Bus Driver - Anonymous employee First Student Employee Review

3.0
16 Jul 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Job security, they can not afford to just run you out. Plus you gain a CDL (if you pass through background and drug testing + training)

Cons

Management preaches safety but complains if you are late getting anywhere. They try to micro-manage everything they can think of and imagine more

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Cons

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Pros

The pay for driving is good, however, "driving is only part of the job description. May be well compensated for contracted substitute driver in other locations

Cons

Although there are rules to establish safe, orderly environments for riders and drivers, they are not enforced, and appear symbolic and subjective. Drivers have to bow to whomever decides how it will be handled instead of what the actual rules dictate, creating unnecessary chaos. There also appears to be a good amount of favoritism at this location and company rules and regulations are rarely enforced across the board, resulting in employees doing as they please with little to no repercussions.

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