In a day, there are thousands of people on the road driving for different sole purposes, people engage in driving for self-gratification of wanting to feel better, people engage in driving for wanting to have a sense of achievement—they are finally doing something worth it, like ticking a box in their goal list, people also engage in driving to help clients, friends or family get to their destination. And in all of these, Driving to some has been and will always be therapeutic if you're doing a long drive or late-night drive for yourself while on the other hand, it can be stressful and annoying due to traffic. 

A Driver’s Job is to pick up passengers from the road and haul them to their final destination, ensuring that they keep to the safety rules and precautions of the road. This Job revolves around humans, income, capital, and growth to help them generate profits for effective continued growth. In this article, we will discuss two main types of Drivers; The ones who work as freelance drivers and the full-time drivers, discussing which is more profitable. 

Who is a Full-time driver? 

A full-time driver is someone who operates customarily, usually for sine given hour of times per day, working for a transport company or business company like Uber, Taxi, Trucking, Logistics, medical, personal driver, and so on. Every full-time driver has a regular timeline they follow to work and get a fixed income or stable salary.

Pros of a Full-time Driver

1. Medical Insurance: A bonus to being a full-time driver is that you get to enjoy the benefits the company has provided medically for safeguarding and better potency at work. 
2. Retirement program: The beautiful aspects of being a full-time driver are that you get to make proper plans for your future financially, and secure a stable life to enjoy when you’re old and weary and cannot work again. 
3. Fixed income: A full-time driver’s job is to show up every day constantly for effective payment at a stipulated time. 

Cons of a Full-time Driver

1. Delimited mobility: There are limits to what full-time driver can do especially one who works for long hours in a day. There won’t be time for fun activities and even families sometimes. 
2. Traffic-related stress: Staying too long in traffic can affect how the body works. It makes it weaker and affects the mental state of the individual, depending on how often it happens, but for someone working in Lagos where there is always traffic, it doesn’t help. 
3. Fatigue: A full-time driver can get frustrated and tired of doing the same thing over and over again. They sometimes get less motivated. 

The average salary of a Full-time driver ranges from 75,000 NGN to 197,000 NGN per month, according to Glassdoor.

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Who is a Freelance driver?

It is safe to say a Freelance driver is like the opposite of a full-time driver. They are versatile and work according to adjustable schedules because they are their own boss, working single-handedly. They do not have a fixed income, unlike the full-time drivers. Why? That’s because they have dominance over the kinds of jobs they are allowed to do. 

Pros of being a Freelance driver 

1. Varieties of jobs: A freelance driver can joggle different jobs at the same time to sustain income, from working as a personal driver to transporting people and goods to their final destination, and also working 
2. Flexibility: As a Freelance driver, you are allowed to make a decision when choosing a work based on your accessibility and proclivity. 
3. Independence/ Experience: As a freelance driver, you are open to different types of jobs that help you gain how different system works in the transport business. You work with varieties of clients and companies that also help boost your skills acquisition. You are also able to connect with higher clients. 
4. Potential for Higher Earnings: Doing varieties of jobs enhances income as a freelance driver because you get to name your price to clients who are willing to work with you. 
5. Personal fulfillment: A freelance driver has more time to engage in fun activities that can boost motivation and enthusiasm for the job. 

Cons of being a Freelance driver 

1. Maintenance: This affects the business on days when there is low income to sustain maintaining the vehicle, it might take a longer period to do that especially when there are no savings due to high expenses. 
2. Bonus: Unlike the full-time driver that gets benefits for their job, a freelancer wouldn’t be getting that. A Freelance driver has to go through that process alone. 
3. Administrative responsibilities: As a freelance driver, you will be the only one controlling all affairs of your transport business, which may take a toll on you due to stress later on. 

The average income of a Freelance Driver is 100,000 NGN per month, according to Glassdoor.

In Conclusion, the odds aspects of being a Full-time driver or a Freelance driver hinge on how effectively the individual can work. Consider some of the elements affecting both jobs and find the one suitable for you prior to the economic state and personal inferences surrounding the individual. Best of luck in finding a job!!

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