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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4K reviews
4.0
Jan 3, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

By far the best job I've had in my career of more than 8 years. The company cares about its employees and goes above and beyond to create a positive work environment. hands on training, very competitive pay rates and the people are just great!

Cons

changes seem a little arbitrary.

3.0
Jan 1, 2017

School bus driver

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Weekends off Small office Treated respectfully Good pay

Cons

hard to get 40 hours but, this is a part time position. Training pay is payed after you get your cdl which can take a month due to poor organization

4.0
Dec 31, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I you love working with children and being an integral part in their lives, with the ability to guide them on a smart path by being an excellent role model of love, understanding, and self control, then this is an excellent job for you.

Cons

Whenever the children are out of school, you will usually have no work to do. There's too much complaining amongst drivers and too much favoritism in the dispatch office. I had a lead driver position taken from me in the middle of the school year. Reason being was that the other had seniority. I tried to use seniority to get ahead of another driver at a different school at the end of football and the beginning of basketball season, and was told that I could not because the other had signed before me at the beginning of the year. What's wrong with that picture. What works for one should work across the board for all according to seniority.

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