What's the salary expectations?

[nickibeezy]

I'm considering working for Enterprise as a manager trainee....but what starting salary can i REALLy expect?
they say about $30,000 / year, but is that a base salary? or is that a bloated figure that includes bonuses that arent guaranteed?
I know i'll be working more than 40 hrs/week...but i really need to know the salary.
can someone help?

[Branch$$$isaloser]

Originally Posted by nickibeezy

I'm considering working for Enterprise as a manager trainee....but what starting salary can i REALLy expect?
they say about $30,000 / year, but is that a base salary? or is that a bloated figure that includes bonuses that arent guaranteed?
I know i'll be working more than 40 hrs/week...but i really need to know the salary.
can someone help?

You will start at 30K, maybe $33K if you have prior sales experiance. You will work about 55-60 hours a week and all that "guaranteed overtime" is factored into your pay. It basically works out to like $10 an hour. Then you get promoted and make less base, like $28K, but now you will get an extra commission check every month. ANd it varies, depending on the branch you are at. And if it's a crap month, you get nothing. Gotta love it!

[freeatlast]

I'd say at best you will pull in 25K in year one. Depending on your hours it could be much less.

Consider if 5K is worth the humiliation you will experience at enterprise. Many of the employee stories you hear on this message board are accurate. You will be expected to lie to customers to cheat them out of money.

[freeatlast]

Sorry, I thought you said you made 20K in your post. Sorry for the misread. I still say about 25K is what you can expect.

[Robert]

Originally Posted by freeatlast

Sorry, I thought you said you made 20K in your post. Sorry for the misread. I still say about 25K is what you can expect.

You are not looking at the big picture. If you get hung up on the starting salary you will never make it at ERAC. (sarcasm)

[freeatlast]

Originally Posted by Robert

You are not looking at the big picture. If you get hung up on the starting salary you will never make it at ERAC. (sarcasm)

Heh, heh. Yeah if you are concerned with paying rent and feeding yourself you just aren't livin' the dream.

[Robert]

Originally Posted by freeatlast

Heh, heh. Yeah if you are concerned with paying rent and feeding yourself you just aren't livin' the dream.

Hey, what about roommates? I know 4 MTs that share an apt. It's really cool because they can get drunk every night together after work and they let other people from the company crash their too. Bitchin' man!

[nickibeezy]

so it is a base pay, no "bonuses" right?

[One The Way]

In the UK the starting salary is £15,400. If you do out of hours, get a bit of overtime and pass your stages expect to get around £16,600. But that's still not a lot considering the hours.

I think in the UK that averages at about £6/hour, with the minimum wage being £5.52/hour.

[noeracforme]

Well, you have to account the numerous neck ties you have to buy every two months because they get ruined washing and vacuuming cars...the white shirts you have to replace every month because it attracts everything and stains like you wouldn't believe. Oh, yea, the dry cleaning. You would think that ERAC would strike up a deal with a dry cleaning service but I spent more time at the dry cleaners than with my own family.

So take into effect all of that, your take home pay will probably be like 18k/year. Slightly above working at a fast food restaurant. Hell, I made more in college bar tending part-time. At least I didn't have to worry about upgrading a guy to a Corona from a Miller high life or selling insurance in case he spills his drink in the bar, we would replace the drink at no charge.

Go somewhere else.