I am currently working for Hertz and would like to post a few things to people thinking about ERAC.

A bit of news ... Hertz is expanding away from airports into communities. Here in the san diego area we now have about 20 locations, called Hertz Local Edition (HLE) locations.

HLE branches operate in about the same way as an Enterprise location would.
The same opportunites and rapid advancement are available at HLE's

Hertz car fleets work in a completely different way from any other RAC company. Instead of each location having it's own fleet Hertz utilizes all the cars in a region as one fleet. Which means at my location we have access to all the cars in the San Diego region. We rarely ever completely run out of cars and when it happens it's a big deal.

A big advantage for an MT coming into Hertz is that you get to earn your commision right off the bat.
A rental transaction is as follows...
Each rental is viewed as 5 opportunities for a sale, they are

LDW-loss damage waiver (collision damage on car)
LIS- liability insurance
P&P- personal accident insurance and Personal effects coverage
upsell
FPO- Fuel Purchase Option (buy gas at beginning and return empty)


By being able to sell a certain percentage of these you can get a commission, like 3-5% of your sales for the month. There are sales quotas but they aren't extreme like ERAC. Your job isn't on the line either if you don't make high numbers. At my branch you have to get about 1 thing every other customer to earn your base commission level, so if you get 10%(in my case) of your opportunities you are doing well.



Yes you still have to wash cars, pick up people, and the other crap that goes along with it but the enviroment is much better. The hours are long as well, generally from 7-6, five days a week.


I'm not the Hertz herald or anything just hoping that people will see that if this kind of job appeals to them there are other opportunities out here with the same enviroment.

Personally I thought that this type of job would appeal to me but it really doesn't. I haven't made commission cause I don't really try that hard but it's not impossible to do. My Branch Manager is actually willing to let me work 7-4 while I go back to school and gain some additional certifications so that I can move on to something which I hope I will like better, something I seriously doubt I could have done at ERAC.