3.0
Jul 3, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Good environment for learning mechanical skills.
Cons
Wage too low compare market price
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100% would recommend to a friend
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4.0
Apr 4, 2022
Simple, low stress job, but gets boring
Former employee, more than 1 year
Richmond, BC
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Most of the shuttle routes, especially the employee shuttle routes, are simple and low stress. These are the easiest driving conditions you could ever ask for as a professional driver. Speaking from experience, driving a transit bus is more than 3X as stressful. Employee passengers are much better behaved, on average, than the general public. You will not have to deal with aggressive drunk passengers, passengers high on drugs, and individuals with mental illness like transit operators do. The job security for shuttle drivers is great. You will have steady hours and steady income. Unlike transit, you will have the same start and end time every day, allowing you to better adjust to the hours.
Cons
You most likely have to work graveyard hours. Similar to transit, the employee shuttles either start really early or end really late. The salary is lower than transit operators and there are no benefits. There is no union. While the routes are easy, it can get really boring driving the same 15-minute loop over and over for 30+ hours a week. The shuttles are, on average, maintained to a lower standard than transit buses. As a small company, opportunities for advancement are limited. While employee passengers are better behaved than the general public, some of them can be rude and they still complain a lot about things outside of your control. For instance, they might show up late, and they are on the verge of being late for work, and they will take out their frustrations out on you and expect you to drive fast or leave a stop early to get them to work on time.
