Why Marin Airporter is a Great Place to Work

When Marin Airporter recently secured a new contract with Marin Transit to expand our service of county transit bus routes, our need for quality bus drivers also expanded. Enthusiastic and dependable professional drivers, might wonder, “What’s it like to work for us?”

A Positive Culture

As we hope you know from riding our buses and interacting with our employees, the people who work at Marin Airporter are friendly and welcoming. As a multi-faceted transportation company we are also a growing business that is professionally-run. At Marin Airporter, we stress safety, caution, courtesy, orderliness, and overall professionalism. Our employees take health and safety extremely seriously. Like our employees, our equipment, too, is first rate, and we keep it clean and maintain it to high standards. As a result of these qualities we also are proud of having a lower than normal employee turnover. Of course, with any driving job, there is always the possibility that an accident could occur. Accidents happen every day and they are sometimes unavoidable. However, if the accident was caused by another driver, it’s likely that our employees would contact a Bakersfield personal injury law firm, for example, to try and get compensation for the accident. Driving jobs can be difficult, but we try and make it as simple as possible for our drivers.


Be Valued Both as an Individual and as a Team Member

We value our employees as individuals and as members of our team. When you apply, we look at your personality and work habits as well as your work history. We imagine how you would contribute to the Marin Airporter team. We look for a record of personal integrity, as well as consistent punctuality and reliability in your work attendance. We value a positive attitude and, yes, a sense of humor too.

You Benefit When You Become One of Us

When you come aboard, you enjoy the same opportunities and benefits as everyone in our company. Training time is not an “internship,” but is fully paid at our regular hourly rate. We offer a Kaiser health plan as a free health insurance benefit for our employees, as well as a dental plan, paid vacation, safety bonuses such as Traffic School if needed and more, and an ESOP retirement plan in which employees acquire an ownership interest in the company. The company also encourages employees to participate in their retirement plan, whether this is through retirement investment or other retirement schemes, but tries its best to keep on top of 401k audit requirements when needed. Employees may want to look into their own retirement investments as well, to see what can assist them when they retire. Checking out stash reviews can help in this instance if they are in two minds..

Put Yourself in the Driver’s Seat

Imagine feeling a sense of pride whenever you see a friendly rainbow-colored Marin Airporter bus. Imagine being part of the transportation services we provide to the Marin community. Imagine being part of a quality, professional organization that serves local people.

Whether you’re interested purely in a driving role or looking for variety and advancement opportunities-to put it simply-Marin Airporter is great place to work.

Visit Our Jobs Page to learn more and download an application today.

Marin Airporter is Expanding Its Role in the Marin Community

In our last blog post, we shared ways that we contribute to our Marin community that you may not know about. We have also shared information about our shuttle service to Point Reyes Lighthouse where you can still enjoy whale-watching and elephant seal pupping for another few weeks. We talked about our ongoing support through donations and discounts of charities that serve Marin, including Whistlestop, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and The Buck Institute for Education.

So, even though you may still think of us as “the airport bus,” we are more than that. You may not know that we are also part of a larger service network of public transportation, dedicated to getting folks from one place to another, all within Marin County.

It is no secret that the travel industry has been undergoing tremendous change in recent years. Travelers and hotel guests plan their travel and stay through various channels, expecting personalized solutions, and a smart experience. IT automation in the present system might be needed to keep up with this emerging trend. The services of Royal Cyber and similar others, hopefully, can be used for attending to these needs.

Besides that, the security of customer information as well as ensuring secure online transactions becomes an important responsibility for us. Part of upholding the trust that customers place on us is providing a seamless and worry-free experience for them, and that means tackling any issues that may crop up on the service end as well as the user end of operations. Taking the help of experts in the cybersecurity field, as well as keeping up-to-date with the cybersecurity statistics 2021 allows us to implement the latest security measures for the several services we provide.

Partnering with Marin Transit for Local Bus Service

Whether or not you use public transportation, you’ve probably seen the distinctive green-and-white Marin Transit buses operating in the county. Marin County Transit District (Marin Transit) was formed by a vote of the people of Marin County in 1964 and was given the responsibility for providing local transit service within Marin County. All routes that begin and end within the county are the responsibility of Marin Transit.

