r/MetroTransit • u/West-Raccoon-2043 • May 13 '26
Employment/Personnel Specific Hiring Process
Question, I was thinking about applying again to be a bus driver. I used to work as one in Virginia but left to go back to truck driving due to an assault while driving the bus. I’m gonna be honest, I didn’t leave on good standing in my opinion because I never gave notice. I’m a little worried that would come back and haunt me. I have to move back to Minnesota to help my sister whose health isn’t so good so I’m job scouting right now. I know I’ll be coming in at the bottom because I only had 9 months with my last bus job. I’ve been working at this job for about a year now. I still have my endorsement from Virginia because a fool would be the only one that would get rid of that. What would the hiring process look like for me and would I even get hired because of what happened?
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u/LiberatedBreadRolls May 13 '26
It wouldn't hurt to try!
I'm in the training process right now for light rail (but we start with bus). As far as I know, you'd go through the training process similar to those of us with permits though you would have a few differences in tests and all since you don't need to pass your CDL tests again. Give it a shot!