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[davidpalmer]

Can someone please answer the question I asked if they have any knowledge.....Just basically asking if the training program is highly regarded and worth just sticking it out for a year of miserableness

[voice of truth]

Originally Posted by davidpalmer

Can someone please answer the question I asked if they have any knowledge.....Just basically asking if the training program is highly regarded and worth just sticking it out for a year of miserableness

Not worth it. IMHO, you're better off working at a bank for the first year. Same rate of pay, less hours, you deal with the same CS BS, and will look good on your resume.

[Curtis E. Carr]

Originally Posted by Robert

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Careers - A Day In The Life

How false is this? And what is the "a coming storm means more business in the next two days so you beef up the schedule". What does beef up the schedule mean?!?!?

Here is a far more accurate snippet of a day in the life:

6.57am You roll in half dressed. You've had to come in an hour early to do the 7.30 am delivery that you only had a car offhiring at 23.30 last night for. An equally pissed off colleague drags himself in 2 minutes later and you set off. On the way to collect the car you both vent your anger at finishing at 9pm last night AND having to come in early today.

12.10pm It becomes obvious that despite your best efforts, nobody is getting a lunch break again. You called Mr Wilson half an hour ago to tell him that despite booking his van 3 weeks ago, you do not have one to give him. You spent the next few minutes learning some new words from the livid customer.

15.40pm Despite having to cancel your van deal earlier, a corporate deal has come through without you even being asked. Your Area Manager threatens you with the sack for daring to state the fact that you have no van available. Then your life is saved. Guess what? Area Manager phones to say a van is offhiring in another branch's area. The van is 45 minutes from your branch and offhires at 6.30pm.

6.45pm All your drivers and MTs get back from the seven deliveries they've been doing. You can now set off on the hour-and-a-half round trip to get the van and deliver it 20 minutes away in the other direction. At 9pm you have finished and drive home thinking why you and another member of staff have had to work three hours each with no hope of being paid for it so the company can earn £24 for the one day rental on that van.

[voice of truth]

Originally Posted by Curtis E. Carr

How false is this? And what is the "a coming storm means more business in the next two days so you beef up the schedule". What does beef up the schedule mean?!?!?

Here is a far more accurate snippet of a day in the life:

6.57am You roll in half dressed. You've had to come in an hour early to do the 7.30 am delivery that you only had a car offhiring at 23.30 last night for. An equally pissed off colleague drags himself in 2 minutes later and you set off. On the way to collect the car you both vent your anger at finishing at 9pm last night AND having to come in early today.

12.10pm It becomes obvious that despite your best efforts, nobody is getting a lunch break again. You called Mr Wilson half an hour ago to tell him that despite booking his van 3 weeks ago, you do not have one to give him. You spent the next few minutes learning some new words from the livid customer.

15.40pm Despite having to cancel your van deal earlier, a corporate deal has come through without you even being asked. Your Area Manager threatens you with the sack for daring to state the fact that you have no van available. Then your life is saved. Guess what? Area Manager phones to say a van is offhiring in another branch's area. The van is 45 minutes from your branch and offhires at 6.30pm.

6.45pm All your drivers and MTs get back from the seven deliveries they've been doing. You can now set off on the hour-and-a-half round trip to get the van and deliver it 20 minutes away in the other direction. At 9pm you have finished and drive home thinking why you and another member of staff have had to work three hours each with no hope of being paid for it so the company can earn £24 for the one day rental on that van.

They are both accurate...they just left your parts out.

I must admit. It's pretty clever marketing. They are setting the applicant's expectations. I'll offer my advice again to anyone thinking about working for Enterprise...STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE! IT IS NOT WORTH IT!

[Frank the Tank]

Originally Posted by davidpalmer

Can someone please answer the question I asked if they have any knowledge.....Just basically asking if the training program is highly regarded and worth just sticking it out for a year of miserableness

Hell no!!

[GMEN1]

Hey... what are you all doing instead of working for enterprise??? how about some advice for alternative entry level jobs... thanx...and thanx for helping me make the decision not to work there

[voice of truth]

Originally Posted by GMEN1

Hey... what are you all doing instead of working for enterprise??? how about some advice for alternative entry level jobs... thanx...and thanx for helping me make the decision not to work there

You can start another thread with that topic.

[erudite"eracer"]

Originally Posted by Popper1977

You make a great point. Eloquence is not an attribute of a career ERAC employee, therefore you will hear no phrase more articulate than "can't hack it" or "make it happen," or the classic "my ARM makes 80K." Also, the poor grammar, spelling, and punctuation in posts made by those defending ERAC are a dead giveaway.

I whole-heartedly agree! When I first started erac I was appalled to see the level of intelligence I was expected to compete against. Needless to say, with such paltry competition it was ostensibly effortless to get to the bitch ass dinners....talk about a slap in the face...you bring $250,000 in via your commission sales and then are congratulated with a $20 dinner

[whatdude]

Originally Posted by davidpalmer

Can someone please answer the question I asked if they have any knowledge.....Just basically asking if the training program is highly regarded and worth just sticking it out for a year of miserableness

Whether it's highly regarded or not depends who you interview with. Whether it's worth a year of miserableness is a whole different story, but I'll focus on the highly regarded part.

A few people I worked with left and went into pharmaceutical sales, and all of them said that at some point during their interviews the person interviewing them mentioned the fact that they were impressed by the Enterprise training program. Two of the three set up their interviews while picking up/dropping off fleet customers who worked for the pharmaceutical companies. So I'm sure if you ask them, they'll tell you that yes, the training program is highly regarded and yes, it is worth sticking it out. Just keep in mind that they took the initiative and created a better opportunity for themselves.

From my personal experience after ERAC, no one knew anything about the training program or really even cared to hear about it, but I would say that's due to the career path I chose after Enterprise (marketing). That's not to say that working for Enterprise didn't help me get to where I am, because it definitely did, but I can say that the reputation of the training program had absolutely nothing to do with it.

So, whether the training program is highly regarded or not depends on who you're talking to and whether or not you're staying in a sales related field. Whether it's worth sticking it out for a year depends on what your goals are. Enterprise can be a stepping stone to a better job or it can just be the worst 3 months, year, or 3 years of your life - which of those it turns out to be is up to you.

[Mr. Electricity]

Originally Posted by erudite"eracer"

I whole-heartedly agree! When I first started erac I was appalled to see the level of intelligence I was expected to compete against. Needless to say, with such paltry competition it was ostensibly effortless to get to the bitch ass dinners....talk about a slap in the face...you bring $250,000 in via your commission sales and then are congratulated with a $20 dinner

erac does not want nor
will it ever want brainiacs,
they want C students who
can do kegstands and who wanna
lead the frat life forever