit if they have six engineers driving around the city performing repairs? The finances should work OK. A comparable UK city is doing 4000 hires a day. So that's £700,000+ per year income. That's ample to pay the VAT, processing costs, have half a dozen staff, and replace and repair the bikes. Ofo have 10 million bikes in total. Those in sheffield represent just a few hours worth of factory's production. Mobike and Yobike run similar schemes in other cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Joker Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Zero-hours contracts probably. you’re such a mardyarse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paula4sheff Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 you’re such a mardyarse Haha! I offered no opinion- just the suggestion that they might be! It's entirely up to the reader as to whether they think zero hours contracts are exploitative or not..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scargill Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 The bikes seem to be also picked up on a trailer - pulled by another bike - so I doubt they have 6 people driving around all the time. The maintenance is performed by an existing local Sheffield business That's surely a good thing using local labour to collect and repair the bikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squiggs Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 That's surely a good thing using local labour to collect and repair the bikes. Indeed. As opposed to the kind of "McAmazon Bike" scenario that was being suggested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penistone999 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 come up past the dump it site at Deepcar this afternoon ,and there is one of the Ofo bikes propped up on the fence outside the dump. :hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 come up past the dump it site at Deepcar this afternoon ,and there is one of the Ofo bikes propped up on the fence outside the dump. :hihi: Surely that just means someone has used an Ofo bike to get to the dump, not that they've taken it there for dumping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchemist Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Spotted one in the Tescos Saville Street main entrance actually inside the store Friday night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicksy3 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Spotted one in the Tescos Saville Street main entrance actually inside the store Friday night Tesco put the bike parking about as far from the door as possible in that shop. Hence people of average or below average patience 'wild parking' bikes near the entrance. Or indeed in the store. Posted from Sheffieldforum.co.uk App for Android Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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