Jan Svoboda and Tomáš Finke
Cousins Jan Svoboda (right) and Tomáš Finke (left).
Our grandmother worked here at the public transport company? as a payroll accountant, then in the 90s as Tomáš's father and driver, now the two of us have met here. So now operates here The third generation of our family.
Jan Svoboda, timetable clerk
Stransport company I He's been connected to it since childhood. He used to visit his grandmother in one of the offices when he was a little boy and would sit in the chair by the window for hours watching the buses depart. from the parking lot for afternoon „rides“. Grandma took him on transport trips, he also remembers maybe for the pre-Christmas running race in the city streets, which the establishment organizesl for employees. The results were then announced and the prizes were presented to the winners in the local cafeteria. i at the first year of the St. Nicholas trolleybus, which ran for the thirtieth time last year. „I've simply been connected with the transit company since childhood,“ recalls Jan Svoboda.
They create schedules, handle road closures, and manage traffic for special events.
Studied in the field of Operation and transport economics at the Vocelova Secondary Industrial School in Hradec Králové. „After graduating, I started as a dispatcher at a transport company that delivers packages. After some time, I became the dispatch manager there, but when I saw an advertisement offering something appealing to me work at the transport company, I didn't hesitate for a moment and applied for the selection process.
Tomáš Finke, public transport driver
Řdriver MHD, Jan Svoboda's cousin, did not have such a direct path to the transport company. He's been driving the bus since September 2022.
From gastronomy to driving a bus
„I studied at a hotel school with a focus on gastronomy and tourism. After graduating, I went through experience as a waiter in gastronomy and kitchen work. I also used to do part-time work for bakeries and pizzerias, and the steering wheel somehow grew closer to my heart than the hotel industry. When a driver position opened up here, it was a challenge for me, why not try it. My brother drives a truck, and my father, who worked as a driver for our transport company from 1992 to 1997, is also a bus driver for another transport company.“ enumerated other drivers in the family Tomáš Finke.
Article continues in magazine Dopravák.