Pros
Paid holidays off (Christmas, New Year's, and Thanksgiving); Other holidays paid double-time-and-a-half; Vacation and paid time off after three months
Cons
1. At my interview I was promised a position in a supervisory role, but a day or two after starting I was told that it was something I would need to work my way into after at least a few months. 2. I was also promised during my interview a higher payrate then was ever reflected on my paycheck. When I confronted my supervisor about my paycheck I was told that he "didn't write them", he "only signs them." No further explanation was given, even when I continued to press the matter. 3. The pay is unbelievably low for the work. Anywhere else in Florida you would be making $2 to $6 more per hour to start in the same position. 4. While overtime is not mandatory you are coerced and manipulated into taking the legal maximum of overtime you are allowed. 5. Driving conditions are unsafe as most of the time many of the buses don't have up-to-date registration cards on board, expired insurance cards, and many other things that you as the driver would be ticketed for if pulled over. I've seen balding tires, broken emergency exit windows, seatbelts that no longer worked, headlights out, etc. And you feel pressured by management to drive in these conditions. If you do refuse to drive an unsafe vehicle your route will be shut down for the day (due to lack of buses), and will be sent home unpaid. 6. The people that work there make this job miserable. Many of them are catty and cruel like school-aged children, and these are mostly people in the 40+ age demographic. I have never had a job that felt so much like high school before in my life. 7. Seniority means absolutely nothing when it comes to bid lines. You will be passed over for the routes that you want, and they will go to newer drivers just because they buddy up to leadership. 8. The management team and low-end supervisory staff seem grossly underqualified for their positions. You almost get the feeling (especially if you have worked in transportation elsewhere) that they are just sort of making it up as they go. I think that if the company were to be reported to OSHA and to DOT for their violations that this staff would have no idea how to handle it.