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Has any one, their families or friends been employed with Greyhound Canada or Greyhound in the States?
Any one gone through their eight weeks, "Coach Driver Training" program in Toronto, Ontario, in Western Canada or in the USA?
Thanks for any assistance on this topic.
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Stick to trucking. Greyhound is a demanding employer with very little reward offered.
Greyhound = Bus Driver,tight schedule,baggage/package handler,passenger Diplomat.
Apperently you've never ridden the Dog.
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We don't get inquiries about Bus Driving very often here, however, try one of these to help you find more information on becoming a bus driver and what all it entails:
Greyhound discussion sites in the U.S.
Greyhound discussion sites in Canada
The links provide links to discussion sites as well as other sites affiliated with the bus transportation industry.

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Sounds just like trucking to me.

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The Dog SUCKS
Screw the Dog
The Dog is evil

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My father retired from Greyhound. That was several years ago so my info is old. He actually left truck driving to drive a bus because apparently back in the day, truck drivers did most of the loading and unloading. he said he went with Greyhound because the cargo loaded and unloaded itself. This was some 40+ years ago though.
I went with him when I could so I spent alot of time watching him work. Very seldom did he have to touch baggage. They have baggage handlers for that. Every so often he would stop at the smaller bus stops, not stations, and have to open the baggage doors and load a few suit cases but nothing I would consider alot of work. Their routes are strict, they cant leave their route or schedule for any reason. If you break down, the wait is not as long. Its bad for Greyhound to leave passengers standing on the side of the road. Greyhound has contracts and dedicated hotel rooms where layovers need to occure. Years ago, it seemed like a low stress work environment, I cant say how it is now. I know I dont see nearly as many Greyhound busses as I used to so Im not sure the condition of the company today but it was a decent living for my father and good support for our family.

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40+ years ago is long gone. In those days it was in fact a good Union Carrier job.
The standards concerning Drivers were much higher. it was a prestigious
job in transportation.
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Agotheatre get a ticket and ride the from the west coast to the east coast you will soon see what a driver goes through. Tight schedules, unruly passengers, you do handle the baggage yourself at small stations, and with mediocre pay to top it off. If you want to do it then do it, I know they provide free training BOL .
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I had worked for Greyhound 14 years ago. Their driving school is the best program I have seen. They will teach you not only how to log properly, they will show you all aspects of driving, including parallel park a 40' bus into a 42' hole. They will also pay you for the program.
But as everyone had had stated you will be on a tight schedule. Every minute is accounted for. From what I have heard from employees I have stay in contact with, the biggest change with greyhound is they no longer stop at very small towns. What use to take 5 hours to go from St. Louis, MO to Kansas City, MO is down to 4 hours.
Yes you will have unruly passangers, mainly drunks and screaming kids, an occassional pyshco path, but for the most part not a bad job. I was hired on as a casual driver, put in the require time according to the contract to be become full time. The Union failed to make Greyhound honor the contract for me so I walked out never looking back.