My ERAC Story

Originally Posted by Unregistered

As far as splitting branches, history has shown that greater coverage always leads to growth. If you have a 200 car office and you split it, you'll get two 150 car offices in time. It happens regularly. So, splitting branches is definitely a way to grow.

But erac tends to open up these new offices in a coverage area that already exists for another branch. They are not really establishing much growth when they simply open up in an area that they already cover as a company. Branch mitosis must be one of those ideas that look great on paper, but looks like crap in practice. Splitting branches does not yield those growth results most of the time these days from what I saw and from what I read. All erac accomplishes by doing that is to decrease the commision of the managers of the pre-existing branches and giving a miniscule commision to the new manager that takes over the new branch. The more experienced manager gets pissed and the new one will be pissed once they get over the initial excitement of being promoted and realize what happened. This sounds more like a way to decrease the amount of the commision the company has to pay out rather than a chance to provide an opportunity.

If a new branch opens in an area that is already being serviced by another location, you're not going to see growth of both those offices. If they never opened the new branch up to begin with, the original office would see all those new customers that would comprise the growth they are hoping on. By splitting offices, Andy still rakes in the money regardless of the locations, but the employees bring in less. They end up competing for the same business, stealing deals and encroaching on each other's pickup territitory. When a company preaches teamwork and employee satisfaction and then follows up that promise with bullshit like this, all they accomplish is the creation of a system that guarantees them to upset and lose quality employees.

[Dosequis_XX]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I wouldn't necessarily equate a prospective ERAC candidate scared off by this site as "saving a life". There's even a possibility that a person could have an enjoyable career at ERAC like I did for about the first 9 years. I felt like I learned a heck of a lot about business during that time. I also didn't mind the hours, the pay early on, or washing cars in a suit for that matter. I think ERAC took someone who was the standard sleep-through-class, lazy college kid and made him into a hard-working, disciplined businessperson.

I can look back now and laugh, and I don't miss it for a minute, but aside from the last couple months, when I decided it was time to work for me rather than Andy, I had a great time. There are some very successful, intelligent, and talented people at ERAC.

I can't speak to the type of level III employees each group has in management, but since those people are thrust into a position where they have to make tough and often unpopular decisions, they will be ridiculed in any company. I see it daily in completely unrelated business. Put anyone who posts on this site in a leadership role and they'd be the subject of criticism.

Nine years and you were a level 3, not exactly setting the woods on fire.

[Popper1977]

Originally Posted by newbie

Hi everyone! I have an interview today at enterprise but cancelled it because of what I've heard from this forum. I was planning to work there for 2 months to see but I got so scared that I just cancelled it. thanks?

You made a very wise career decision. It is not worth 2 months of your life to eventually move on. If you have aspirations of succeeding in a sales career, ERAC is NOT the sales career the recruiters market it to be. Sure, you can up-sell, push the fake insurance, and maybe even get promoted to a dime-per-hour more position as a result of these bogus sales, but do yourself a favor and keep the job search going. The rental-car industry is tapped out at this point and the chances of rapid advancement are slim to none.

[Dosequis_XX]

very good call

[familylast]

It is strange how everyone's stories are basically the same. The people who "bleed green" are the ones I truely feel sorry for. If you can't see how the company has taken advantage of you, that is sad. My management had absolutely no redeeming qualities. My AM slept with a manager, my BM drank after hours while driving us to pick up cars WITH employees in the 15 packs. Another BM slept with an MT. These were married people WITH families, the Level II & III employees who couldn't see how sad their lives were.

We, the ex ERACers, are the ones who saw that our families, friends, and moral standards were more important than a $9/hour job. WE ARE THE LUCKY ONES WHO GOT OUT!

Originally Posted by 6figures6yearslol

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[Dosequis_XX]

ha ha ha

i would LOVE to hear about some ""CAR-PREP"" Stories

and i'm not talking about ""interns"" or mt's or ma's or anything of the sort, just pure and low-life simple ""car-prep"" stories,


if you were the upper hand and you had car preps that just, up and left, WHY did they leave???

what was their reason for leaving you high and dry???

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Boy this is sad. You have got be the biggest idiot I have ever conversed with. Here are you words directly: "What on Earth makes you think Limbaugh is/was the most listened to person on the radio? You're an ass!"

Here was my comeback supported by facts: "Rush Limbaugh.Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri) is a American radio talk show host. A commentator with a conservative point of view, he discusses politics and current events on his show, The Rush Limbaugh Show. His show was first nationally syndicated in August 1988, and as of 2005 (according to Arbitron ratings surveys) its audience was estimated at between 14 and 20 million listeners per week, making it the largest radio talk show audience in the United States."

Using simple reasoning a monkey can come to the conclusion that if you have the biggest audience, you are the most listened to person. No spin, just facts.

I like George Norry.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

go tell your stupid "you work at a car rental agency" bullshit to the thousands of ERAC employees earning 6 figure incomes living out the dream. I can tell from your post you are a limp-wristed liberal.

6 figures? who? where? You must be talking about the old farts that have been with the company for 25 years or more. It was a dream to work there in the 80s, but times change, pal. You're a dumb ass. Tell me how much the Taylor family loves you.....know what I mean?