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      First Student

      Engaged Employer

      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

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Senior management

      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
      2.0
      Feb 10, 2025

      The hunger games

      Talent acquisition specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great company and everyone stays on the job

      Cons

      Executive leadership makes poor Choices and don’t take in to account everyone’s feelings. They will induce turnover and negative performance

      4.0
      Feb 7, 2025

      I love the job itself

      School bus driver
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Driving the big and small buses, and the most of the kids are awesome. Seeing how excited they get when they see me coming down the street, teaching them things or just being a positive safe person that they get to see 1-2x a day, is rewarding as well. I personally never thought I could ever deal with 4-50+ kids at a time, especially while driving a 40ft bus down a tiny side street but I actually love it. My location is ran by a woman, our shop is managed by a woman, safety a woman, dispatch is managed and ran by women which makes me love it even more

      Cons

      School bus drivers have a huge amount of responsibility. We're under appreciated, undervalued, underpaid, looked down on, and more. Driving a 40ft school bus, in all types of weather, while being responsible for keeping up to 70 children safe, happy and ready to learn, dealing with the schools, the time frames, the parents and more. Because of the lack of pay, on top of all the cons, we're always short drivers and monitors and that adds stress to all the people still there. We deserve to be paid better for what we do and for what we deal with

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