Originally Posted by I'm ashamed

I was hired in June after graduation. I've been with ERAC roughly 6 months in San Antonio area and the experience is nothing like what they tell you in the interview. All of my other friends have gotten decent entry-level jobs making a little more money, but nowhere near the hours I work. I can think of at least a dozen other co-workers looking to get out.

What really bothers me is now I realize this occupation is beneath me. All along I kinda thought this, because I never have fully explained my job to my friends or family. What cystallized this was when my folks were visiting and saw me at work. I can't begin to tell you the dissappointment on my father's face when they pulled up to my branch and saw me schlepping a car wash brush in a shirt and tie. I could read the thought in his head: "I paid how much for him to go to college to wash cars?" Nothing can erase that image from my mind.

When I was close to graduation, I never, never thought of going into retail (which this job is) as a car rental agent. This frick'n routine is so monotonous that my brain is addled.

This is my routine: write up 15-20 tickets a day. Wash 10-12 cars a day. Shuttle customers to and from bodyshops, dealerships and wherever 20 times a day. Maybe one day out of the mix, I get to go on sales calls which consists of dropping donuts at various auto dealerships. That even sucks because then you have to write a "sales report" on what you did on the sales calls. They all start with :"I gave the donuts to.....blah..blah..blah.. Enterprise is great..blah...blah...blah..Enterprise strives for customer service..blah..blah..blah. Also add a couple of self-righteous complainers during your day. Next day repeat. Next day repeat. Next day repeat. It's all the same; nothing changes except the weather and even that sucks now.

I can't believe I am working for this outfit. They made it sound sooo good as an opportunity not to pass up. What was I thinking when I was hired on? I was taken in by a slick misrepresentation of the job description and I only have myself to blame. I have no savings, no life outside work, and now a burning motivation to update my resume and bail out.

My advice is NOT TO WORK FOR THESE GUYS.

One of the miserable majority at ERAC