I have a tale to tell!!!

I left Erac not so long ago now and took a fucking big gamble, I had no job to go to and most of ERAC management couldn't understand why. I took one of the most underperforming branches in the group and turned it round considerably. I like many others was promoted too early, but from day one I admitted this. I ran a branch with some of the best people I've ever had the pleasure of working with and who shared my opinions on the job.

A former city manager once said to me "Negative attitude breeds negative OP." I maintained an honest approach and always told my employees the truth in regards to erac and didn't try to pull the wool over their eyes like many before me. I told them exactly what earned and all about the payback system. By adopting an honest policy I obtained respect and the branch made more money than when other branch and area managers had ran the same branch.

As a branch manager I asked time and time again for financial help to my AM CM and GM, taking over an underperforming branch brought with it payback. For many a month I was told that so called gaurantees did not exist in U4 and that no extra money would be made available. It took for me to hand in my notice for these previoulsly denied financial incentives to appear. I must admit I was tempted, like many before me, ERAC had played them along for as long as they could and then had a moment of panic when they realised that there would be nobody left to manage the branches in the area.

The point I'm trying to get at in this longwinded message is that erac will work you to the bone and dangle a carrot for many years. I'm pretty sure that this message will be met with somebody fiercely defending the erac culture but I ask you all to look at the facts. Next time you get chance have a look at branch your in and ask yourself, "How long has the longest memeber of office staff been there" and also ring up admin and ask what our current retention figures are. The longest people who do serve at Erac are the drivers who managers discussed their dismissal at the last ERAC managers meeting last year, drawing the conclusion that they were not as cost effective as trainees, thats why we no longer employ drivers.

Finally in conclusion to this tale, I did manage to find another job in a relatively short space of time, I'm now earning twice my basic salary at ERAC, and I don't feel that I'm lied to on a daily basis by my AM, I'll admit I'm working long hours but no where near what I was working at ERAC. Erac has some great people working for them, I only hope the company starts to invest in them or they move onto more rewarding and devloped roles.

WELL SAID, SHAME YOU LEFT !