| Corporate Sales Manager (LCAM) |
I have worked with Enterprise for almost 11 years. As you can imagine I
have probably seen about everything there is to experience with
Enterprise. Where do I begin? I started out in the management-training
program (about a 9mth program) and worked my way up to branch manager.
I had the opportunity to run our groups largest locations (including the
most challenging office, an airport location) and was a branch manager
for a total of 4 ?? years before I switched to the corporate sales
department. If I were to address someone looking at Enterprise as a
career then I would have to warn him or her about the good and bad, of
course. The biggest negative factor would be the pay vs. hours. When
you begin with Enterprise (ERAC) you work an extreme amount of hours
(roughly 52-62hrs per week). You get paid an hourly wage and then when
you hit over 40 hrs you make time and a half. You throw in some bonuses
and this is how Enterprise comes up with the pay they advertise. Be
careful, they make a lot of accusations about pay and how much you can
make. You do not start making a decent living until you become a branch
manager of a large branch or an area manager or equivalent. Your career
doesn??t really even begin until you become a Manager or higher. This is
where the reward comes into play. The hard part is to get there and
depending on which areas of the country you are working in you will be
faced with different pitfalls to overcome. Once you are onboard,
mentally, you will embrace the corporate culture and hopefully enjoy the
people that work around you. Most of my best friends have come from
ERAC. Most of my best friends do not work for ERAC any longer either.
ERAC is really trying to emphasize diversity but does not always come to
pass depending on which area you are working in. They do the standard
training to make sure they look good but that is about it. Favoritism
weighs heavily at ERAC. What I mean by this is if you kiss enough tail
then it helps you get promoted. I am not talking about maintaining a
friendship. I am talking immoral fraternization between a supervisor
and subordinate. Most of the time the supervisor is married. It is a
sad state of affairs if you have to do a job for a job, if you catch my
meaning. You might as well look for another job if upper management is
against you in any form or fashion. On a lighter side, the dress code
is of a professional nature or should I say a very conservative one.
Gentleman in white shirts/ties and ladies in business suits or something
similar. In speaking about opportunities for advancement there are as
many opportunities as you can make providing you are in the right
circumstance. Something that I like about this global giant is you are
promoted upon skills, performance, and accepted responsibility and not
tenure. Again, in an ideal situation. People are both this company??s
strength and weakness. You have many egos that get in the way of good
business decisions and thus, ERAC could be a much stronger
organization. No job is perfect but if I had to give a recommendation
to someone I would say it is great experience but be cautious. I have
learned a great deal from this organization and have gone through many
hardships to get to where I am at in position. Then again, you will go
through hardships in any situation or job in order to be successful.
ERAC is not for everyone but many people have the time of their lives
here. Unfortunately, I will be ending my tenure here shortly due to the
general manager. Mr. Gold is a self centered and egotistical individual
that could not run a business if he was given a step-by-step instruction
manual. I say that because he would think he is to good and possesses
to much knowledge to follow instructions. Anyway, I was told that I
could not get promoted to the next level if I took my girlfriend, at the
time, with me. She also works for ERAC but not for long. I am ranked
as one of the top performing sales managers in the entire company. So,
if I can??t get promoted based on my ability but who I am with then I
would rather leave ERAC then become a bitter and negative person about
the situation. After all, there are a ton of jobs out there looking for
good people. Just ask Vault.com.
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