First Student reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(3,733 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 3,733 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
1.0
Apr 8, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Steady part time work, note to Glassdoor, Linda Burtwhistle is no longer CEO Dennis Maple took over a little over a yr ago.

Cons

Not enough employees to handle tasks so quite a bit of double running going on. Repairs not getting done some buses sit out back for months, as there is very low overhead in terms of parts. Some buses being run with known defects, such as thick smoke fumes from injector issues, burned out overheads no buzzers,doors. Wed we had huge snowstorm, driver radioed wipers were not working, they were told to drive to town to have it fixed and company couldn't afford to send overworked mechanics to their house, this wasn't a very safe thing to allow as this driver was from country and had highway travel.

5.0
Apr 6, 2016

Great company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Safety oriented, great customer service

Cons

Not enough hours, need benefits

4.0
Apr 5, 2016

School bus Driver

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great driving experience and pays above average

Cons

Barely get hours..Students gets obnoxious sometimes

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