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First Bus job reviews
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Best thing
Work colleagues
Worst thing
Dealing with public
Driver, January 2021
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Best thing
all equipment needed is provided except hand tools
Worst thing
canteen food is lousy
Mechanical engineer, January 2021
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Best thing
People you work with
Worst thing
Uncertain hours and lack of respect from management
Bus driver, January 2021
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Worst thing
Management.Poor dirty old buses.Long working hours.No time for yourself and family.Not much time between shift to get rest/sleep.
Bus driver, January 2021
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Best thing
Do your job no one bothers you
Worst thing
Some members of the public
Bus driver, January 2021
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Best thing
Great pay and shifts
Worst thing
Poor managment
Electrical engineer, December 2020
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Best thing
Customers and colleagues
Worst thing
Long shifts
Bus driver, December 2020
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Best thing
Most of the passengers are ok regular hours and pay
Worst thing
Heavy traffic timetables rude people
Bus driver, December 2020
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Best thing
You get left alone
Worst thing
The public
Bus driver, December 2020
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Best thing
Freedom, working closely with managers and discussions with schedulers.
Worst thing
The higher ups occasionally don't listen to us with issues regarding timetables or route hazards
Driver, November 2020
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Best thing
The freinds you make with other drivers
Worst thing
As if the bosses dont listen to what we have to say
Bus Driver, November 2020
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Best thing
Every day is different. You can be supervising or driving.
Worst thing
Not always achieving the targets for the day
Deputy Relief Operations Supervisor, November 2020
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Best thing
Stability
Worst thing
Uneducated management protecting recruited uneducated buddies who lie to protect uneducated management
Electrician, November 2020
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Best thing
The pay is pretty good
Worst thing
At this moment hours of work,shift patterns, and managers
Driver, November 2020
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Worst thing
Having to concentrate 24/7
Not doing the hours according to contractBus driver, November 2020
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Best thing
Consistency of work. Predictability of work.
Worst thing
You have to work long hours for half decent earnings. Especially when being a single parent and the of source of income.
Driver, November 2020
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Best thing
The rapport amongst drivers
Worst thing
Company always looking for ways to intimidate staff and sack drivers
Bus Driver, November 2020
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Best thing
The long weekends
Worst thing
High workloads, lack of support from colleagues
Operations supervisor, October 2020
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Best thing
Practically your own boss
Worst thing
Cranky customers
Bus driver, October 2020
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Best thing
Good pay, friendly colleagues
Worst thing
General public not having understanding or compassion, last minute shift changes
Bus driver, October 2020
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Best thing
The team
Overall jobWorst thing
Shifts
Lack of communicationEngineer, October 2020
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Best thing
Driving and working with the public
Worst thing
constantly under scrutiny from management
Bus driver, October 2020
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Worst thing
Management,the way senior management run the business.
Bus driver, October 2020
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Best thing
Weekly pay
Worst thing
Constant different shifts hard to get a routine
Bus driver, September 2020
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Best thing
Long weekends.
Worst thing
10 hours between shifts.
Bus driver, September 2020
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Best thing
Effectively your own boss. Few people to answer to and no targets to meet
Worst thing
Unable to control things like traffic conditions and other customer actions.
Driver, August 2020
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Best thing
Not sat at a desk
Worst thing
Other road users
Bus driver, August 2020
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Best thing
Driving
Worst thing
Not enough hours and irate passengers
Bus driver, August 2020
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Best thing
Transporting people from one place to another
Worst thing
Traffic
Bus driver, August 2020
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Best thing
Being my own boss out on the road, having plenty of overtime if I want it, treated with respect and decency
Bus driver, July 2020
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Best thing
Good comrades
Good holidays
Pension
Life insurance
ProgressionWorst thing
Working nights
Lack of support from other shifts
Dirty jobNightshift engineer, July 2020
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Best thing
driving interacting with people
Worst thing
unsocial hours
Bus driver, July 2020
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Best thing
Work mates. Drivers.
Worst thing
To many driving hours.
Busdriver, July 2020
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Best thing
people I meet
Worst thing
the long hours
Bus driver, July 2020
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Best thing
Finishing time
Worst thing
Dealing with the public
Driver, July 2020
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Best thing
Driving
Worst thing
Shifts and unsocial hours
Bus driver, July 2020
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Best thing
how friendly and helpful everyone is
Worst thing
travel
Delay repay agent, July 2020
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Best thing
4 day rota
Worst thing
Being attacked
Bus driver, June 2020
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Best thing
Colleagues. Flexibility with duty allocator.
Worst thing
Management, state of buses, length of time in the driving seat
Driver, June 2020
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Best thing
Left to get on with it
Worst thing
Early starts
Bus driver, May 2020
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Best thing
Driving. Easy enough.
Worst thing
Waiting 5 years to get top pay rate.
Bus driver, April 2020
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Best thing
Providing a bus service to the general public
Worst thing
Far too many to list but the biggest 1 would be doing jobs that im not getting paid for and not been appreciated for doing it.
Supervisor, April 2020
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Best thing
Pay
Worst thing
Your just a number
Bus driver, March 2020
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Best thing
My job is generally good,
Worst thing
People who feel entitled
Bus driver, March 2020
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Best thing
People you work with
Worst thing
Running times. The way the public speak to you.
Bus driver, March 2020
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Best thing
Being out on the road
Worst thing
The pay
Bus Driver, March 2020
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Best thing
Every day is different
Worst thing
Just a number
Bus driver, March 2020