First Student reviews

Again, making a positive experience for children can be very challenging from the position of bus driver. Everyone is potentially your enemy-the students, the teachers, the parents, policemen, other drivers, etc. It is generally a thankless job. My experience entailed driving two autistic children to and from school. They themselves were a small challenge, but meaningful. The hardships came primarily from the district, the politics that place the driver between a rock and a harder place, and in once case an officer who had nothing better to do than harrass a bus driver. First student as a company did not inspire me to continue working for them, though rumor has it there are worse companies to drive for. Given the level of responsibility the pay is rather low, however the requirements are also low: clean driving record, pass drug tests, show up on time. First student is owned and operated by a company in the UK.

benefits are expensive with very high deductable, you ask a general question to supervisor or manager that has not been covered because you want to do your job correctly, they answer you and then you get crap for it later because they claim it was covered but when you ask other co-workers they don't know the answer either. They don't want a "defensive" atmosphere, but you have no choice but to feel defensive, supervisor answers you with colors, red being a favorite, they have a quarterly bonus plan that nobody could explain to you how it works. When they LET YOU GO, FIRE YOU, they ILLEGALLY collect your personal belongings while you are being let go in another room and when you ask for days off near a holiday, they tell you that they have decided to determine WHO gets off by attendance and performance which, by the way, is ALSO ILLLEGAL to do. You cannot eat at your desk at all and cannot have your cell phone in visible site, no matter WHAT the circumstance.