driver

truck driver

bus driver

motor coach

dispatcher

Easton Coach Company

 they didnt tell me everything i needed to know from the start just applying alone you have to jump through hoops me applying for the job alone was a hassle for me once you pass the hiring process you well have to do 1 week class training with  Septa which all of what am about to say never told me from the start when you doing the 1 week  Training with them if you get through that now your working but if after all the stress to get in wasn't enough to break you the missing hours septa and this company do to you may well so another thing they  Failed to mention about how am really getting paid I learned after 6 months working here that I been missing hours of pay everyday turns out septa only pays you at what they called "gate time" meaning they only pay you when you hit the gate time on your tablet when you leave base till drop off that explains my missing hours they well tell you the time to get to base but that time isn't the start of your pay this company only pays 1hr of the time you spent working from gate time to last drop off they never tell me  this i had to do my research and asked questions to find this out after things starting not adding up on my checks job it self is easy for the most part but can be very dangerous i  Learned the hard way that this job can get very dangerous when you have to pick up those people in very dangerous   Neighborhoods that can lead up to you getting hurt or worst not but not least working here your only options are morning or night shifts morning can start you as early as 2am to 2pm or 12pm to 12 midnight  you can't choose your owen hours septa  Decides how many hours you do for the most part

The pros;: Some of the passengers can make your day. You learn your way around places. You meet some interesting people.
The cons:: The drivers are seriously under appreciated. They don’t get breaks. You can be asked to do overtime,yet they will shave off time from the rest of your work week so the over time may not even show up as overtime. I literally heard a dispatcher tell a driver, “that they couldn’t have a break cause there was not room in the schedule for one. Then same dispatcher went to upper management in wanted the driver written up. They have no care for how long they keep the passengers on board. Then when the passengers get upset the driver is left to deal with/disarm the sitcom board. The passenger files a complaint not on the driver but against the company for how long they were on board. Yet the driver is the one who gets hit with the report and has to come up with a written explanation to what happened. Even though the company is keeping the passengers on board not the drivers. The safety meeting are contradictory. They will teach/tell you something only to tell you that’s not what you were taught/told. 

If you like to help people, are kind and patient this is a decent job. Drivers are the backbone of the company. If all Drivers come to work, the day is usually good. Once Drivers start calling out it quickly becomes a disaster because you start getting other people’s work. The problem is management, favoritism runs rampant. Their attitudes lack any concern for their employees. They could care less about their employees well-being. No lunch, no bathroom, no end time, no holidays with family  but you better believe if you’re one of their favorites your tour will have lag time, end on time and your holiday tours will be closed. It’s almost unbelievable. If you can ignore all the BS and you like overtime you will do good as long as you can deal with their ridiculous driving rules. You will be followed monthly so they can find something you are doing wrong. The union and reps are a joke, wasted money for sure. The best thing is you are pretty much on your own and only have to deal with your passengers.

You start with this company receiving training that is nothing like your day to day work.  Management is too busy putting out fires of their own making.  You will never be written up, because you will never be fired, you will simply by worked to death.  You are considered a seat warmer only, left to your own decisions, and when you make the wrong decisions they yell at you., the Management uses profanity, and yelling over the radio which is broadcast-ed to  fifty buses in front of passengers  Management in an attempt to save money for their yearly bonuses will forgo the routine maintenance of vehicles.  Because the pay is so low the quality of your fellow employees varies from just out of rehab/jail, or the food stamp office. Nepotism and Favoritism rule the day. Corporate is not in the dark and is fully aware of the treatment by Management to it's drivers.   The only person I would recommend this company is to your worst enemy. The hardest part of the job is going  to work. The most enjoyable part of the job is when you quite this job.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing except some personable. drivers.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Poor working conditions. Constant last minute schedule changes   No work life balance. Poor management. Unsupportive office staff. Deceptive hiring practices.  No time off for sick or personal time. Low pay. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
There is no work culture or work balance. Very toxic environment. No room for growth.  Work work and more work. Drivers constantly quitting. High turnover. Hostile working environment. Office staff is rude and very unpleasant. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Long hours short lunch break. little time for bathroom break.  Constant changes in schedule.  Sometime no proper place to have a meal or take a bathroom break.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Some of the people you meet when picking up to take to their destination are awesome. While others can be horrible people.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
You have to give 2 weeks notice if you need off and even then it's not a guarantee you will be able to have off. You get hired being told one thing and when you actually start it's another. Pay isn't really good. Some of the dispatchers are ignorant. There is lack of communication between the people in the company as well.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I don't really know how to answer this because if you don't work in the office you're really not at the company as a bus driver 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Driving clients around to their appointments or destination.

I had learned a lot of things being a driver at Easton coach. I also learned things being in the office. I would have to say in the office was way more stressful then being a driver. This can be relieved by managers being more team oriented and more positive and supportive and keeping the rules in place that are set with certain things. The atmosphere did get better once certain managers were replaced. Once in the office depending on what your job title was you were either stuck in that position and made to do more work for the same money or they gave you a bit extra (I felt like male employees were given more money then female when it came to office). Also it was more about who the managers liked that would get the employee more money not based on work. Health insurance is also outrageously expensive. Drama at work place can be higher then needed. This is just a brief overview.  

The job is easy all u do is drive, computer does everything, but count money n fill out very small paperwork , too many rules though to keep up with but OK, pay increase is granted but the company should fight a little more because of inflation n new expenses rent food gas , sheesh , pay is 21.60 n overtime is there but to keep up completely pay should be around 24.00 with overtime because safety is crucial driving in philadephia takes elite skills small streets alleys skateboarders bikes people everything is crazy , n all 5 counties , n constant rules that's all but extremely excellent job and vibes indeed 

first I come into work after I receive a text with a random start time, for an example 5:45 after I got off work the following day at around 8pm - 9pm. And do not forget my drive home plus whatever responsibilities I have at home, Im going asleep around 11pm - 12midnight. So, your basically doing 10 to 12hrs shifts with lack of sleep. On top of all that you have to deal with septa dispatchers which care nothing about you getting a break so do not even think that you will get one everyday, cause you not. The best thing you can do is try to get on a set tour so you can know your schedule on a day to day basis. The Best Thing About This Job is that I got paid every week nothing more. An management only care about getting their tours out, they don't care about you or if you have a family or dog which you have to feed for it to survive.

The best part of any workday is the interaction with the customers/passengers.

The daily worst part of working here is the unprofessional behavior of the dispatch and the operations managers as they work like a gang and allow dispatch to treat you however they choose. 
The operations management gang, not the road supervisors, as they are cool and fair, allow for mistreatment of the drivers to continue. 
Union representatiion is a joke @ this location and not effective as drivers consistently believe that they are not doing what the drivers believe they should do to represent them.
That’s a part of the reason why there is a high turnover in this location and they attempt to always put it on the drivers.

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