Typically, on average, a worker/staff earn only about $70 for
eight hours work per day. So you can get $80 or $90 or $60 is
fine,
but of cos workers/staff get further perks like overtime,
allowances, medical, insurance, CPF, medisave
and bonuses and leave benefits which a freelance person like Taxi
or even apps drivers do not get to enjoy.
However, in return, you get a flexible lifestyle, no one on top
of you, you can choose to throw key if you wants, you can choose to
be hirer or relief, you can start at morning 6 or 8 am or even 10
am is all up to you,
but because of having to eat and spent and for some, to bring up
children/family, many TDs worked and stressed long hours just to
put food and money on the family table. And to me, that is not
sustainable.
Always remember that in life, we have choices, the more choices
you have and dare to take, the more flexible your life is,
but if you are a taxi driver that cannot see open type, you will
get stressed and end up in SGH, AH,
NTFH, NUH, CGH, MEH,
RH, KTPH, TTSH, etc etc in no time.
I have always told all that when you enter taxi or apps driving
trade, you have entered a monastery, so for that matter, as all
religion seek the middle way of thing,
learn to be contented with what you have, be humble and always
walk on the middle way of life, not too extreme in your driving,
not too lazy until drive only few hrs, but simply just drive 8hrs
as the benchmark.
Can or cannot earn or how much you can earn, I can only say on
Singapore Road, if you drive for 8hrs, chao chao also got $100 net
lah.