First Student reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(472 total reviews)

John Kenning

72% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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4.0
Oct 14, 2024

Great place to work

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible hours Split shift-time to do stuff during the week High pay

Cons

Benefits need improvement Need better retirement plan Slow charter work at times

2.0
Oct 13, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

- Easy to get hired - Co-workers, and some trainers are nice

Cons

-Wage is not competitive. County school districts in the same area pay atleast $5 more an hour. -Micromanage and over train at the same time. - Teach based on procedure, and not based on principal. Do XYZ things in 1,2,3,4 step form. Instead of actually teaching what you're trying to accomplish. - Management is poor and inattentive. The training process took 5 months, largely due to managerial incompetence. - Manager was unable to give trainees their hours on a weekly basis. Not knowing the hours for people until the day before, insisting they would text you when you could come in instead of figuring out a single schedule. This results in trainees effectively standing by to hear about their schedule. - Insurance coverage is next to nothing. - No job protection, job is at will, no guaranteed hours for routes. Unlike competitive school districts which guarantee a minimum amount of hours per week + good coverage. First Student takes the opposite approach and tries to weedle down employee hours and earnings.

4.0
Oct 4, 2024

Driver

Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, nice people to work for

Cons

Some of the students are not well behaved

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