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Golden Arrow Bus Lines

I learned to be independent at work. Solve the problems I could handle and reached out for help when it was needed. They advertise be your own boss and that is exactly what I learned to do. They say what they mean and mean what they say.

The management does not allow the drivers to succeed and there is no room for promotion.  The drivers in the whole industry are under paid and over utilized.  No recognition for good driving, but lots of paperwork and disciplining of students  and making sure everyone is safe, and everyone is sitting, is a more difficult job than people think.  You have you back to students and still must maintain behaviors, and watch the road.

A lot of safety proticals. Easy going days at work with pleasant co-workers and passengers .No quariles with management. I found that they are very helpful and always willing to help and guide drivers to better themselves. The enjoyable part of the job was just about everything.

This company does not factor into it's pay schedule the fact that you have to drive in TWICE a day for a job that's based on a 4 hour day. Your average day is at least 4 1/2 hrs. and you do not get pay for waiting for bus repairs(anything from signal bulbs to wheel re-torques) or washing time and there is no health plan or stat holiday pay.

I enjoyed working at Golden arrow part-time. The job is great but the pay is low. 

A typical day would involve waking up early, going to bus yard, do a pre-trip inspection, go pick up riders, drop them off, return to yard, go home. After a few hours you go back to yard to pick up riders and take them home. 

Best part of the job was driving the bus!

I had worked with Golden Arrow a number of years before this. I left then because I could not make a living. This job is good for a couple where one has a better job or is semi-retired.

Part-time hours only available as piece work. Each piece work is set at a certain dollar amount. Often takes longer to complete the piece work without renumeration for extra time. Only suitable for someone wanting part-time and something to do.

Buses came at various times of night for detail. Work was fun and okay but did not last long because supervisor quit. Buses came in dirty, dirty and went out clean, clean.

taking your child to work while generating an income and avoiding childcare is great. the training is sub par at best and the overall feeling is a lot of politics

Driving a school bus is not for the faint of heart. The only complaint is the lack regular fleet maintenance.  Some buses should be retired as they are not very well maintained . 

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