It’s very fickle, if your face doesn’t fit at the job you won’t be back tomorrow.
Irrespective of how good an operator you may be, they’ll offhire you or say you’re no good to get a different driver instead.
Most jobs knock breaks off the timesheet, and often they’ll only want to pay for a 9 hr shift.
Our 360 drivers get supplied a van and fuel to get work and will also get paid if there is no work for them although they are expected to come in the yard and sweep up, clean machines or run errands etc. They might strike lucky and get a good job near to home, but an hour to hour and half travel each way is not unknown and they don’t get paid for that.
I get paid the same rate as the 360 drivers, make my own way 5 miles to work and the get paid all the time I’m there. Some of them might earn a little bit more than me in a year but they must have to put in some long days to get it.