Thinking of doing the Summer Internship

Originally Posted by letsgetalong

I am just as upset with all the people that quit and want to blame ERAC for their problems. The come on here and vent that ERAC is the worst. It is their own fault that they failed. There is no need to bash ERAC. Like you said, it's not for everyone. The 1st few years are tough, no doubt about it. All those whiners that feel ERAC is the cause of their, "lack of success!" are the people that make us want to come on here and defend our great company...

Many people have found great success. It is not a pipe dream, it is a very challenging journey that not everyone will complete...

Nah, i think you got it twisted...not too many people come here and are pissed about a lack of success...some people here have been level 3's and have seen a lot of the company. In your quest to be super patriotic erac guy, you have overlooked the fact that many here have been with the company longer and know more.
Not everyone is a failure, not everyone is flipping burgers.
I guess you are AM or lower.
But anyway, about "success." The truth of the matter is not too many people here want success at renting cars. It is an unglamorous job that is not stimulating in anyway. It doesn't require creativity or individuality.
Your impact on people is minor no matter how much you dress it up.
The education required is low (how many MBAs or PHDs you know that work at ERAC? Now look at a company like microsoft, gm, nike, NBC...notice a difference in education levels?)
This success you talk about does not appeal to many, fuck I wouldn't take an ARM spot even for 100k...the cost just isn't worth it. I'll gladly take my 50K and love what i do, as opposed to hating my life and having no free time.
And like it or not, people talk...if a large portion of people are unhappy about something, they will comment on it. Call it bashing if you will, blame it on free speech or hippy liberals, whatever...but people are unhappy with their experience at ERAC and rightfully so

You are very wrong. The very few level III's on this site are failures. As for not needing to be creative, oh you are sooo wrong. It is the people that take the Taylor's dream and make it their own that separate themselves and make it a success. People like you that did not make it to your MQI because you can't sell nothing to nobody are the ones on this site complaining becuase you couldn't be creative enough. I am sorry that you failed, but that is what you did. No matter how you look at, you failed at, what you call a job that requires low education. People that work for GE, Microsoft have the same education that we have. My brother in law works for Microsoft and has the personality of, well probably like you. I, on the other hand have been with ERAC for nearly 9 years and love it. I make more $$ in a year than you make in 5. I have seen 22 year old college grads who were broke, transform into 27 year old business people who have more $$ than you will ever have. We all love what we don and wouldn't trade it for anything. Come back and maybe you can use become a success this time around.

Originally Posted by yoursomistaken

You are very wrong. The very few level III's on this site are failures. As for not needing to be creative, oh you are sooo wrong. It is the people that take the Taylor's dream and make it their own that separate themselves and make it a success. People like you that did not make it to your MQI because you can't sell nothing to nobody are the ones on this site complaining becuase you couldn't be creative enough. I am sorry that you failed, but that is what you did. No matter how you look at, you failed at, what you call a job that requires low education. People that work for GE, Microsoft have the same education that we have. My brother in law works for Microsoft and has the personality of, well probably like you. I, on the other hand have been with ERAC for nearly 9 years and love it. I make more $$ in a year than you make in 5. I have seen 22 year old college grads who were broke, transform into 27 year old business people who have more $$ than you will ever have. We all love what we don and wouldn't trade it for anything. Come back and maybe you can use become a success this time around.

The best part about this guy's post is that he talks about education, yet he misspells his own username. YOUR in that context should be YOU'RE. Maybe you should take some of that marvelous money YOU'RE making and take some classes at the local elementary school. I see YOUR education level is outstanding! You should be embarrassed at the way you write. YOUR line here is a classic:

"People like you that did not make it to your MQI because you can't sell nothing to nobody..."

Where did you go to college?

Originally Posted by yoursomistaken

You are very wrong. The very few level III's on this site are failures. As for not needing to be creative, oh you are sooo wrong. It is the people that take the Taylor's dream and make it their own that separate themselves and make it a success. People like you that did not make it to your MQI because you can't sell nothing to nobody are the ones on this site complaining becuase you couldn't be creative enough. I am sorry that you failed, but that is what you did. No matter how you look at, you failed at, what you call a job that requires low education. People that work for GE, Microsoft have the same education that we have. My brother in law works for Microsoft and has the personality of, well probably like you. I, on the other hand have been with ERAC for nearly 9 years and love it. I make more $$ in a year than you make in 5. I have seen 22 year old college grads who were broke, transform into 27 year old business people who have more $$ than you will ever have. We all love what we don and wouldn't trade it for anything. Come back and maybe you can use become a success this time around.

