ERAC Salaries: Worth the wait?

Originally Posted by Captain Obvious

Let's face it. With tens of thousands of dollars worth of student loans, a car payment, and a little black book full of hotty's phone numbers, why would any recent college grad want to work 55+ hours per week for a mere $985 paycheck every two weeks?

The answer is simple --- the myth of the big payout. I am a recent ERAC hireling, and just recieved my first paycheck. I actually grossed $1300 dollars but only took home 75% of it. My branch manager makes almost 90k per year, and has only been with the company five years. My area manager will make close to $150k this year, and has only been with ERAC four years.

I recently purchased a new vehicle. My car payment is about $450 per month, for a duration of six years. By the time I pay it off, I will likely be a Branch Manager making three or four times what I am making now.

My father is a professional with a doctorate degree and he only makes about $120k per year. In five or six years, I might surpass his annual income with only a Bachelor's Degree.

I get my hour lunch break every day, and only work one or two Saturdays per month. I spend most of my time driving around new vehicles (even Cadillacs) and meeting all sorts of interesting people. Everyone at my job is hilarious, my BM is pretty laid back, and my AM acts like everyone's older brother. Even my RRM is approachable, and company functions are awesome. The hours are long, but they are anything but tedious.

Sure, I could go to Law School, or Business school, or even get a Ph.D. and become a college professor. But that would require more debt, more studying, and the end result (at best) would be equivalent to my potential at ERAC.

Whoever wrote this is a green bleeding fag or some recruiter who's pissed that they can't sucker in college grads anymore.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

why dont they just call this website "the ones who failed at enterprise", because thats all it is... a bunch of people coming on here talking shit cause they couldnt handle washing a car in a suit...

You, my friend, are a douchebag. A SUIT IS NOT MADE TO WASH CARS IN!!! Dont you get it? If I spend 800 dollars on a fucking suit, the last thing I want to do is wash a car in it, that is bullshit. Suits are for businessmen, washing cars are for immigrants and poor people. ERAC wants to pay MT's 10 dollars an hour to be dressed in a suit to wash cars when need be (which is more often than it should be). Sounds like they are trying to get the best of both worlds. Slave labor in suits. Tell me, how many ties did you get caught in the vacuum trying to make a dollar for Jack n' Andy.

$10/hour. You know what they call that...In N Out income bitch.

Originally Posted by Captain Obvious

The answer is simple --- the myth of the big payout. I am a recent ERAC hireling, and just recieved my first paycheck. I actually grossed $1300 dollars but only took home 75% of it. My branch manager makes almost 90k per year, and has only been with the company five years. My area manager will make close to $150k this year, and has only been with ERAC four years.

Yes you might get a $1200-1300 paycheck but thats 30k a year for working 55hrs a week. Most people work 40-45 hrs a week, and thats at a nice job that usually provides you with a computer, a lunch HOUR when you want to take it, and you dont have to rent cars. You can easily find a job like this that allows for great opportunities and a chance to move up if you just look.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

why dont they just call this website "the ones who failed at enterprise", because thats all it is... a bunch of people coming on here talking shit cause they couldnt handle washing a car in a suit or taking some shit from a customer.. get back to your Fing cubicle and bother someone else by trying to talk up your "new" job that is so great yet we all know you're lying.. i have a great job and guess what,,, i dont brag about it... those who are truly happy feel no need to talk up their own job.... so in conclusion enjoy your new job where you will probably last about another 3 months until you find your dumbass back on monster.com trying to find your next one because that job turned out to suck too.

so now you think you're a big shot because you wash cars in a suit and can handle complaints from customers. you must be so proud, do you want a cookie? In the end, its quite simple, you're an "idiot". Word of advice...whether you can handle it or not, its not something you should be bragging about. Washing cars and having customers rip a hole up your ass everyday is pretty lame. You know what, they should actually change the name of this website to "People who work at Enterprise are monkeys." because it appears you're a monkey.

I'm approaching my fourth paycheck. I've had a few bad days, and have been chewed out by my bosses a few times. I have to admit, I'd rather be wearing jeans than suit pants everyday. But, in all reality, I can't find a job that I'd rather do right now. Sure, I'd LOVE to make 150k this year working four hours per day in my underwear. It's just not very realistic. You tell me where to get a job like that, and I'll quit Enterprise this week. For me, the worst part of the job is the hours. And I'm sorta wishing I didn't just buy a 24k dollar car with a six-year loan.

At this point, my goal is to suck it up and get out of daily rental as quickly as possible. Not that it's that bad. I mean, I'm like the number one salesperson at my branch out of six or seven employees. So I'm doing alright. I just wish I had a little bit more free time. Shoot, I just wish I was going to grad school in the Fall.

every employee looks like a robot, they are pale, fat and try to act cool with their enterprise lingo, " running tight...dub....blah blah blah." All of the area managers are complete morons, one is a drama major!

