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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4K reviews
1.0
Jan 3, 2024

they fired me before the holiday

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Pros

over all I enjoyed working with all the great guys and mechanics. I feel like i have know some of them for years. It was nice joking around with a lot of them and i didn't even mind the joking comments back.

Cons

They laid me off a week before Thanksgiving, they also denied my unemployment. Then I got a letter say that I owed you money, in this letter it didn't indicate why. I know that it is company police that if you fail a drug test it is a automatic lay off. I know I messed up but it was my first time ever failing a drug test. I have heard from some of the guys around the shop that one said that of all 6 years he has worked for company he never has been drug tested. for you to tell me that the drug test are random feels like it's bs to me. he was not only one out of many employees that had ruffly the same story. Then the manager from the shop told me that he begged for you to hire me back. That same manager also complained about being short staff even more so even when I was employed there. I am older near retirement age but I am not at all ready to retire. I feel like the drug test was a cover up for the real reason why you wanted to fire me. With that being said sence your company had denied my unemployment I am now behind on my mortgage and scared of losing my home that I have had 20 years in June of this year. this home has been more than just a roof over my head it has been the longest place i have every lived

3.0
Jan 1, 2024

It was ok

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Hours worked during the wek

Cons

No flexibility when time off was needed for appointments

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