Hali_Newf wrote:
Like it is in many a workplace, the best schedules are given to the most senior of worker. Its a little thing called paying your dues and working your way up.
This is what the city was trying to do away with so they wouldn't have to pay so much in overtime wages.
People complain about how much bus drivers make in wages. There's a reason why they make so much. That reason is the fact that we generally make shitty passengers and the horrible drivers who have no business being on the road aren't helping anything.
In 5 years of riding the bus every day I was involved in at least 12 minor accidents, been injured twice, witnessed a driver get punched in the face, listened to countless hours of verbal abuse directed at drivers, and don't even get me started when an already overloaded bus pulls up to a stop that has a "swiss-army" baby carriage waiting. This carriage being the size of 8 people worth of standing room who all now have to get off the bus or the driver has to refuse entry to the mom/kid. Either decision being the wrong one for the driver.
This money serves one purpose, employee retention. They need to pay enough to keep the drivers they have and that amount is determined by how much money it takes for someone to put up with any amount of bullshit and not say anything.