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[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

Originally Posted by 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

No I didn't enjoy. You're a TOOL!!!!!Take that crap somewhere else.

[ravencr]

Why is crap? It's an honest opinion just like everyone else on here, isn't it? Tool? How old are you?

Chris

Originally Posted by ravencr

Why is crap? It's an honest opinion just like everyone else on here, isn't it? Tool? How old are you?

Chris

I'm 29 and i think you are a tool with a small penis.
why else would someone come to a website like this and defend his job?
because you feel insecure...everything in your long winded post has been repeated to me, almost word for word, by my ex-ERAC bosses.
the same tired mantra about how great andy is, how sucky the pharam business is, and how the modern graduate just can't hack ERAC.
fucking tired son, your song and dance is.
I am enjoying my wonderful friday off, which i get off every other week.
how does a rental monkey like yourself have time to post on a friday?

[ravencr]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I'm 29 and i think you are a tool with a small penis.

How old are you?

why else would someone come to a website like this and defend his job?

I wouldn't call it defending my job, just letting people know there's always two sides of any story.

because you feel insecure...everything in your long winded post has been repeated to me, almost word for word, by my ex-ERAC bosses.
the same tired mantra about how great andy is, how sucky the pharam business is, and how the modern graduate just can't hack ERAC.

I'm not insecure, not personally or in my job. That's why I'm successful. I never knocked Pharm sales...I actually have considered it myself probably just like the rest of the Enterprise employees out there. :) Do I think pharm sales is for me? Probably not. Why? Because I want to achieve greater than being a lifelong sales guy making a very good living. I want to help others become great success stories and make a fantastic living doing it.

fucking tired son, your song and dance is.
I am enjoying my wonderful friday off, which i get off every other week.
how does a rental monkey like yourself have time to post on a friday?

I'm not in rental, I'm in fleet management, as I mentioned above.

Chris

Originally Posted by ravencr

How old are you? I wouldn't call it defending my job, just letting people know there's always two sides of any story. I'm not insecure, not personally or in my job. That's why I'm successful. I never knocked Pharm sales...I actually have considered it myself probably just like the rest of the Enterprise employees out there. :) Do I think pharm sales is for me? Probably not. Why? Because I want to achieve greater than being a lifelong sales guy making a very good living. I want to help others become great success stories and make a fantastic living doing it.I'm not in rental, I'm in fleet management, as I mentioned above.

Chris

how old am i? didn't i just say i was 29? christ chris.
bullshit, you've knocked pharma everytime you mention it.
you try to go about it snide like, claiming how you don't want to be a lifelong salesman...but instead, you wanna be a lifelong car rental lackey.
fleet or otherwise, that's what you wanna be...you are not changing lives, you are not that important, you are the laughing stock of the auto biz
harsh i know, but that's the sad reality.

[ravencr]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

how old am i? didn't i just say i was 29? christ chris.
bullshit, you've knocked pharma everytime you mention it.
you try to go about it snide like, claiming how you don't want to be a lifelong salesman...but instead, you wanna be a lifelong car rental lackey.
fleet or otherwise, that's what you wanna be...you are not changing lives, you are not that important, you are the laughing stock of the auto biz
harsh i know, but that's the sad reality.

This is totally not true, but everyone has their own opinions. I haven't knocked pharm sales at all. I've considered it on many occasions. It's not the reality that we're the laughing stock of the auto business. In fact, we're the highest respected company in the industry from our peers. From the outside looking in, did I ever imagine working for a car rental company? Heck no, in fact for the same reasons you mention, I thought I'd be laughed at by my peers. But, they don't laugh anymore.

Chris

[FreefromGreen]

Chris, congrats on your successful career.

Bear in mind a few things however. You are only as good as your last month...I have seen loyal employees who "resign" (aka...forced out) after a bad month or two as area mgrs.

Also, what have you sacrificed to be where you are? Did you have a divorce or severe relationship issues? I know for the few years i worked there I gained a significant amount of weight, lost time to do any hobbies, stressed out about freaking rental cars, lied to customers and employees, and had zero pride in telling people what I did.

Again, I am merely presenting the other side. YOu are equivalent of winning the ERAC lottery. One in five thousand employees get to where you get. It is not a matter of people "not hacking it". In fact many many many people realize ERAC is not the gold at the end of the rainbow and move on and become successful beyond their wildest dreams. for example, I quit ERAC and at the age of 25 am making close to 6 figures and am buying my own business (for a secondary source of income) and I work between 30-35 hrs a week. I would say for myself, it was well worth quitting.

I am not begrudging your success, but you know as well as anyone that ERAC is not the dream that recruiters and managers claim to be. Happy lottery

[ravencr]

Originally Posted by FreefromGreen

Chris, congrats on your successful career.

Thanks! I wouldn't call it a total success, because I don't wake up every day loving my job, but I also don't hate it by any means. I also work 7:30-5:30pm and have some overnight travel probably 1-2 time/month simply because of our unique circumstances for our territory. Most in my position don't ever do overnighters.

Bear in mind a few things however. You are only as good as your last month...I have seen loyal employees who "resign" (aka...forced out) after a bad month or two as area mgrs.

Yeah, that's moreso the case of average performers and sales in general unfortunately. That's the case in any sales heavy place, I would imagine. Each month is a fresh start to the same thing you used to doing every day, unfortunately.

Also, what have you sacrificed to be where you are? Did you have a divorce or severe relationship issues? I know for the few years i worked there I gained a significant amount of weight, lost time to do any hobbies, stressed out about freaking rental cars, lied to customers and employees, and had zero pride in telling people what I did.

I haven't sacrificed anything in my opinion. I did initially in rental just from a time standpoint, but other than that I still run, still do my hobbies, and I don't have to lie to anyone. I definitely don't have any relationship issues with my wife. But, I see it happen to a lot of people, not only at Enterprise. You've probably read how many of what people would consider the most successful people in the world have been through divorces over their careers and other stuff, which is merely a decision to fix or not to fix it.

Again, I am merely presenting the other side. YOu are equivalent of winning the ERAC lottery. One in five thousand employees get to where you get. It is not a matter of people "not hacking it". In fact many many many people realize ERAC is not the gold at the end of the rainbow and move on and become successful beyond their wildest dreams. for example, I quit ERAC and at the age of 25 am making close to 6 figures and am buying my own business (for a secondary source of income) and I work between 30-35 hrs a week. I would say for myself, it was well worth quitting.

That's great man! I'm glad you've experienced great success, as I'm sure many others have as well that quit Enterprise. I hear ya on the lottery thing, but I honestly believe that it's possible for anyone to make a good living at Enterprise if they're willing to do the work and put up with more crap than they expected or were sold, possibly.

I am not begrudging your success, but you know as well as anyone that ERAC is not the dream that recruiters and managers claim to be. Happy lottery

I appreciate your response and it not being a direct attack on me personally. There's plenty of great folks out there that would never want to work at Enterprise and vice versa. That's the beauty of living and working in America. We have lots of options to achieve our personal goals.

Chris

This site is fun. Your all a bunch of babies. I have been with Enteprise for 8 years. I am a Region Rental Manager and I made 275K last year. I have an interview for an Regional Vice President spot next week. If I get it and do nothing more than simply show up for work I will earn nearly 400K next year. This job is so simple. For all of you that could not hack it and hate Enterprise... Good. More money for me and my friends that do well and love life. I love going to the bank where Ex Enterprise employees work and asking for my account balance and watching their eyes get real big. It's even better when I give them my card and offer them a job and watch their jaws drop with disgust and they realize that could have been them...