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RTA will hire you to fire you. I have seen this place become a revolving door for young people. This was an amazing place to work 20 years ago. However now, there are no shortage of supervisors with reckless mouths and bad attitudes waiting for you at every turn. From the Zone supervisors following you around the city to catch you doing something against the rules which is very uncomfortable (they literally drive behind you all day long hiding behind buildings, at rapid stations, wherever you).  To the dispatchers and transportation managers stressing you out every single day. Its never about the customers, its about power and control. What's crazy is this could be an amazing place to work, but they need a complete revamp of staff. From the CEO down to the dispatchers. It's like a big highschool classroom. Everybody gossping and knowing your business before you do. The ONLY benefit of this job is good pay, but you never have time to spend it because you will be working the extra board for at least 3-5 years. And they have decent benefits, I think McDonalds has a better health insurance plan. BEWARE...this place is not for the weak. 

If you're an adult with responsibilities, I wouldn't recommend applying for a bus operator. Training for 3 mos. which is mandated only pays $12. After training you move up to $17 in which you'll be part time for a year which is typically 20 hours a week with a bi weekly pay schedule. You do the math. After that year you go full time but, you won't see top pay for 5 whole years, LITERALLY. The training instructors were very easy to get along with. They were understanding yet firm as well as most of management. For the most part a lot of  co workers are kind, knowledgeable and courteous. Some are a pain to get along with but, I completely ignore them. I have a new found respect for bus drivers, it takes lots of patience, a high level of tolerance and not to mention the idiot drivers who will cut you off in a snow storm consistently. They should also offer hazard pay for the operators as well. Outside of being held to the same regard as others who.have been driving for 10/15 years and receiving less then half of the pay, I would recommend this position to anyone. I've applied for a list of other positions in which employees have first dibs on but, no one got back with me as fast as you think they would already being employed within.

The job is demanding with little to no personal life. If u want to make a decent amount of money have to work long crazy hours I’m talking 12 plus hours a day. A lot of favoritism when it comes to management and dispatchers. Pay is decent but won’t see any real money until top pay. Be prepared to work holidays and be prepared to stay after if u don’t get relieved. Earn sick time but get penalized for using it. Fellow co workers are funny acting some but not all just like high school with all the rumors and everybody sleeping with everybody. Don’t expect to get decent days off for vacation it goes by seniority. Don’t expect weekends off or decent scheduled hours. The safety of the drivers is non existent and god forbid if u try to protect urself against these nut cases ur transporting ur automatically terminated. Benefits are great. High turn over rate. Honestly I don’t see myself retiring from this place cuz I’ve missed some much of my family get togethers, events and just life with kids due to terrible work hours. 

I love RTA overall but my job is terrible which makes writing this review difficult. Be careful where you end up. I am in a very old boys department and as a young female I think they should have known better than to place me here. I am looking for jobs elsewhere but only after trying to get placed somewhere else within the organization. Benefits and compensation are great. Generally I think they treat employees fairly although I am not one of them. I am smart and overqualified to be doing the work a monkey could do. They know this and don't care to take advantage of my skills. Also, they don't care about personality traits when they hire someone which is why some employees have poor interpersonal skills. Basically if you meet the criteria on the job description you're hired! But if you have other great experience and potential that doesn't precisely meet their cheat sheet description, you've got no chance, which makes moving forward extremely difficult.

In life there are challenges and obstacles that one may face on a daily basis. Its not what they are - but how you handle them. When the situation becomes a danger to ones life / health its time to re-evaluate things.  If one is hired as a mature adult to preform a job they should not have to be treated or watched like a child.Thus, the enjoyment of meeting/transporting kind and respectful people do make your day go by less stressful. Everyone should be treated equally and fairly. An though life may not be fair at times, NOTHING that one does in life should be dreaded just to make a honest living. Always keep God first and strive for the best while ready to expect the worst.

I had to ensure the assigned routes were available at all times to consumers.  I had to be a quick thinker and get an alternate on the road should there be a snag in the routine bus timing.  
While the hardest part of the job was odd hours, the enjoyable part was feeling productive at the end of your shift knowing that you were responsible to transport people from their origin to destination.
Team work was the key to success! whether it was from your team members or management.  In a fast paced environment that certainly leads to success of your team.  
Should there be an issue we were asked for our course of action and would we have any other solution to better the service.

Transporting passengers to and from their destinations.  Forming friendships. It is awsome to feel needed by my passengers,  Excepting compliments for a job well done. They look forward to seeing me every morning.  I've learned that if you smile it is contagious.  Also just by speaking to some might just be the highlight of their day.
 Management are bullies and uncaring.  They are liars. My co-workers are scared to speak up for their rights. The hardest part of the job is to watch management bullie a co-worker and can't do anything to help,  I enjoy the customer service side of the job.  I love to help people and see them smile when I answer their questions.


GCRTA is a great career to be in especially if you like public relations it is a job where you can advance to other positions within the company also you can only appreciate GCRTA because you always have mandatory training every year the benefits are excellent especially for employees that have small children with this employment you can only dismiss your self from this employer as a bus driver I loved meeting people and as well became familiar to many customers in this employment you become aware what public service is all about and your co workers are great  they are your second family so I can only give GCRTA a 10 with 10 being great place to work

What is the best part of working at the company?
RTA very professional company and I felt proud to be a part of it.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Transcribing recordings of various meetings was the most difficult because more than one person was speaking at a time and I couldn't hear what each was saying.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Serious. Focused. Quiet. Very little chit chat if any.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Pick up documents from downstairs record them in a log book. Transcribe any tapes left at the desk. Schedule meetings on various attorneys' calendars. Respond to any records requests.

A day in the life of a bus driver consist of long work hours. i learned that not all careers working with the public are what the should be. at this company there zero room for error or forgiveness which put people in a position where they are literally walking on pins and needles. my co wokers are friendly open minded people and they made my job enjoyable. The hardest part of the job is literally being in the position of being the driver cause of all the rules and regulations and the riders getting on the bus.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Bus driver 7 salaries reported	$28.55 per hour
Operator 13 salaries reported	$28.97 per hour
Mechanic 10 salaries reported	$32.08 per hour
Maintenance person 9 salaries reported	$34.76 per hour
Police officer 10 salaries reported	$35.13 per hour

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