Thinking about a Summer Internship...

[Johnny Boy]

Hey guys. I'm thinking about getting a summer internship at Enterprise. I'm gonna be done my Junior year of college, and am looking for an internship. I'm basically looking for a nice paying job, not a long-term career opportunity.

The internship would be in South Jersey. Does anyone have any info? What is the hourly pay? How many hours per week? Do I have to work weekends? What are the main responsibilities?

I've been playing phone tag with the person doing the hirings over the last few days, trying to set up a phone interview, which I don't see as a problem getting through.

I've been reading the site and am being very cautious with my decision. Any info into the life of an intern (not MT) would be appreciated.

Why did you come to a site called failing enterprise for advice on a career at enterprise. I would suggest you call an employee who is working there rather than coming here. If your too lazy to do that then you will fail anyway and you should simply go straight to taco bell.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Why did you come to a site called failing enterprise for advice on a career at enterprise. I would suggest you call an employee who is working there rather than coming here. If your too lazy to do that then you will fail anyway and you should simply go straight to taco bell.

Wow. That was helpful. I bet you feel cool for telling someone to work at Taco Bell.

I spent a few years working for Enterprise in South Jersey. I'll try to help as best you can.

I am not sure what area of SJ you are planning on working in, but if you are working during the summer, Jersey shore branches can get pretty busy during that time. I am not exactly sure about the pay, but I would imagine somewhere in the 9-10 an hour range. When I was an AM we had an intern in our office for a few months. You'll learn some business practices..., but many days are going to be busy, and you will be expected to wash some cars and pickup customers, drive to get other cars, etc. There may be some days when you don't get a full lunch break, but you should at least get far more than anyone else at the branch. Our intern worked about 2 saturday mornings a month, but if you give them some BS reason why you can't do saturdays when you do the interview, maybe you can get out of it. I am not sure how their rules are now, as I have been out of erac for several years.

Just weigh it against your other options. If you really just need to make some money, I am sure you'd make much more waiting tables. If you want some internship experience, it is better than nothing, but depending on your major, you may want to find something more relevant.

An internship is just that, an internship. Just get the experience needed to boost your resume when you graduate from college and life will be much easier when other higher-paying jobs start calling. A career as an MT isn't worth it.

Aside from that it'll depend on the branch size (cars in fleet) so you can always ask questions about the innards of the business and learn from that. But keep in mind just intern there to get the experience and get out. You'll thank my advice for this.

been there, say goodbye to your life, friends, anything you hold dear because your superiors will make you do all the jobs they don't want to do. An exhausting 7 months I'd like to forget.

[bill_and_paystub]

I think it depends on what line of work you want to get into once you graduate. Of course, a lot of people start at Enterprise because they don't really know what they want to do.

Your tasks will essentially be the same as an MT. I'd say it's unlike a typical office internship because you don't get all the bitch work thrown on you....but then again working at Enterprise is pretty much bitch work itself.

You'll make some money because you'll be working 50 hour weeks. On the plus side you'll generally get about one paid day off a week because you'll be going to training at the region headquarters in Pennsauken.

If you can get an internship with a "normal" company where you don't have to wash cars in 90 degree weather in a shirt and tie, then I'd say do that. While a lot of those companies (i.e. Merrill Lynch, etc.) don't pay their interns, it has value in its marketable experience. If you have an unpaid internship somewhere they will generally let your hours be flexible so that you can have a part time job to make money. That just depends on what your immediate money needs and spending habits are. Entry level recruiters value summer experience as one of the top criteria in candidates.

You will make some friends because everyone is so young and generally outoging, and Enterprise does set up a lot of events for its interns, largely to try to "hook you in" for the future. If you do get an internship with Enterprise, the experience will have value, but you must go in knowing that Enterprise is not the end-all, be-all of companies, despite what the higher-ups will tell you.