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Originally Posted by Unregistered1812  Hi, right, im generally thinking about applying to enterprise as it seems to be a good customer service based job to work in where I can develop transferrable management skills for the future.
I'm finding these discussion boards difficult to trawl through and get any real sense out of them as it seems to be full of juvenile comments that appear to come from people with a personal vendetta against the company. Looking at the job market whatever training scheme you end up with you are raped for hours and money, while at least with the rent-a-car scheme you are not working for a company like Procter and Gamble, responsible for 50,000 animal deaths a year through animal testing, or oil companies using their power to influence politics, etc.
I'm not sure if the expectations of those who no longer work there were too high, or whether those who defend the company are unqualified to do so. I don't realistically expect to be working much less than 60 hours a week, on any more than £16,000 a year for the next two years, and any kind of rise is a bonus. The corporate world is generally a bit shit, but they are offering opportunities to develop your skill base and move into something that is actually any good.
If anyone could give me a genuine response regarding what the company is actually like, without using any juvenile insults- and preferably not inventing figures- who has actually worked for the company and not had a problem with working loads of hours for shit money and dealt with irrate customers (part of every day business, shock horror, im not under any false pretences) it would be much appreciated. |
An honest opinion. I am going for promotion. However, I have decided on two options. A) I get promoted and stay, get the something for my CV and move after that, or B) Get knocked back and leave because I can't stand the MT / MA job any longer.
The training period is shocking, it really is awful. You can get some fantastic customer services experience for the same money with far less hours, know what time you will get home and be able to have a life.
You will not have a social life, you will not have much money and the only jobs you really get offered because of Enterprise are sales jobs / customer service jobs. Neither are particually great. You will be expected and told to work 50hr weeks plus, you don't get any thanks, you do the same stuff day in day out and it gets very very dull.
Customers are often rude, many but not all managers / assistants are lazy - they've done the running around and then get you to do it. And the atmosphere in the group sucks as everbody knows they are being exploited but don't have much of a chance to look for jobs because they just work all of the time.
You don't have to work for unethical companies, there are many many good companies. ERAC isn't one of them.
I feel used, let down, I've been lied too, I struggle to get a break, I'm told if I have a break I'll be going home late and then if I miss it I still go home late.
I'll stop there. I honestly feel down writing this.