FirstGroup Reviews

Pros

To be the first smile many children see in the morning and possibly the last smile in the afternoon gave me the sense that I was making a difference! I was also providing safe transportation!

Cons

Some children’s behavior was challenging because they would not sit safely and as their bus driver it was my responsibility to teach them how to respect the expectations! Some kid’s come from homes that are less than optimal and they come into the bus acting out-this is always challenging

Pros

I loved working for them

Cons

The location was kind of far

Pros

Great pay, summers off, union

Cons

Collecting unemployment during the weeks we didn’t work

Pros

The students we transport are very special.

Cons

Old busses that are in poor repair. Was a safe place to work in the past, but not now. Management doesn’t know how to treat employees.

Pros

The dispatcher and lead mechanic are keeping the place afloat.

Cons

The management is a liability. First Student of Bozeman is in constant need of drivers, for a reason! Drivers are mistreated and talked down to regularly. The so-called signing bonus is selective. Professional CDL drivers are put in compromising positions due to mismanagement and unreasonable demands by Bozeman School District. Winter parking is an issue. Blizzard conditions & slipping on ice while trying to get to your vehicle. It is becoming more and more difficult to justify working for a company that literally ranks and publicly posts driver performance in the front office based on inconsistent computerized surveillance that tracks how quickly one accelerates or needs to hit the brakes to avoid accidents. #publicShamingRevealsNoLeadership It is inevitable, that drivers will be called out on the carpet for random occurrences with a mini school bus keychain hanging on your route hook. The anxiety is just not worth the headache. If you do decide to work here, do yourself a favor and purchase five days worth of arctic tundra attire (consider ice cleats) because First Student’s ‘no idling’ policy requires fellow drivers to “rat out” busses that have steam puffing from the exhaust pipe. So that means you’ll be sitting at your pick-up school with no heat for 15-20 minutes in sub zero temps (-5 with -19 degree windchill), engine off, and waiting for your students to board a frozen bus. Then you get to be the one to explain to K-12 kids to "just wait another 10 minutes for the rest of kiddos to board before you can blast the heat". But hey... the wet freeze is a "shared misery"! Students are not "First", safety is not "First", and the drivers are perpetually silenced.

Pros

Summary of Qualifications; proven ability to work with little to no supervison Effective team player Demonstrated ability to utilized available tesources and follow tasks through to completion Bi-lingual- English and Spanish

Cons

Maintenance Followed for the proper use of chemical cleaners to service bathrooms safely and efficiently Serviced, cleaned, and tesupplied restrooms Stripped, sealed, finished, and polished floors Swept, mopped, scrubbed, and vacuumed the ficility,s floors provided extra coverage whenever other staff called out Gathesed and properly disposed of trash