I was a school bus driver for a while. The company sucked and I hated them. I vaped in front of the camera (only on an empty bus) and no one said anything.
I think that’s your problem. Private school bus companies don’t give a fuck about anything, including (especially) their employees and whatever bullshit they get up to. Working for a school district that operates its own buses is the only way the job can be decent, although that’s a crap shoot. My district pays great (nearly $35 an hour) and provides excellent health insurance and even a pension if you survive ten years. Other districts in the area pay less than $25 per hour and provide no benefits.
Just looked up Canada’s minimum wage. That is fucking terrible and yet still nearly twice the US minimum wage. Paying that for someone with a CDL is nuts. Even if it doesn’t require a CDL in Canada it’s still fucking nuts. Did you at least get 8 hours a day?
I was a school bus driver for a while. The company sucked and I hated them. I vaped in front of the camera (only on an empty bus) and no one said anything.
I think that’s your problem. Private school bus companies don’t give a fuck about anything, including (especially) their employees and whatever bullshit they get up to. Working for a school district that operates its own buses is the only way the job can be decent, although that’s a crap shoot. My district pays great (nearly $35 an hour) and provides excellent health insurance and even a pension if you survive ten years. Other districts in the area pay less than $25 per hour and provide no benefits.
Damn. That’s way better than what we have here. (this is in Canada)
There’s 2 school boards in my city and about 5 school bus companies who bid on routes.
They literally pay minimum wage with no benefits or anything.
I only did it because I was transitioning careers from driving trucks during the pandemic and nothing was happening in my chosen industry
You’d think they would have a really hard time attracting talent at those rates in a place with legal weed.
Just looked up Canada’s minimum wage. That is fucking terrible and yet still nearly twice the US minimum wage. Paying that for someone with a CDL is nuts. Even if it doesn’t require a CDL in Canada it’s still fucking nuts. Did you at least get 8 hours a day?