Hidden costs - School Bus Driver First Student Employee Review

1.0
18 Aug 2021
Recommend
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Pros

For a part time job they pay pretty well as long as you don't quite and end up getting charged their $5000 training fee

Cons

Deep in your paperwork when you sign up they hide a page that says if you quit or get fired before you work a year you will have to pay them for your training. They leave out that the fee about $5,000. They will send you to collections and ruin your credit to get it. Any company that would only pay $8 an hour during training and then charge you thousands of dollars if it doesn't work out is NOT a company that actually cares about its employees

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Largest employer in the industry. Positive structural changes Investment in infrastructure

Cons

Frequently behind the wheel of a bus which limits value at position Very long hours due to need to complete work while spending significant portion of the day filling in on open routes

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