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Old 2007-04-15
MovedOn
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Default Re: Thinking of doing the Summer Internship

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Originally Posted by makeityourown View Post
The idiot that told you to talk with the burned out MT's is the majority of people on this site. If someone can get burned out from renting cars then they are not very good at anything. The career path at ERAC is unmatched! It is the best career in the world. 8 years in and I made $225K last year. The 1st few years are a challenge and only the strong survive. If your are strong then do it, if you are week then head to desk job that will take you nowhere...

Hahaha classic. Classic "by the book" quotes right there. If this guy/gal is making 225k/year, then I am sure they are the boss of a good amount of people. Ask yourself if you want to work for a company that would promote a person whose first response as to if you should take the internship is to refer to someone as an idiot. Pure class.

There was a recent thread on here with someone asking about the internship. There were some good responses in there you may want to check out. If you are only doing it as a summer thing, it isn't too bad. Experience-wise, it is better than working as a waiter, etc. But I would just make sure you get a confirmation as to exactly what hours you will be working and your duties there, etc. Depending on the manager and branch that you are working at, it could be a nice experience or a terrible one. When I was there we had a summer intern at a branch in our area who quit after 3 weeks because the manager had her washing cars 50% of the time.

Also, this quote by the above classy Enterprise boss, "If someone can get burned out from renting cars then they are not very good at anything," is another classic. Very mature and worthy of an Enterprise leader. Just another reason why if you take the internship, ONLY do it as an internship. MTs, Assistants, Managers will work upwards to 55-60 hours aweek, often times without lunch breaks. So yes, it is possible to get burned out. To claim that people who got burned out are not very good at anything is amazingly crass. Good luck and keep your eyes open for other possible opportunities.
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