Winfield - The Cause of U5 Misery or the Messenger?

I began my ERAC career with ambitions of managing my own business and being the decision maker as Branch Manager. In fact, this was how it was! My first BM made the decisions in the branch and was given the autonomy to choose which direction their branch moved towards. Our AM was brilliant, and knew how to bring out everyone's best qualities as opposed to developing our weak points and forgetting about our strengths.
However, this all changed with the departure of our CM which was soon followed by our AM. My career at ERAC continued flourishing and I soon reached BM. However, Mark Winfield took over as CM and job satisfaction took a downfall. People started leaving. BM's beacame quite open with trainees regading their wishes to leave the company. Although figures starting improving, this was due to the price war ending between ERAC, National and SCOT Hire. As you all know, there is cycles in rental which is motivated by rate and fleet size. Mark Winfield knows this but still tried taking credit for the improvement.
Graveson was extremely hard working and everyone respected him. Winfield has a reputaton for being lazy, incompetent and spending U5's money on golf. He has also had an affair with Zoe Martin, and people are wondering whether her baby is going to have a big beer belly!! Retention is awful, and this is not all down to money. It is the inconsistencies of management. However, I believe people work for people, i.e, the management need to have the charisma to handle the staff. Winfield does not have the man management abilities that are needed. He is aware of his AM's abusing their positions, for example U53 AM sleeping with U505 BM!! Or how about U51 AM having an affair with U506 BM???
However, what I wanted to know is whether you think Winfield is just a Caltabiano puppet. Is he just the bad cop in the relationship?? Whatever the reason, he should rattle his small brain and ask minself whether he is happy affecting so many trainees lives. People are unhappy. Most staff have CV's circulating. This could be stopped if Winfield pulls his insecurities to one side and starts behaving like an experienced person who has something to give as opposed to someone over their head who just plays golf and avoids the most difficult of successful management roles: gaining respect from his staff!!

[Bigun]

Totally agree with you!!!!!!!!!!!
His arragance is a mask for not understanding how to stop U5 staff leaving.
What I always tell people in my branch is that he is a 40 year old man who's basic salary is £24k a year. My 21 year old sister's wage is higher.
Yeah, he can earn some good comm, but this is not guaranteed, especially with a Grp Rntl Mgr like him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ouch!! You've got some balls throwing around accusations like that and hinding behind a Username, especially about people who are married with children. I've worked with MW before - he's a good guy. He's just playing the game like the rest of the veteran erac staff - taking credit where you can, 'cos it isn't given easily.

I don't know you and you don't know me. I left 2 years ago but worked at ERAC for a long time. The situation you're experiencing is 'how it is' - get used to it or move...

The author of this message has done so by using my email address. I've changed the password of my hotmail now so piss off and use your own email address as registration to this site. I'm assuming that it's someone that still works at erac, probably in my old branch as you know my email password. This site seems secure, so have the balls to use your own details.

I'm not a particular fan of MW but wouldn't bother slagging him off because he's actually an ok bloke outside of work. If you're this pissed off in your job then leave as there's plenty to choose from after erac. You never know, you may find yourself with a well paid job with no weekend work and be doing 37 hours a week with a company car. Anyway, try and enjoy your time there as it's a good apprenticeship for the real world.

[hekiliko'olau]

Originally Posted by Unregistered123456432

Anyway, try and enjoy your time there as it's a good apprenticeship for the real world.

Well said. Very accurate.

"Anyway, try and enjoy your time there as it's a good apprenticeship for the real world"

I'm struggling with this one...I've been out 2 years and now run 2 small businesses. Looking back I'm not exactly sure what I learned at ERAC that is helping me now. Customer Service skills perhaps? My years (5+) there certainly never taught me how to run a business as I'm finding in the real world that not having a $7bn company as a safety net is certainly a more motivating factor to generate income! I can still clean a car in < 5minutes mind!!

Let me guess some bellend from down south in a 20 car branch wrote that quote!! Winfield is a good bloke hopefully if he has not already fucked you off he will soon , also just cos your a probably a ugly fat bastard no need to make lives about other staff having affairs !
so really if you cant handle it fuck off with your cv

and for the other knob jockey if you think Winfield only earns 24k your a bigger Bellend than him !

I think Winfields basic is about 24K. I think the guys (or gals) point is that he is not guaranteed to earn anymore than that. If the group doesn't make any net profit then Winfield takes home this 2K before tax. He can earn some good cash but again this is not guaranteed.

I know U5 very well indeed and it still is not consistent. In fact, they are having a fairly poor summer considering that it should do well in the hols. My branch is doing rubbish with no useful help from MW People don't have respect for him or their AM, which is different to the old days.

Take my advice. ERAC is suited to recent grads. Get to BM then bail out and get a real job. After all, it's embarrassing telling friends that you rent cars after spending 3 yrs at uni.

Originally Posted by Unregistered 25

Let me guess some bellend from down south in a 20 car branch wrote that quote!! Winfield is a good bloke hopefully if he has not already fucked you off he will soon , also just cos your a probably a ugly fat bastard no need to make lives about other staff having affairs !
so really if you cant handle it fuck off with your cv

and for the other knob jockey if you think Winfield only earns 24k your a bigger Bellend than him !

You must be Welsh mate. The reason I can tell is that you don't understand grammar, you like Windyfield, you think the size of your branch relates to the size of your penis and you swear too much. Also, you obviously still work for Enterprise because you seem thick as sh*t. Either that or you are Windyfield.

I thought the AM baby was the result of a quick orlando fumble with the U506BM now U2 LCAM??