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[–] 2 points 8 hours ago (5 children)

The company

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.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

    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

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  • [–] 1 point 6 hours ago (1 child)

    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?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 hours ago

    Oh fuck no.

    I took on the “spare driver” role which paid $120/day because I was getting switched around all the time. The drivers on regular morning/afternoon run only got $90.

    They say you’ll make $22 because “the routes only take an hour” 😳. Some routes that was true for, but not most of them.

    So, minimum wage is $15/hr in our province and labour laws state that a split shift must pay a minimum of 3 hours per shift. So a minimum of 6 hours daily. Divide $90 by 6 and they’re paying $15/hour.

    They’re always short drivers here, and are constantly training because of a 250% turnover rate. It’s ridiculous.

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