Comments on: long hours, low pay, low morale, no respect http://sticksoffire.com/2006/07/25/long-hours-low-pay-low-morale-no-respect/ A very loose interpretation of the news and happenings in and around Tampa Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:02:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog » Blog Archive » fixin’ the school bus http://sticksoffire.com/2006/07/25/long-hours-low-pay-low-morale-no-respect/comment-page-1/#comment-62575 Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog » Blog Archive » fixin’ the school bus Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:29:05 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2006/07/25/long-hours-low-pay-low-morale-no-respect/#comment-62575 [...] Twenty percent of all busses are late to school on any given day [...] [...] Twenty percent of all busses are late to school on any given day [...]

]]> By: Joel http://sticksoffire.com/2006/07/25/long-hours-low-pay-low-morale-no-respect/comment-page-1/#comment-26454 Joel Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:34:28 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2006/07/25/long-hours-low-pay-low-morale-no-respect/#comment-26454 For some perspective: According to a site I can't vouch for but doesn't seem untrustworthy, <a href="http://www.collegegrad.com/careers/trans04.shtml" rel="nofollow">the median pay for bus drivers in the country as of May 2004 was $11.18 an hour</a>. Considering the size of this district you'd like to think that rates here could at least be at the median. Here's an idea for the district - if you're unwilling to budge on pay, why not pay for those out-of-pocket costs if drivers sign on for the whole year? Even if a lot of potential candidates already have their CDL - I have to imagine that's common - that's still over $100. It might be a temporary fix until a better solution is reached. For some perspective: According to a site I can’t vouch for but doesn’t seem untrustworthy, the median pay for bus drivers in the country as of May 2004 was $11.18 an hour. Considering the size of this district you’d like to think that rates here could at least be at the median.

Here’s an idea for the district – if you’re unwilling to budge on pay, why not pay for those out-of-pocket costs if drivers sign on for the whole year? Even if a lot of potential candidates already have their CDL – I have to imagine that’s common – that’s still over $100. It might be a temporary fix until a better solution is reached.

]]> By: Cara http://sticksoffire.com/2006/07/25/long-hours-low-pay-low-morale-no-respect/comment-page-1/#comment-26289 Cara Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:51:05 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2006/07/25/long-hours-low-pay-low-morale-no-respect/#comment-26289 Wow, I make $9.85 an hour working a coffee shop, which is a piece of cake. I can't imagine making that little for putting up with disrespectful, bratty kids all day. Wow, I make $9.85 an hour working a coffee shop, which is a piece of cake. I can’t imagine making that little for putting up with disrespectful, bratty kids all day.

]]> By: jason http://sticksoffire.com/2006/07/25/long-hours-low-pay-low-morale-no-respect/comment-page-1/#comment-26255 jason Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:56:11 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2006/07/25/long-hours-low-pay-low-morale-no-respect/#comment-26255 Don't forget the 5am wake up times. I remember my drivers being a string of tough women who seemed to get some satisfaction outof the job. Of course they had nearly free reign on board the bus, at one time I remember one driver using a broom handle to break up a fight and often they screamed at us just like the driver from south park. Don’t forget the 5am wake up times.

I remember my drivers being a string of tough women who seemed to get some satisfaction outof the job. Of course they had nearly free reign on board the bus, at one time I remember one driver using a broom handle to break up a fight and often they screamed at us just like the driver from south park.

]]> By: C.W. http://sticksoffire.com/2006/07/25/long-hours-low-pay-low-morale-no-respect/comment-page-1/#comment-26254 C.W. Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:10:27 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2006/07/25/long-hours-low-pay-low-morale-no-respect/#comment-26254 You really get what you pay for with this system, doncha? Too bad Granny DeCesare isn't railing about THIS on her "casting couch" blog! You really get what you pay for with this system, doncha? Too bad Granny DeCesare isn’t railing about THIS on her “casting couch” blog!

]]> By: Joel http://sticksoffire.com/2006/07/25/long-hours-low-pay-low-morale-no-respect/comment-page-1/#comment-26253 Joel Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:51:53 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2006/07/25/long-hours-low-pay-low-morale-no-respect/#comment-26253 That sure adds another wrinkle to the USF students on the bus fiasco; fair pay and motivation do wonders for job performance. That sure adds another wrinkle to the USF students on the bus fiasco; fair pay and motivation do wonders for job performance.

]]> By: dreaming http://sticksoffire.com/2006/07/25/long-hours-low-pay-low-morale-no-respect/comment-page-1/#comment-26240 dreaming Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:01:58 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2006/07/25/long-hours-low-pay-low-morale-no-respect/#comment-26240 everything about being a bus driver sounds nightmarish, but washing and waxing the bus for free???? the public schools themselves are hardly washed and waxed. the last time i wanted my little car detailed, some guy charged 200 bucks. maybe if all hillsboros high priced administrators had their bloated pay cut 25 percent, the taxpayers cd hire some drivers at a decent wage. everything about being a bus driver sounds nightmarish, but washing and waxing the bus for free???? the public schools themselves are hardly washed and waxed. the last time i wanted my little car detailed, some guy charged 200 bucks. maybe if all hillsboros high priced administrators had their bloated pay cut 25 percent, the taxpayers cd hire some drivers at a decent wage.

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