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| Originally Posted by Unregistered Hello, I am currently looking for a part time job as a car prep/driver for Enterprise. However, I wanted to know exactly what I was getting myself into and make sure that it would be a job for me. If anyone had ever had this job before, my questions are:
1) How many cars will I have to go thru 8hour days/5 hour days?
2) What are all the procedures preping 1 car, how long will it take typically?
What do they recommend you finish by?
3) How many cars will need prepping a day?
4) How many other workers will be working?
5) Is it a hard labor job? Meaning a break your back and sweat all day type of work?
6) Any other maintanece they will ask besides specified job? Cleaning bathrooms?
7) Is it constantly busy through out the day? Hectic?
8) Is it the smaller the shop the better? Smaller shop, less busy and stressful?
9) Will the job be good for an 18 year old full-time college student?
I am not lazy or anything, I just don't want to work like a slave for $8 an hour. I don't mind prepping cars but I don't want to rush through cleaning and prepping 50 cars a day and be exhuasted after an 8 hour shift or a 5 hour shift. Please, any advise or input on this topic will be greatly apreciated. Thank you very much |
If I didn't care about money, I might actually work as a car prep at Enterprise. I think it would be fun to listen to all the MT's bitch and moan about everything, and see a fresh new "greeny" every month or so. Having said that, it can be tough work during busy times, but dude, all you do is wash cars! Not brain surgery. Here are my answers to your questions:
1. It all depends...can be anywhere between 5 and 40 depending on how big your branch is and what day of the week it is.
2. Procedure depends on how dirty the car is. Generally, windex the windows, vacuum interior, and run a wet shammy accross the body. If car is really dirty, may need to wash body, unless of course a customer is waiting, then its just roll it no matter what. Expected turn around time: depends on if a customer is waiting for the car. If a customer is waiting, 5 minutes. If not, take as long as you want.
3. see #1
4. Depends on how big your branch is. Most likely you will be the only car prep, but the MT's will be back there when customers are waiting, or when they are counter-dodging.
5. You wash cars! Can be intensive, especially on Monday mornings when you have the bulk of customers and all of the cars are dirty.
6. If the "check engine" light is on, BM will ask you to disconnect battery to try and get that damn thing to turn off (or was that just my branch?) We had a cleaning crew that came in twice a week to clean the branch (including bathroom) but I think that was rarety, and we only had them because both the Group Rental Manager and LCAM had their offices in my branch.
7. Depends on branch. Most likely will be busiest on Monday morning and Friday afternoon.
8. If I were you, I would prefer to work at a big, busy branch. Always something crazy going on at the big branches, plus it makes the day go by faster when you always have something to do.
9. If the money is right for you and the houres are right, it can be. You will be working outside, so depending on where in the country you are, be prepared to be really hot/cold. It may actually be good motivation for you to do well in school so you don't have to settle with a job little Enterprise like all of the other under achiever MT's you will be working with.
Does that help?