First Student reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(3,734 total reviews)

John Kenning

72% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

First Student has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,734 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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3.0
Oct 1, 2017

Ok

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Hours are flexible very well

Cons

Not full time more hours

5.0
Sep 29, 2017

School Bus Driver

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent training, fantastic people, friendly environment, no complaints. Very nice place to work. Awesome place for entry level people. No nonsense at any level.

Cons

Tough business - drivers everywhere don't earn nearly what they should. Schools spend big money on many things and only a meager wage is the Driver afforded. No fault of First Student. It is what it is. Know this going in and you will be happy.

1.0
Sep 27, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Haha there is absolutely nothing positive about this job or company.

Cons

Oh my God where to start. This has got to be the worst company I've ever worked for. First let's start with how this company still operates like it's 1999. I've never seen a company use and then throw away more paper then this company. They do not have enough drivers to even fill all the routes and trips for one day. This happens everyday. All the busses are old and run down but they won't get new ones. The location I work at has already been threated by the district it serves that it might loose it's contract. The Sandy location already did And there seems to be no sense of urgency by management to fix the many many many problems. This company will literally run itself into the ground.

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