Life in a UK branch?

Im a recent university graduate, having done my degree in business management (predicted 2:1). I've got my interview in a few days. Before I viewed this site, i was really looking forward to working for ERAC, but now im a bit unsure. Most of the people on here are from America. I would like to get an HONEST perspective of someone who has worked at a UK branch.

1. Are the hours really long? i thought that legislation in the UK states that workers should not work more than 40 hours a week - anymore than this, they should get overtime

2. From what i've read, it seems that the people you work with are really friendly but the working conditions aren't the greatest?

3. Is this job really that different from many other jobs that graduates get into, as their first full time job?

4. What kind of incentives (financial or social - apart from drinking) are on offer for a management trainee?

Overall, people have slagged off ERAC on this site, but there seems to be real career opportunities within the company. I would really appreciate some UK views from past and present employees. Surely there must be some good you gained from the experience???

[FailingEnterpriseAdmin]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Im a recent university graduate, having done my degree in business management (predicted 2:1). I've got my interview in a few days. Before I viewed this site, i was really looking forward to working for ERAC, but now im a bit unsure. Most of the people on here are from America. I would like to get an HONEST perspective of someone who has worked at a UK branch.

1. Are the hours really long? i thought that legislation in the UK states that workers should not work more than 40 hours a week - anymore than this, they should get overtime

2. From what i've read, it seems that the people you work with are really friendly but the working conditions aren't the greatest?

3. Is this job really that different from many other jobs that graduates get into, as their first full time job?

4. What kind of incentives (financial or social - apart from drinking) are on offer for a management trainee?

Overall, people have slagged off ERAC on this site, but there seems to be real career opportunities within the company. I would really appreciate some UK views from past and present employees. Surely there must be some good you gained from the experience???

The message we keep hearing loud and clear here is that Enterprise is extraordinarily good at "selling" you on the position leading you to believe that there are "real career opportunities within the company" that are worth making a couple of years of sacrifices for. The reality appears to be that 199/200 make all the sacrifices and then get none of the payoff and then leave within one to three years, burned out and pissed off.

Originally Posted by FailingEnterpriseAdmin

The message we keep hearing loud and clear here is that Enterprise is extraordinarily good at "selling" you on the position leading you to believe that there are "real career opportunities within the company" that are worth making a couple of years of sacrifices for. The reality appears to be that 199/200 make all the sacrifices and then get none of the payoff and then leave within one to three years, burned out and pissed off.

Admin, you wasted your time writing that post!! You need to be out suing someone. That lady that cut you off on the freeway yesterday? Or the crippled veteran that flipped you off after you told him to get a job? There's got to be at least 50 people you could haul into court right now!!!!

Seriously, if you're broke, go take out a loan. Sue happy assholes like you make me sick. Not only do I hope you get nothing, but that someone in your professional environment finds out just how nutty you really are. People don't like to do business with crazy, compulsive-obsessive fruit cakes. What if some of your existing clients got a postcard instructing them to come take a gander at how you spend your free time? How would you react, I wonder? And what would your clients think? Would they see you as someone that's even keel?

Now, I'm not gifted with any type of telepathy or anything thing like that. But I can tell you what those people would think. In fact, I can almost assure you what they would think. And it's not good.