I would give you credit for your success if you weren't such a seething toolbag. There is so much opportunity out there, you act as if the only road to success is ERAC.
It's not...personally, I've finally found the most rewarding career...it's a relief to actually make a change in this world, how ever small.
Forcing upgrades to old ladies and selling boats to immigrants just isn't that moving of a job. i never felt the passion.
I felt worthless, unimportant.
Another retail tool in a sea of tools.
You'd be surprized at the level of education in other job fields, you said it yourself you've been with ERAC for 9 yrs...proly a hire right outta college with little job experience other than ERAC.
While your liberal arts degree in History from FRAT U placed you into Andy Taylor's loving embrace, it's not going cut it at other compaines.
If it did, I doubt you would still be working at ERAC, hustling the dream like some corner pimp to fellow C college students recently dropped out or graduated.
Just know that while you busy changing peoples lives renting them cars, their is people out there actually making a difference and using their educations.
Scorched

I did the intern program and would recommend it to others to do. I did work full time for 1 year after I got out of school and was then recruited to do something else that called for less hours w/ more pay.

Here are some indisputable facts about erac....do you have a chance to make "good" money there if you get promoted...yes...is it leaps and bounds more then any other industry not really...

as for promotions...ERAC is the truest of all pyrimids.....if hard work is all it took many more people would be GM's...but heres how it works for a typical city

300 people (give or take) come in at the bottom...work the longest hours for under 30k...

40-60 of those get promoted to BM and make 40-75k or so..

of those 6-12 make it to Area M

of those 1-3 are city managers

of that 1 gm...


it takes lots of hard work/butkissin...and making buddies w/ people....my thought is if you were smart/cut through enough to make it to a city mgr or above and put the time/effort of that...why didnt you truly build your own biz instead

Originally Posted by Education

The best part about this guy's post is that he talks about education, yet he misspells his own username. YOUR in that context should be YOU'RE. Maybe you should take some of that marvelous money YOU'RE making and take some classes at the local elementary school. I see YOUR education level is outstanding! You should be embarrassed at the way you write. YOUR line here is a classic:

"People like you that did not make it to your MQI because you can't sell nothing to nobody..."

Where did you go to college?

Are you really looking at grammar? You are an idiot. This a site designed to laugh at your failed attempt at life. Nice comeback. Better luck next time.
I WIN, YOU LOSE. GIVE UP AND GO FLIP MY BURGER BEFORE IT BURNS...

Originally Posted by youranidiot

Are you really looking at grammar? You are an idiot. This a site designed to laugh at your failed attempt at life. Nice comeback. Better luck next time.
I WIN, YOU LOSE. GIVE UP AND GO FLIP MY BURGER BEFORE IT BURNS...

You didn't answer the person's question. Where did you go to college? Also, talking in absolutes isn't exactly the mark of intelligence. Some fail, sure. But lots of people just leave because they want to do more than rent cars for a living. Or they want a better work/life balance.

Give up on your cult-fueled rhetoric. Nobody here is buying what you are trying to sell.

You lose.

Have fun working 60+ hours a week while life is passing you by.

[whatdude]

Back to the original topic for a minute - the summer internship, relatively, isn't a bad situation. You don't work as many hours and you go to a good amount of training sessions, which amount to paid days off in an air conditioned corporate building. The key to the internship, which I think was mentioned before, is the branch that you end up working in. Chances are you'll end up in the office that you interviewed in, unless that policy has changed. If you seemed to get along with the people you interviewed with and the office seemed to have a decent vibe among the employees you should be fine. You'll learn some things and put some experience on your resume, which is always good. The internship is especially good if you are looking to go into sales out of college, especially if your goal is a job with a pharmaceutical company right out of school.
I used the word relatively earlier in the post because if you aren't sure sales is what you want to do and you have the opportunity to intern at a different company, I'd take that first. That said, it's all about what you have for options. A summer internship is a better way to invest your time than bartending/waiting tables - you can still do that on the side for some extra $$.

For the rest of the people debating the pros and cons of Enterprise, we all know where that discussion has been and where it's heading. For every valid point someone makes on either side there will inevitably be a ton of mindless rhetorical respones to it. So you might as well give up trying to make rational points and just make fun of each other, it's way more entertaining that way.

Best career!!! Enough said!

Originally Posted by Unsdsf

Best career!!! Enough said!

Shut up Andy