A motorcycle driver with Indonesian start-up Go-Jek waits for customers along a street in Jakarta. PHOTO: Adek Berry/AFP
The transport service app Go-Jek is sweeping the nation and Bali’s no exception.
What’s impressive about the start-up in Bali is how many women they’ve got working for them on the island.
Though less than one percent of Go-Jek drivers scattered throughout the country in Jakarta, Bandung, and Surabaya are women, of the 1,000 Go-Jek drivers in Bali, 200 are women, reports Tribun Bali.
Go-Jek co-founder and CFO Kevin Aluwi explained that they look for drivers who are courteous and willing to work hard. Aluwi says the company doesn’t have a special program for picking up female passengers as they’ve yet to have any complaints.
Yayah Sofia, a 35-year-old Go-Jek driver based in South Kuta says she joined the company on a part time basis so she could work during her spare time while her kids are at school.
Sofia says before she would spend the time waiting, but now she uses that time to work as a Go-Jek driver.
She has earned about Rp 1.5 million working for the company for about 1.5 months, according to Tribun Bali.
If you haven’t given the app a try yet, it’s worth downloading if you don’t want to chug along on crowded Bali streets in a taxi or if you’d like food delivered directly to you with just the tap of a touchscreen.