I feel bad for all the new employees who have no idea they are being used, to make money for others while getting paid beans oh and bagels. And then they make you believe a promotion is working in a smoke filled garage at the airport.

If you are considering this job, trust me find something else. You will have no social life unless you like working tired, and your belly will soften and your paycheck will suck even if your an asst. or a manager, cause your work hours suck your life away until you start acting like a jackass in front of your family.

If you dont believe me tell someone you work at enterprise, they will give you a look like your a rent a car person, how annoying. this job sucks big time.

[FormerMonkey]

Originally Posted by Captain Obvious

Let's face it. With tens of thousands of dollars worth of student loans, a car payment, and a little black book full of hotty's phone numbers, why would any recent college grad want to work 55+ hours per week for a mere $985 paycheck every two weeks?

The answer is simple --- the myth of the big payout. I am a recent ERAC hireling, and just recieved my first paycheck. I actually grossed $1300 dollars but only took home 75% of it. My branch manager makes almost 90k per year, and has only been with the company five years. My area manager will make close to $150k this year, and has only been with ERAC four years.

You know, I could have written this post my first couple of months at ERAC. My Area Manager, who interviewed me initially, was a fast-track guy who made ARM in 2.5 years with the company. I sat in the interview and thought, "I'm a smart guy, I'll bet I can handle a few months of shitty MT work and in a couple of years be at this guy's level."

I would just advise you to look around and see how many people over the age of about 30 you see working in Rental in your region/group. Three? Four? Out of how many total employees? What does that tell you about the prospects of being with the company long-term?

The bottom line is that while it may seem fun to work in a fun group of 20-something people right out of college, the day to day grind will get to you before too long, and from your last post I gather you're beginning to see that. I won't bother recounting the horror stories; there are plenty of threads here covering that ground. Realize, though, that the percentage of MTs who ever sniff Area Manager money is LOW.

I wish you the best, but come back in 12 months and tell me if you think you're 1/4 of the way to your $150k Area Manager's salary.

Originally Posted by Captain Obvious

Let's face it. With tens of thousands of dollars worth of student loans, a car payment, and a little black book full of hotty's phone numbers, why would any recent college grad want to work 55+ hours per week for a mere $985 paycheck every two weeks?

The answer is simple --- the myth of the big payout. I am a recent ERAC hireling, and just recieved my first paycheck. I actually grossed $1300 dollars but only took home 75% of it. My branch manager makes almost 90k per year, and has only been with the company five years. My area manager will make close to $150k this year, and has only been with ERAC four years.

I recently purchased a new vehicle. My car payment is about $450 per month, for a duration of six years. By the time I pay it off, I will likely be a Branch Manager making three or four times what I am making now.

My father is a professional with a doctorate degree and he only makes about $120k per year. In five or six years, I might surpass his annual income with only a Bachelor's Degree.

I get my hour lunch break every day, and only work one or two Saturdays per month. I spend most of my time driving around new vehicles (even Cadillacs) and meeting all sorts of interesting people. Everyone at my job is hilarious, my BM is pretty laid back, and my AM acts like everyone's older brother. Even my RRM is approachable, and company functions are awesome. The hours are long, but they are anything but tedious.

Sure, I could go to Law School, or Business school, or even get a Ph.D. and become a college professor. But that would require more debt, more studying, and the end result (at best) would be equivalent to my potential at ERAC.

You should change your handle from Captain Obvious to Captain Dipshit. Ofcourse you think you just landed the best job in the world. And to no surprise did you eat up that load of crap about how much they make. Pretty soon you will be faced with a short staffed branch and find out how its like to shove a slice of pizza down your through while driving off to do a pick up, and still make you clock out an hour because they bought the pizza out of the T&E account. You are a worth less fuck that thinks he is going to spend the rest of his life at ERAC. Well let me tell you that the odds are against you and even if you do make it up to BM you will have lost so much time making chump change that it will take you much longer to break even there than to get your degree. You are a fucking flammer and think that you have taken the carpool lane to success by becoming an ERAKIAN. Further more you prick I now work for a company that does not require a college degree and made over 50K my first year there. Moreover, I am now in management making even more than that. All within a year. I hope you keep writing quotes here and cant wait to see your tone of words as the summer rolls by and you are baking in the hot asfault with your suit on and your shoes all worn out.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

OK hotshot, 51 grand? Keep going...you're "on pace" (?) to make almost half what I do. It's still a joke....

You are such a dumb fagget. I made over 50K my first year out of ERAC. and am now on pace to double that in my second year. You just keep renting those cars you monkey. Watch out for that degreaser it stings your eyes.