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 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.
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
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?
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.
You’d think they would have a really hard time attracting talent at those rates in a place with legal weed.
It’s mostly immigrant wives and retired people working there, all trained in the last 6 months most likely