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Originally Posted by Drybrain
My assumption is that it’s not COVID staff shortages but our current low-unemployment environment making it hard to attract and retain drivers at current wages.
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Yeah, I know nobody cares about Covid anymore, but before Covid you never heard of route reductions due to staffing shortages. During the pandemic you started hearing about that but I expected it to go back to normal now that we're "out of it". But it hasn't, so I'm surprised.
I've known a few people who worked as transit drivers, and my impression was that it was a 'good union job' (decent pay, benefits, etc.) but starting out, it was difficult to get "good" hours. That, and it was at times stressful when dealing with difficult passengers (not wanting to pay, being disruptive or abusive, etc.). Unless Covid caused a rash of retirements, the reason for transit staff shortages is not clear to me, as it's not a low-pay-level job (or at least it never used to be, in the past).
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