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3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(472 total reviews)

John Kenning

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2.0
Mar 21, 2024

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Pros

The pay rate is good

Cons

Dispatch very unorganized lack of communication between dispatch and drivers. Need more help in dispatch office too many drivers for 2 people takes to long to get response from dispatch. The yard and parking lots are very poorly lit and very un kept a lot of pot holes in bus yard easy to miss with how dark it is in the bus yard itself. Always trash from buses along fence. The bathrooms are nasty very dirty un kept work environment.

5.0
Mar 18, 2024
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Pros

Guaranteed hours paid instead of actual hours worked. (5 hours guaranteed paid per day for your route even if you only worked 4 hours.) You get more choice the more seniority you have. You can make up for hours you weren’t able to get at route pay by doing extra charter routes.

Cons

Starting off you get the routes no one wants usually because the kids for that school can be rowdy. Seniority picks the schools they already know are good. May not get the hours you want to work if you are a new hire. Charter hours are inconsistent and are assigned by seniority so you may not get what you bid on.

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