Bus.com Reviews

2.6

41% would recommend to a friend

(36 total reviews)
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Maxie Lafleur

51% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Bus.com has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 36 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Bus.com employee rating is 26% below average for employers within the Transportation and logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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36 reviews
1.0
21 Oct 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Funding from Silicon Valley (which they're burning quickly)

Cons

On the surface everything looks good and perfect but when you work here and get into the details of the business and product you quickly realize the massive holes in this business. The main issue is that the company does not understand the industry and does not have a product fit. They have an idealistic view of disrupting the bus industry but they can't control quality of service or pricing with the bus companies they sign up. Clients book and then we had to scramble to find the buses, frequently having no clue at all what kind of bus we were getting the client. If a client had a bad experience there was absolutely no way to really know. Then they had to look outside of the companies they had agreements with to fulfill last minute requests. The founders are smart guys and have good intention but cover up the fact to employees, clients and investors that they haven't figured out the industry at all. They're constantly blindsided by the lack of knowledge of how bus companies operate in different territories. Consistently putting out fires is not fun. Which is why repeat business is rare.

1.0
16 Feb 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

a few senior hires and advisors have arrived that are needed. maybe a little too late.

Cons

On the front end it's all smoke and mirrors. They have good web designing skills and know how to market. They exaggerate on the customers and events. For example they say hundreds of thousands of clients, When really it's only a few and they turn every passenger that were indirectly serviced as a "customer". They show off with brands that have received quotes and/or booked once and label them as their clients on the website. They list 3,000+ buses but this is a huge lie. They don't operate any buses and just say that we have possible relationships with X bus companies and multiply that by however many buses the company has and claim ownership of the buses. this is misrepresentation and borderline fraud. then they put up fake reviews everywhere. The people in the company know and talk. But when you don't treat your employees well just make sure your hands are clean. The owners have shifted the business model about 10 times since launch. First one brand then another. it feels they pivot based on what side of the bed they woke up on. they competitive landscape is so difficult and they seriously don't know how to manage the bus operators. Unfortunately customers are promised great service.

1.0
3 Apr 2020

HORRIBLE COMPANY!!!!!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Not a single pro in this place

Cons

Probably the worst company i have ever worked for. I wasted a year of my life here. This company will under pay you, or not pay you the bonuses owed to you, and promise you career advancement that never materializes. At bus.com, one thing you will find is, bosses with little to no qualifications for the roles they hold. They only know how to place blame on those who are no longer at the company, rather than showing any form of accountability. With the amount of closed door meetings they have, you would think they would be able to resolve some of the MANY reoccurring issues happening at bus.com, but instead, they accomplish little to nothing. The fact is when you try to challenge them, they consistently give an answer that is usually 500% off base or completely irrelevant. Or they will tell you they’ll get back to you, and never ever do. Not only this, but every single person at this company has been under payed or mistreated. Especially the Sales and Service teams. And because the company is unwilling to reward those who have earned it, they end up losing valuable staff, hard working people who are tired of hearing empty promises and given false hope for the future. Commissions, bonuses (if you ever get them) and base here are the lowest of any sales company. Originally that was because it is an 'Inbound Call Center' but since changing to an outbound strategy, there has been no increase to the commission structure or bonuses. Not to mention, the entire sales team was fired on a Zoom video that lasted all of 2 minutes and upper management didn't even have the curtesy to turn on the camera and face the team. Bus.com is the most disorganized company I have ever seen. With no light at the end of the tunnel, taking a job with this company will lead you no where very fast. My advise to whomever reads this review and is considering joining bus.com..... RUN, do not proceed with them, this will no doubt be the biggest waste of time in your professional career and i seriously advise you to take any other job doing literally anything else. BUS.COM is and always will be a JOKE!

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