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"Flexible hours that fit my schedule" (in 32 reviews)
"Great people (co-workers) to work with" (in 17 reviews)
"had to ask for a raise as opposed to automatically getting one after 7 years service (was previously minimum wage for 6 years)" (in 17 reviews)
"When a part time worker reaches 37hrs for Monday to Saturday it is considered a full time week" (in 13 reviews)
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I have been working at Metro full-time (More than a year)
Pros
You can pick when you want to work, you can get Overtime, Double time and a half on Holidays.
Cons
Starting salary is $15. After you complete training you go to $16. They should start at $20 because its hard driving a bus full of drug addicts and mentally ill people that need a bath and they cussing you out for no reason. If you call Metro PD and say come get this stanky person off my bus, they tell you it aint no law against being funky, keep driving.
Advice to Management
Seek advice from the drivers before you make decisions. You sitting behind a desk, do you really know whats going on in the streets ? Yes you drove 10 -20 yrs ago., but whats happening now.
I have been working at Metro part-time
Pros
flexible hours were given to me
Cons
no cons . great place to work
Pros
Very understanding leadership, time off is approved usually with fair warning
Cons
No room for growth
I worked at Metro (More than 5 years)
Pros
Nice people, great work life balance. Job security is stable. Metro keeps and values employees.
Cons
Low pay for the work load.
I worked at Metro full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Pay is good, but it takes a long time to get to the top tier, plus if you get hired as an operator the union doesn't do much of anything to help the newer crowd get anything
Cons
The biggest problem happens is if you ever get hurt while on the job due to the job. I was involved in an accident that I was found to be not at fault for, and I was forgotten and treated horribly by both the company and and their medical doctor. Once you're hurt they could care less. Plus the union doesn't do a damn for you if you were hired after 1997. If you want to get a job with Metro, as in LACMTA, go to any department EXCEPT BUS OPERATOR -- it's the absolute hardest to transfer out of and to get ahead in.
Advice to Management
Here's a thought -- how about actually caring about your operators who do the damn job that the company is all about, hmmmm????
I have been working at Metro full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Great people and facilities with more than fair compensation.
Cons
Disconnect between senior leadership and rank and file employees results in mixed results on sometimes ambiguous strategy. Some departments fair fare better than other in achieving goals.
I worked at Metro full-time
Pros
Good place to work at the time
Cons
not much to say about cons
I have been working at Metro full-time
Pros
Great collaborative culture and pay
Cons
Can't think of any right now
I worked at Metro full-time
Pros
Lots of down time; good salary
Cons
Managers who are clueless; No leadership
I worked at Metro full-time (More than a year)
Pros
VERY GOOD JOB FOR RETIREMENT,AND EXCELLENT PAY.
Cons
Need better communication between dispatchers and bus operaters over 2 way radio.
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