bus driver

cleaner

detailer

controller

workshop manager

Skybus

The company is cut throat with staff and there is a high turnover and not the best culture. As a visitor host you work outside in all sorts of terrible weather. The work load is really insane, constant flow of customers, especially at southern cross. The pay is kind of average, slightly on the lower side considering the job and what other companies pay. Some customers have little respect and are really rude. Management only care about the customer experience and not staff or company morale which is really low. All front line staff are over worked, everything is literally scheduled to the second, which isn't a bad thing but can be challenging and what I especially dislike is the expectation that you are expected to be there 10 minutes early before your shift and if you aren't others will report to management you're not there, also got yelled at by a manager for not being on time, even though I was 3 minutes early... the role is very repetitive and the only positive thing it can think about this job is you get to interact (very very briefly) with a lot of different types of people who are customers. Probably some of the most diverse customers you could imagine for any company but I enjoyed that. But did come with a lot of challenges with people having all different types of expections and different ways of doing things. When customers constantly run towards you several times a day and they miss the bus and ask you why you couldn't hold it for them gives you anxiety, most of those customers don't even have a ticket either so you have to send them back to the ticket office. The ticket office is so badly located at terminal 4 so every customer asks you where it is while at the same time managing the inflow of buses on the radio and scanning tickets. The signage giving information towards taxi rank and car park is poorly located so you have non customers come to you ask you questions about the airport. Also as a non smoker, there are a lot of smokers who smoke around the bus stop constantly and to make things worse the airport took all the signs down that said "no smoking" if management cared about staff wellbeing they would be more firm with the airport about such issues but they really don't care. No sunglasses are allowed outside either even on bright sunny days. And worst of all is all the fumes from being on curbside. Most of the colleagues aren't too bad, most of the vistors are completely stressed out, ticket sales get asked the same questions you need a lot of patience for that role. The bus drivers are a mixed bag, some of them are really great and super friendly, others are a bit gross and bossy.

The people l work with were very good because we worked as a team. Customers can be very rude but l looked at it as they must to tried from flying. I did meet some wonderful customers while working there. We needed to know a lot of information about buses, trams, train service and also what was happening in Melbourne. 
The management got to do there job and i know that it would be hard. This company run 24hours a day so you find that there is no support if your doing afternoon shift.
You do shift work so your changing form day shift to afternoon shift every two weeks and sometimes you could on a  6.30pm finished and your next shift start at 6.00am so you dont have a lot of time for family.
I love meeting people and hearing about there travel, I met a lot of interesting people and also learning about their country and culture.

Most of the time it was a clean friendly place to work at. Middle management tried there best to help you out, regarding any queries you had,,the co-workers went out of there way to help each other out if required. the hardest part of the job was, trying to stick to the time table during peek, the most enjoyable part of the job was having a cuppa with co-worker and middle management before and after the shift.

I would still love to be there but for circumstances , I found it a very good place to work  and can highly recommend it as a great place to work , don't miss the opportunity 

a typical day at skybus was selling tickets and helping customers around the city or airport.
i learnt alot of cultural diversity.
management was good
co workers i never had a problem with 
the hardest part of the job was understanding people
the most enjoyble part of the job was meeting alot of different people

Used to be a great place, now new profit obsessed management headed by a car salesman. Staff leaving in droves. Drivers pushed to the max, customers rushed through quick as possible. Times shaved to the second. Like it or be sacked on the spot like so many before you.

Excelent place to work highly  reconmend any one who is after a job with many options for diffrent shifts & rosters available  over time if you like to work, as well as working part time , casuel or full time. Great variety of work.

Nice job, know a lot of new friends, every day is different...not the normal bus driver as you cover airport so most passengers are ok... a bit of lifting involved but ok

Giving assistance to Customers / passengers with general information about the business and how it operates.
The co-workers are very helpful and caring.

No fun to be had, everything is Spy bus. Not about the individual, your just a number. They give you a speech about how it is a family company, how they care about your well-being. It’s all smoke and mirrors. It stinks from Top to bottom.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Bus driver 15 salaries reported	$34.61 per hour
Cleaner 3 salaries reported	$38.66 per hour
Detailer 1 salary reported	$37.50 per hour
Controller 2 salaries reported	$90,000 per year
Workshop manager 1 salary reported	$82.50 per hour

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