First Student reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(3,734 total reviews)

John Kenning

72% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

First Student has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 3,734 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 Transporte y logística industry (3.5 stars).

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4K reviews
2.0
Sep 9, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Job Security- Pay is so low & benefits are so bad (useless & expensive) that FIRST STUDENT always needs drivers. Also few people can afford to complete the non-paid training (illegal) and months of waiting to start driving buses for actual pay.

Cons

Lied to frequently about pay. When hired people are told, that work will soon be available and that training is paid for. I was hired in May- it is now September & although I have passed background/drug tests and now have a CDL- I still have no paid work- I was required to "train" for 5 days last week for no pay- I asked to get off a little early for my other Friday night job, and FIRST STUDENT threatened to un-hire me. I am now starting another week of no pay training. I have had nearly 20 days of non-paid training. There is no legal no pay training in the US. Co

4.0
Sep 6, 2019

Fun job

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Students and parents No boss over your shoulder

Cons

Not enough hours Cameras for stop sign violaters

5.0
Sep 2, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you love working with children, or love the beautiful sun rises of each new day, this is the place to be!! The pay might not be the greatest as a Special Needs School Bus Monitor, but I look forward to coming into work each ant every day, because of the ability to exercise patients with students, that being a hard thing to teach nowadays, patience with children!! Build up your seniority over time, and you definitely have a great career!!

Cons

No Cons for Me! 😊

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