Considering working for Hertz

This is a f'd up thread I quit ecrap for a good reason and that was to accomplish better things in life and not be a chauffeur or a car prep, or to go work for hertz...why would anyone who hates erac want to work for their competitors ?? you will obviously be doing the same shit there that you did at ecrap. I'd rather deliver pizzas than go to hertz or any other rental shit hole.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I work for ERAC and have been VERY successfull. All these stories sum it perfectly. If you are not a winner, then dont work for a company who is made up of winners. There is a reason that ERAC is the number 1 Rental Company, we all succeed. If you dont succeed then you quit. The people who make the 6 figure salaries, again, are winners, not whiners. All I see on here are stories of whining and complaining.

and many butts have you kissed to get where youre at??? youre probablly a useless BM who went to college and had no clue why you were there. I hope you rot at erac. You will get no where in life and you know that. You think youre a baller, which is why you dont even own a car. IF I was makin six figures I would buy a benz or a beamer, how many CM, or AM do you see that own nice rides... ZERO...so take your bull shit somewhere else

^That quote has to be somebody trolling this board to get readers riled up and pissed. I can't believe somebody is that stupid to post that.

A company of winners? When I was there it was a company of drunks, druggies, and folks looking for a paycheck until they could get a real career lined up (like myself). ERAC is not the #1 company because you succeed. Its because the Taylor family made a very smart business decision to concentrate build their business model around insurance replacement customers and spread out their company to cover most every middle size and larger town. Everybody else ignored this segment for years, and only after the 9/11 disaster crippled the air industry and summarily the airport rental agencies did anybody else reconsider.

At this point, its very difficult for anybody else to break into the market, and it has little to do with us in the local offices and more to do with the national agreements we have with the insurance companies. If we lose one of the major accounts like Nationwide (and trust me, the only reason they will drop us is if the price goes up or somebody majorly undercuts ERAC, not if you don't call that ARMS res within an hour) then they will have a serious run for their money. But to do this, HLE for example, would have to spend vast sums of money to open thousands of offices all across the country to be able to offer the same level of (dis)service that ERAC does. No Nationwide, Progressive, State Farm Ins. company is going to drop ERAC and its thousands of locations for HLE who may barely have 1 branch for every 10 ERAC locations.

So get off your high horse. If your such winners, why do many of the people on this site who are "losers" end up going to jobs that pay more, work less, and generally seem to be much more satisfied doing. Hell if the company is doing so great and is full of winners, you'd think that they could afford more than the chintzy shit they give out for Christmas. I got more at my two part-time jobs I work after only a couple months then I did total in the 3 years I worked at ERAC. Explain that Mr. Winnar.

[ravencr]

Hello everyone,

I've been working for Enterprise since Oct of 2003. I started as an MT after having a few different jobs, such as a financial planner, car sales, and an executive director for a non-profit. Once beginning with Enterprise you realize that the hours are tough, but the people are great to work with. On top of the hours, you'll work non-stop hard all day, ranging from washing cars in a suit to hearing a customer yell at you for something either legitimate or pointless. But, after a hard day's work, you go home very exhausted and ready to relax.

But, to give you an idea of my career, do I like working for Enterprise every day? Nope, sure don't. Do I like it somedays? Yep, definitely. Have they treated me as they promised? Yes, over and above what I expected. Why you ask when all these other folks are bitchin' and moanin' about how bad they are? Why? Because they're not a good fit for the job. They were a bad hire, in most cases, or they lied in the interview that made them appear to be a better fit than they actually were.

So, you wonder how I can say this, right? Well, I started as an MT, probably worked more hours than most, probably cared more than most, took care of customers more than most, and got promoted quicker than most. I was an MT for 6 months, got promoted to assistant manager and was only an assistant manager for a couple of months. From there, I was promoted to Branch manager where I managed a branch for about 8-9 months. From that point, I decided I wanted to go into the fleet management division of Enterprise to really take advantage of my personal sales ability. I've been in the Fleet Management Division now as an Account Executive since April 2005.

So, big deal right? But, imagine this. If I had started at Enterprise straight out of college, I'd be approximately 24-25 years old making just shy of 6 figures, have a company car, 3% matching 401K, profit sharing, full benefits, 17 vacation days a year, and my next step is Regional Sales Manager running an office for Enterprise Fleet Management definitely making well over 6 figures. Now, in my case, I'm 28 years old, but still not to shabby for 28 years old considering I've been with the company for less than 4 years. How many other companies give you the opportunity to earn 6 figures that quick with the potential for millions later in your career.

