I don't get it?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

In any company the strong survive. It sounds like you and your friends are the weak, the ones cleaning our floors at the end of the day. There is no shame in who you are and what you are destined to become. I have been working for this group for 2 years now. I was in GP32 prior and we had the same philiosophy there. The strong run the company and reap the rewards. The weak, you and your friends, help us operationally for a little while and then go elsewhere, which is what we want. I have seen this group make great stides over the past 2 years and we will, in fact, earn an exceptional achievement award this fiscal year. BD and I have helped turn this group into a power house and we did not need you and your cry baby friends regardless of what you think. The only ones who complain are the ones that don't matter anyway, True heroes win! Why do you hate us so much? Is it because we are #1?

wow... why didn't you just say, "I'm the biggest vagina in group 50" instead of putting yourself that much closer to carp-tunnel, with such a stupid, whiney, long-winded banter? Tell me, were you masterbating while watching your words hit the screen?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Wow! I thought you said you turned GP50 into a powerhouse, but now you say you are just in the weeding out stage. Face it, Krister, you haven't done anything more than worsen retention. You failed to mention that ESQI has been in the tanks as well. (Five points below corp average is really killing it) I love that ERAC is being very selective to who they give this great opportunity to. Gee there must be so many recent grads with the itch to work 56 hours a week for 30K salary. Everyone is frothing at the mouth to rent cars for a living. What's next? Are you going to try and sell me the dream again. You are a loser. Thank you for pointing out that I have a company car, because I sure didn't have one at ERAC. It is nice to actually place things in the car, that you don't need to remove by 7am the following morning.

hahaha... fucking great. ;')

You and your circle of cry babies. Everything that goes wrong is upper managements fault. When I was promoted a year ago, I remember being told why GP 50 was at the bottom. Now I see it for myself. Since my arrival I have seen you are your friends leave one by one and I have seen GP 50 move up the matrix. Do you see the correlation? I do.
The Man

here's to the angry guy. That's great that you own a house. But how dumb are you to banter on a company on its anti website and then the next morning put on your tie and go make the people you hate money. Grow some self integrity and quit. The thing you really hate is that fact that you have no balls and continue to put up with the bull shit and never say anything at work. Instead you come home and cry on a web site to let out your frustrations. Douche bag.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

nope, parents are still married, nice try at psychiatry (again, trying to make yourself feel important)

I'm not full of rage, I just have an opinion and am not affraid to share it.

Now back to the point at hand, before this topic became a pissing match, all I ever inquired to is why something was happening that was limiting the company from being great(which still hasn't been answered to my satisfaction). Then you, "captain wonderful" or whoever you are came in and tried to belittle everybody who isn't brainwashed by the regime that is enterprise (atleast GP50 NN)

The fact of the matter is I'm still with the company and have no intention on leaving anytime soon. Enterprise has allowed me to become a homeowner and have more financial freedom than alot of people my age. However, that doesn't mean it's a special place. All it means is that I've worked long and hard and have been disciplined enough to get to where I'm at. It's been said before and I'll say it again. Enterprise is a stepping stone to get you somewhere where you have "real" work life balance, are paid adequately and don't dread going to work every morning. If there were so many benefits to slaving away to make it to upper management, we wouldn't have branch managers or area managers quit and go elsewhere. Sometimes, success is measured in other ways than numbers. Satisfaction and desire can be pretty powerful players in a company's success.

You kinda have to wonder why there's a satisfaction index for our customers, but nothing of the sort for our associates. (and don't mention this bi-yearly employee survey) everbody knows those numbers were fudged beyond belief.

Well, off to rent some cars and deal with stupid people (while other people are out enjoying their "week-END")

That's great that you are still with the company. It sounds like you understand what it is we do. Your a Branch Manager in NN? Who is your Area Manager? If your not happy(index for associates) why don't you speak with your AM or GRM? If your a good employee then you will be taken care of the right way. Nobody that works for ERAC wants to hurt anyone. The bottom line is that there are only a select few that can make it, and those are the employees that will be pushed along the way. Reach out and test your managers, if they don't want to help, then they are the losers and you need to simply find help from someone else who does care.
Concernced Employee

Originally Posted by Unregistered

here's to the angry guy. That's great that you own a house. But how dumb are you to banter on a company on its anti website and then the next morning put on your tie and go make the people you hate money. Grow some self integrity and quit. The thing you really hate is that fact that you have no balls and continue to put up with the bull shit and never say anything at work. Instead you come home and cry on a web site to let out your frustrations. Douche bag.

