First Student reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(3,736 total reviews)

John Kenning

72% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

First Student has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 3,736 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The First Student employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Dec 7, 2019

Don't be thrown under the bus!

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Pros

Thorough training program. Kids age challenging but mostly great.

Cons

Zero opportunity to move up, managers are lifers in constant CYA mode. Impenetrable clique at yard. Frequent payroll errors in favor of company-surprise surprise. So-called drivers union is really an arm of management. Top-hammer down management style. Minimum wage for all training and meeting time-complete bs. They promote and encourage the "loser bus driver" stereotype. They've lost many local contracts recently for good reason.

1.0
Nov 18, 2019

Management Is Terrible

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Pros

There isn’t very many pros to be honest. I think the only pro for me working there was the kids.

Cons

The assistant manger is a complete idiot, is completely unprofessional, and is very under qualified. So with that said, *Management is terrible * they don’t care about the clients and their needs *the management ignores their employees *Is severally understaffed

4.0
Nov 18, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Student Pat time job morning and afternoon

Cons

Trouble kids , wheelchair

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