Where Marin Airporter gets involved is because even though Marin Transit has responsibility for local transit services, it does not own any facilities and does not employ its own drivers. Instead, Marin Transit contracts with other providers for local bus and paratransit services, including with Marin Airporter.

In fact, Marin Airporter has been operating transit buses for Marin Transit since 2006. With every contract renewal since that time, we have been awarded additional routes. Under the existing contract which ends June 30th, we operate seven routes. Now, we are happy to report that Marin Airporter was awarded a new three-year contract, beginning July 1st. This new contract expands our service to eight routes, seven days a week, totaling approximately 75,000 hours of service. The new contract also includes an optional two-year extension.

A History of Community Trust & Service

The growth of our partnership with Marin Transit is based on trust. In April 2013, at a time of expanding local bus service, the Marin Independent Journal quoted Marin Transit operations chief Barbara Duffy as saying, “Marin Airporter ‘rose to the top’ [among contenders for the new contract] because of the quality of the shuttle service it provides, management experience, local knowledge and related factors.” We are proud that those same distinguishing qualities contributed once again to our new contract for the next three years.

Community is about pooling resources, sharing the load, working together for the common good. Our work with Marin Transit continues our tradition of providing dependable, professional service to the people of Marin County that we began with our service to SFO back in 1975.

Whether you ride with us to SFO or on one of our local Marin Transit routes, welcome aboard! And thanks for being part of our Marin community.

Now You See Us: Marin Airporter Gives to Marin Communities

If you live in Marin near the 101 corridor, chances are you see our distinctive rainbow buses every day. When you do, you might think for a few seconds about a friend or business associate who has just been with you or soon will be. You might think about a recent or upcoming trip of your own. Probably, you think about travel and getting to the airport.

We are visible in that way.

Now You Don’t

But in other ways, you don’t see us. If you’ve used Marin Airporter to get to Point Reyes Lighthouse to watch the whales or see the elephant seals, you know that we’re not only about getting to the airport. We help you celebrate the wonders of our natural world in a responsible, environmentally sensitive way. If you’ve chartered one of our buses for a private event, you know we can help you that way, too.

Another Kind of Service

Another way in which we actively engage in the community, you may not see. Did you know that we support many local charities with discounts and donations? These include organizations for seniors like Hospice by The Bay, Whistlestop, and San Rafael Goldenaires. We support youth through the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program, Girl Scouts of Northern California, Beyond Differences, Sunny Hills, and The Okizu Foundation, which provides peer counseling, mentoring and recreational programs for children with cancer. People are often older when they have to deal with such things, and are looking for life insurance no medical questions policies to help their families during their treatment, but younger souls don’t think about such things and so we wish to help them maintain their childhoods through what must be a harrowing time.

We address homelessness in our community by supporting San Rafael Downtown Streets Team. We contribute our resources to the arts through Marin Museum of Contemporary Art and the Marin Symphony. We support education through The Buck Institute for Education and California Film Institute –Education.

If you’re not familiar with the good work that these organization do, take a moment to look them up. They are all worthy of your support.

Part of the Community

We want to be more than just a business, more than the bus that takes you to SFO, more than a visual backdrop in your day. For us, it’s about people: our customers and our employees and all the lives that we touch in a variety of ways. We value our role in the community-being part of the fabric of life in Marin in more than just a functional way. We like to think that we represent good citizenship.

We are proud to be part of our Marin community. Next time you see our rainbow buses, please think of us that way too.

 

Marin Airporter Supports Sonoma/Napa Firefighters

The Marin Airporter Family has been deeply affected by the recent fires in the North Bay. We are grateful that none of our employees or their families have experienced loss of life or serious injury, however several of our employees and their families have lost their homes. Many of us live in the North Bay, so the fires will continue to have a profound effect on the lives of all of us for a long time to come.

We would like to thank our customers for their kindness and understanding as we recover going forward.

Doing Our Part

Boca Tavern in Novato recently donated a fine diner to a group of hardworking firefighters who were working the Sonoma and Napa fires. Marin Airporter was more than happy to be able to provide free transportation for these tireless and brave first responders (who were kind enough to pose for us with one of our buses.)

A big thanks to all of you from the Marin Airporter family!