The only reason I haven't moved on is because I will be refinancing my house in the near future and I won't get near as good a deal on the refi if I'm in a new job. But don't worry, I've got a plan and I will be doing something that makes me happy in the not-too-distant future. Then you and the other saviors of the rental world can brainwash another newby to take my place. As to your other point about me not saying anything at work, the reason there is because you know as well as I do, the second you show you're not driven to grow with the company, or show signs of getting ready to quit, ERAC will make you as miserable as possible until you are driven to quit so they don't have to fire you and pay unemployment. I'd rather put on my happy face at work for a little longer and atleast try to make the job as tolerable as possible until I am ready to move on to bigger and better things where I actually have a reason to be motivated.
Finally, to answer your inquiry about me venting on a website, my solitary goal there is to raise awareness to anybody out there who may be considering joing the ERAC team. This is the best, cheapest, most efficient way to try to reach those people before they make one of the worst mistakes of their lives. If I can change one person's mind, then it will be well worth my time and effort. It would be a nice change of pace to feel rewarded for something I've done. Heaven knows I haven't experienced that feeling for quite some time.

Now before I go, please ask yourself why it is that you can't have an adult conversation about something without name calling and such? Didn't that technique lose it effectiveness around 3rd, 4th, or possibly even 5th grade?
I have to say I'm quite amused that you haven't provided any pertinant information regarding the business plan that this company uses. You managed to take a simple question about retention and company wide success and turn it into a juvenile tissy fit. Congratulations! I see why you're runnin the show!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

That's great that you are still with the company. It sounds like you understand what it is we do. Your a Branch Manager in NN? Who is your Area Manager? If your not happy(index for associates) why don't you speak with your AM or GRM? If your a good employee then you will be taken care of the right way. Nobody that works for ERAC wants to hurt anyone. The bottom line is that there are only a select few that can make it, and those are the employees that will be pushed along the way. Reach out and test your managers, if they don't want to help, then they are the losers and you need to simply find help from someone else who does care.
Concernced Employee

I appreciate your concern, but the damage has been done. I've reached out before on multiple occasions with zero follow through from the people I reached out to. If you feel I haven't been pushed along because I'm not a strong employee or contributor to the company's success, that's fine, I can accept that. But if that IS the case, why was I ever promoted in the first place? In hindsight, I can only wish I would've seen the light earlier and not wasted my time. Since I have lost out on all that time, maybe I can make up a little of that lost ground by raising awareness amongst the other fine folks who maybe just starting their career or trying to get promoted.

Originally Posted by E####B

Let's call it what it is... It is a sales job. And what kind of sales jobs offer company loyalty and allegence to their employees? Salespeople are a dime a dozen and if you don't perform, you get the boot. The sooner you understand it, the less time you will waste trying to find "Work/Life Balance" or whatever the newest attempt at retention may be and just get it done. Watch the turnover at a car dealership, furniture store, service drive, or pool salesman, or any other sales job. Accept that for what it is. So if you are looking for a company that is "loyal" and sees your long term needs, not only do you have to look past ERAC, but beyond the field in its entirety. I consider myself to have had what a successful run at ERAC. Like most of my friends, when I left the E, you guessed it... I stayed in sales. ERAC isn't evil for maintaining this structure. It is what it is. The problem lies with the eventual disappointment felt by the wide eyed college student who doen't know what he/she got into when they accepted the job. Heaven forbid you be held to a standard, be asked to actually work, and get canned if you don't perform. Do your homework people.

The days of the pension are long gone. in 1955, 89% of all private companies offered them. Now, a megar 14%. I don't remember exact numbers on this stat, but it used to be like 26 years was the median length an average American stayed with a job. Now it is less than 4.

I'm not waving the pro or anti E flag, but this site is certainly fun to see the factions clash. Well I'm off to work (on a Saturday). The world needs realtors too. On that note, anyone in the Phoenix area want to buy or sell a house? Hey, once a salesman, always a salesman.

Keep it Dirty, even on Saturdays!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I appreciate your concern, but the damage has been done. I've reached out before on multiple occasions with zero follow through from the people I reached out to. If you feel I haven't been pushed along because I'm not a strong employee or contributor to the company's success, that's fine, I can accept that. But if that IS the case, why was I ever promoted in the first place? In hindsight, I can only wish I would've seen the light earlier and not wasted my time. Since I have lost out on all that time, maybe I can make up a little of that lost ground by raising awareness amongst the other fine folks who maybe just starting their career or trying to get promoted.

Who have you reached out to? What did you want to see happen? Im sure someone can help if you just give them a chance.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Who have you reached out to? What did you want to see happen? Im sure someone can help if you just give them a chance.

Hey Dear Abby, take your advice column somewhere else. I'm sure this poster is going to tell you who he works for, so you can pass it on that he needs to be canned. Last time I checked, car preps didn't have the forum to give advice for improving retention, or authority to terminate someone. Get into the branch early tomorrow, so you can degrease the tires for my 05' Cobalt that I need at 7:15am