More Nepotism at ERAC?!?

Got this today, and thought I might pass this on:

Today, I am particularly proud to announce that two members of the Taylor family – Carolyn Kindle Payne and Chrissy Taylor – have been promoted to the officer level as Assistant Vice Presidents. And I am particularly pleased both women attained the title the old-fashioned way – they earned it.



In our family, Carolyn and Chrissy are referred to as members of the G3, or the third generation. Both women are the granddaughters of company Founder Jack Taylor. Chrissy is my daughter, and Carolyn is my niece and the daughter of my sister, Jo Ann Taylor Kindle, President of the Enterprise Foundation. I have said repeatedly that the intention of our family is to have Enterprise remain a family-owned company. The continued commitment of both Carolyn and Chrissy to the company only underscores that pledge.



Carolyn and Chrissy, like my sister and me, have been around the company most of their lives. Carolyn started as a rental Intern in the Southwest Group during breaks from the University of Tulsa. She began her full-time Enterprise career as a Management Trainee, also in the Southwest Group, following her graduation. Chrissy followed a similar path after graduation from Miami (Ohio) University, working for a brief time with the Centric Group, another Taylor family business, before beginning her rental career as a Management Trainee in the St. Louis Group.



Carolyn progressed to the level of Assistant Branch Manager in Tulsa before transferring to the St. Louis Group where she held a number of Rental and Fleet Management positions. Chrissy also progressed the rental ladder to the position of Branch Manager, a position she held until 2003.



Carolyn and Chrissy were promoted to Corporate Manager positions in June of 2003, where they spent the next several years being introduced to a wide variety of management practices and disciplines. Earlier this year, Chrissy accepted a position as Corporate Rental Manager in Europe, where she has responsibility for the development of our home-city retail and airport rental businesses. Carolyn had been serving as a member of the national marketing management team until recently when she accepted the position of Corporate Rental Manager in support of our operating groups in the southeastern part of the United States.



Chrissy will remain in the United Kingdom and Carolyn in St. Louis at Corporate headquarters.



Please join me in congratulating both women. It is a proud day for our family.



-Andy

I LOVE the part where he says they "earned" their position. One of them was a BM until 3 years ago. What career path is that exactly, where you go from a Branch Manager to Asst. Vice Pres. in 3 years??? Sounds like they really EARNED it. Blech.

Don't be an idiot. It's a family owned company and its obvious Jack Taylor's granddaughters were going to be promoted and eventually become the head of the company. I don't know whether they really "earned it" or not but they grew up with ERAC and started at the bottom. They probably new what flip was and how to calculate reserves when they were 10.

[FailingEnterpriseAdmin]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Got this today, and thought I might pass this on:



I LOVE the part where he says they "earned" their position. One of them was a BM until 3 years ago. What career path is that exactly, where you go from a Branch Manager to Asst. Vice Pres. in 3 years??? Sounds like they really EARNED it. Blech.

I agree this shows some real hubris, to start off insisting that your daughter got a promotion because she earned it, and then mention she went from Branch Manager to Assistant Vice President in only three years.

Andy Taylor just lied to his 70,000 employees.

that is truely disgusting
hopefullly this nepotism will hurt the company

[Tim O' Tei]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

that is truely disgusting
hopefullly this nepotism will hurt the company

What?

You're saying that this great company lied to all it's employees at their interviews by telling them that it is a meritocracy?

How dare you!










p.s.: I am being sarcastic.

Originally Posted by Tim O' Tei

What?

You're saying that this great company lied to all it's employees at their interviews by telling them that it is a meritocracy?

How dare you!

p.s.: I am being sarcastic.

do you think ERAC is indicative of all major usa corporations?
i don't have much business experience outside this wonderful company
but if you notice, ford has a ford family member at the reins
so i wonder if ERAC and it's treatment of employees are how corporations are run

I respect the fact that Andy made his family start where we all did. Everyone knew they were being groomed and would eventually take over the company. Did you really think that they would spend 10 to 15 years at branches and groups until they 'earned' their way there? ANyways, all I know is that I would have hated to be the branch manager in charge of them. "ummmm Ms Taylor would you be so kind as to wash that car over there?, No? no problem sorry, I'll do it."

[Tim O' Tei]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

do you think ERAC is indicative of all major usa corporations?
i don't have much business experience outside this wonderful company
but if you notice, ford has a ford family member at the reins
so i wonder if ERAC and it's treatment of employees are how corporations are run

I think ERAC is typical of all US companies that I have had any dealings with.

People in charge are too busy screwing each other over and promoting those who kiss arse to genuinely promote behaviours which would further the company by encouraging individual thinking and rewarding it.

Everything is image with these companies - eg: a company I worked on behalf of has managers who drives Porsches but cannot afford to pay for them comfortably. It is all smoke and mirrors.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I respect the fact that Andy made his family start where we all did. Everyone knew they were being groomed and would eventually take over the company. Did you really think that they would spend 10 to 15 years at branches and groups until they 'earned' their way there? ANyways, all I know is that I would have hated to be the branch manager in charge of them. "ummmm Ms Taylor would you be so kind as to wash that car over there?, No? no problem sorry, I'll do it."

to this laymen that doesn't sound like a good way to run a business.
personally i know quite a few family owned business that turned to shit
because of incompetent family leadership
merely being a taylor does not gurantee a sound business mind.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned yet about the email Andy sent out proceeding that one, with the USA Today article that mentions this website at the end of.