In fact, Enterprise Fleet Management is similar to how Rent-a-car was 20 years ago. We're not in every state, we're not in Canada, and we're not overseas. If any of you had any idea what the opportunity here at Enterprise was, you'd probably change your point of view. Do I think the job is for everyone? Heck no? But what job is, right? But, for the right person with a personal drive to be extremely successful, it's a great place to grow. To give you an idea, after becoming Regional Sales Manager for a few years, performing well, my next would be to open a new group or state. To give you an idea, my Group Sales Manager makes over $400K/year and there's folks making well over $1,000,000/year, because they've worked their butts off to get there. Nothing great comes easy! Enterprise may appear to good to be true, and it's easy to focus on the the negatives of renting a car at Enterprise. But, the fact of the matter is, for the right person Enterprise is a great place to earn a living and retire very early, if so desired.

There's a lot more I could talk about, but keep in mind there's plenty of days in my career at Enterprise that I've wanted to quit. Did I? Nope, because that's the easy thing to do, just like the rest of the folks on this forum have done. Sure it's easy to get hired into pharms sales after working at Enterprise. But, will you ever make the kind of money I will, not even a chance in hell. In fact, to give those that are interested in tech sales a quick version of what they have for opportunity. Sales is the only positions that make the big bucks. Move up in the company and you'll decrease your pay. How's that sound? Pharm sales? Sounds great and is great if you want to be a salesperson you're whole life and make a solid 6 figure income, have more flexibility, etc. But, what happens when you underperform, the drug(s) you're selling go in the toilet or they lose their rights to a certain item? What kind of job security do you have? Do you think everyone in Pharm sales makes 6 figures? Do you think it's easy too? Have you ever asked one how much paperwork and time at home they spend doing reports? Nothing, nothing great comes easy regardless of the company or job, trust me.

Do you think the Taylor family got lucky and struck gold and it all just happened that they became a 9 billion dollar company. Heck no! They worked their tales off? Do you think Bill Gates has worked long hours? Heck yeah, probably way more than the average folks out there.

I could write a book at how lazy our age group of college grads are. The fact of the matter is our parents have most likely done okay for themselves and as your whippersnappers we expect to be able to do the same with a lot less work. If you ask most successful people in the world today, at some point in their life they worked harder than most, loved it more than most, desired their goals more than most, etc to get where they are today.

I'm done, hope you enjoyed!

Chris

^^WARNING HR TROLL^^^
this dude has posted the same post in every thread

[ravencr]

I'm not in HR, I'm in fleet management. It's easy to focus on the negatives of any situation, and much harder to focus on the postives.

Chris

Originally Posted by ravencr

I'm not in HR, I'm in fleet management. It's easy to focus on the negatives of any situation, and much harder to focus on the postives.

Chris

tell me then, why are you posting the same post in multiple threads?
why?

[ravencr]

I don't know, just felt there was so much information on the negative side, so I decided to spread som positive stuff about the company.

Chris

Originally Posted by Unregistered

^That quote has to be somebody trolling this board to get readers riled up and pissed. I can't believe somebody is that stupid to post that.

A company of winners? When I was there it was a company of drunks, druggies, and folks looking for a paycheck until they could get a real career lined up (like myself). ERAC is not the #1 company because you succeed. Its because the Taylor family made a very smart business decision to concentrate build their business model around insurance replacement customers and spread out their company to cover most every middle size and larger town. Everybody else ignored this segment for years, and only after the 9/11 disaster crippled the air industry and summarily the airport rental agencies did anybody else reconsider.

At this point, its very difficult for anybody else to break into the market, and it has little to do with us in the local offices and more to do with the national agreements we have with the insurance companies. If we lose one of the major accounts like Nationwide (and trust me, the only reason they will drop us is if the price goes up or somebody majorly undercuts ERAC, not if you don't call that ARMS res within an hour) then they will have a serious run for their money. But to do this, HLE for example, would have to spend vast sums of money to open thousands of offices all across the country to be able to offer the same level of (dis)service that ERAC does. No Nationwide, Progressive, State Farm Ins. company is going to drop ERAC and its thousands of locations for HLE who may barely have 1 branch for every 10 ERAC locations.

So get off your high horse. If your such winners, why do many of the people on this site who are "losers" end up going to jobs that pay more, work less, and generally seem to be much more satisfied doing. Hell if the company is doing so great and is full of winners, you'd think that they could afford more than the chintzy shit they give out for Christmas. I got more at my two part-time jobs I work after only a couple months then I did total in the 3 years I worked at ERAC. Explain that Mr. Winnar.

65000 employees last time I checked. Loser!

Enterprise is a growing company with a great future.On the other hand having worked for Hertz for 15 years a totaly differant company. saddled with union labor and very poor management .Hertz has added on debt to the point where it can no longer compete in price with the other rental companys.after a second unsuccessful initial public offering Hertz future does not look good.