Does First Student pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, First Student employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at First Student. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at First Student?

70% of First Student employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated First Student 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at First Student?

School Bus Driver (493) , Graduate Student (365) , Software Engineer (195) , Bus Driver (164) , Driver (124) , Student Worker (67) , Data Entry (63) , Software Developer (59) , Internship (51) , Working Student (45) , Intern (43) , PhD Student (33) , Web Developer (30) , Bus Monitor (25) , Mechanical Engineer (25)

What are the pros of working at First Student according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good and they are flexible with hours" ((in 160 reviews)); "Worth ethics is good and people are supporting" ((in 112 reviews)); "CDL Training for later use in life" ((in 39 reviews)); "Good Work life balance all time" ((in 38 reviews)); "Good working environment and nice" ((in 34 reviews))

What are the cons of working at First Student according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management but now its good" ((in 107 reviews)); "Not enough hour No benefit Not enough hour No benefit Not enough hour No benefitNot enough hour No benefit" ((in 78 reviews)); "low salary then other places" ((in 76 reviews)); "Long hours and boring work" ((in 58 reviews)); "Very difficult company to work for umess you have a good manager." ((in 23 reviews))

What are employees saying about First Student layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about First Student layoffs and their outlook for job security at First Student in 2026.

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First Student reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(3,728 total reviews)

John Kenning

70% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Culture & values

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Senior management

First Student has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,728 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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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

3.0

Feb 14, 2014

Enough work to choke a donkey

Location manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great opportunity to hone your management skills. You can be the guiding light for a lot of people, and really develop some great employees. Some fun annual conferences.

Cons

Sub-standard pay for this level of management, and the benefits are ridiculous. No stability as contracts are bid every three years. Complete intrusion into your day from employees that have nothing better to do. Sub-standard yearly raises. Extremely long hours. Communication from external customers that leaves you scratching your head, "did they just say that?" "What planet are they from?" Infrequent support from the schools on discipline.

3.0

Jan 31, 2014

Part-time economy filler

School bus driver

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Close to the vicinity of home

Cons

Substandard working wages for the industry

1.0

Jan 30, 2014

Terrible Horrible Work Place! Blame and pressure is excessive!

Dispatcher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Steady wage. Driver's get paid decent hourly rate and have union representation. Most drivers are fun to be around. Drivers have alot of free time to do other things.

Cons

Management more importantly Dispatchers have too much work, too many rules and policies to follow and too much pressure bestowed on them. Dispatchers get no respect from anyone in the company including their managers. The company passes policies just for the sake of having policies. The policies set forth by upper managenment do nothing to help in any situation and just make things harder. As long as the as it does not cost them anything they will have you do things a million times over. Although they preach safety they sacrifice it for money on a constant basis. The company will pass blame whenever possible usually blaming the dispatchers for everything. Location managers are sneaky and unethical and pass all the work down to the dispatchers. Upper management is clueless. They only advance the same useless people that have been around the company for many many years. While the good workers are treated terrible and do not advance. There technology is way behind the times and when they try to catch up they spend on the most useless inept stuff. Offers no or very very little training on anything new needed to learn.

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