If you like driving, then why stop? Age is a number, as I tell my husband, LOL.
And the ones who were left and quickly laid off have found better paying and/ or easier cdl jobs in the Orlando area.
That's exactly my point. Disney expects way more than any other employer, yet they don't pay for it. What many of us have been predicting would happen with WDW labor has finally happened - it was just greatly sped up by the pandemic. The charm of working for the mouse for less than you can make elsewhere is quickly coming to an end.
Some savvy ones work at WDW since Disney pays for their CDL training then boom once they get it some leave for greener pastures.
How am I criticizing other people for not serving me? My point is sometimes you have to remove the 'want' aspect from making a living, and you have to do a job. That is why they call it work.
If you’re being forced to work that’s called slavery.
And the thing is, basically EVERYWHERE is doing that now, which is increasing the competition. And those are places that have starting pay well over $20/hr.
That's good for the future truck driver. Back in the day, I knew some that had to pay for their CDL training on their own when they went to truck driving school, then afterwards they applied for job openings in their city or elsewhere.
Forced labor mindset is what my former peer used when he selected some undocumented males who stand and wait by the local Home Depot on weekends looking for some to hire them for manual labor. When the guys he brought to his job site were doing his requested manual labor job, he advised them in Spanish the job must be completed to his satisfaction or else he will call ICE on them.
That is a forced leap.
If anyone advises me that, their future in my work group will be looking limited.
Age is a number, but it also is a condition. Usually, thankfully, it is an issue that one can work through and continue on doing normal things, but sometimes it's hard to just walk across the floor, most times it is workable. I just don't want to be one of those that are there one day, gone the next then back again. I don't want to do anything unless I can be relied upon to be there and do it. I haven't lost my reflexes or my skills and I would love to deal with just being a back-up. Call me if you need me, but also give me the opportunity to say, sorry, I can't make it in today without being threatened with being let go because of it. Those are not easy to find.
I believe all drivers get tested every so often in their driving profession not just Disney. If they fail some of the basics then it is time to look for another job.
Well, if you are talking skills testing, no they do not test anymore then having a supervisor ride with you and determine if you are doing what the company wants you to do, public service wise. It isn't hard to find out if someone has no skills left. They do get tested but mostly for vision or other medical problems (if they are going to be driving interstate) I had to have a physical every year because I had High Blood Pressure until I had my license specifically stating intrastate only. I am going to renew my CDL this week and all I am going to do is an eye test and should be issued another license for six more years. I'll be 79 by the next one. That is the only testing I have had for the last 6 years. As far as driving skills are concerned, unless you have a lot of accidents or other driving no - no's there is no major testing. I've had my CDL for nearly 20 years now and only the original road test. Companies do usually insist on a regular physical, but if you aren't working at the time of renewal, no one cares.
Especially not for bus driving, that is not considered a glamour job, that is a skilled job like plumbing. No glory in driving. You are not in the show, you just bring people to the show and back. After the mandate for being entertaining while driving priority was dropped for very good safety reasons, it was just a job but far more pleasant the driving buses in inner cities. If one came from a northern municipal busing company and had been there for awhile, the pay difference was ginormous so unless they were looking for part time retirement work, it wasn't all that much of a draw.
Long haul truck drivers have a challenging job. I was using the bathroom facilities at a truck rest stop one summer about 10 years ago in the Carolinas and when I walked by a truck a driver came out of his cab to check on his engine compartment only dressed wearing an adult diaper .