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Alaska Tour Jobs Driver/Guide reviews

4.0

91% would recommend to a friend

(9 total reviews)

45% positive business outlook

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9 reviews
5.0
Jan 31, 2017

Awesome Job

Recommend
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Pros

If you love to travel, this job is for you. Working in Alaska and being able to enjoy all that the last frontier has to offer is beyond your wildest dreams. Great pay, housing, free tours and beautiful locations. Super fun job.

Cons

It's not a year round job. Some of the hours are not divided up fairly.

2.0
May 15, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Pros include getting great hook ups around the town with other tours. Sometimes, the tips could be good if you gave a great tour.

Cons

Well where do I start? So, I was told about this job through someone who I thought was my friend but was really only looking to get her $200 referral bonus from me getting the job. Anyways, training was fun and honestly a good time and we got paid about $9 an hour for training. When the season actually started we only got paid $11 an hour to drive huge tour buses with sometimes 50 passengers. I hope everyone knows how unbelievably low that is for Alaska and how expensive Alaska is. Anyways, for a summer we would average around 50 to 60 hours a week. There would be a point in the season when I would go 18 days without a day off. I gained 15 pounds this summer, I was sleep deprived and the best part of it all was that management could care less. Previous workers for this company and management were extremely biased to second year drivers and a particular religious group that worked for this company. This company needs a union. I was extremely unhealthy working for this company and they have a high turn over rate because they know they can just go recruit some college kids from BYU that would be glad to work the next summer. We did get good discounts on yours around the city so that was a major plus, only if you could ever get a day off. There are a plethora of driving jobs in Alaska that make over 20 an hour. If I would have known that I would have ditched this company a long time ago. I wouldn't work for this company again unless I was truly desperate. Just be aware...

5.0
Oct 22, 2015

Best Summer Job for Me

Recommend
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Pros

Meet people from all over the world, have fun on the job, earn GREAT tips (and don't need to report them during taxes), get paid CDL training, live in Alaska, become a go-to person for Alaska knowledge, lots of playing during your time off, plenty of time off to play, and plenty of things to do for free or for a small charge that others pay $100's to do. You can also request days off if you need them, within reason. They WANT you to have fun and WANT you to come back, so you're treated like a king/queen by management.

Cons

Work is seven days a week with about 1 day a week off, on average, but it's a random and unpredictable day, so it's hard to plan much in advance (unless you specifically request for a day off). You won't always make as much as your peers in tips; some are more cut out for tourism than others, and it can be hard psychologically not to compare yourself to them.

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