Job Responsibilities
I developed and managed new and existing corporate account
business. Our goal was to continually improve our business over
the previous years numbers and hit our projected annual
numbers. It was a full time sales and marketing position. I
oversaw over 18 individual sales people and over 20 locations
directly under myself.
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Job Requirements
Education requirements: Bachelors is preferred but truely not
necessary to learn this business.
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Uppers
Enterprise taught you how to run a business from the ground up. It was first
hand experience.
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Downers
The hours are absolutely terrible. When you start you need to
expect to work a 50+hour work week for little pay and reward.
Expect to wash many vehicles yourself, which is why I assume you
need a degree for a management trainee position. Pay is
promoted by the recruiters but you soon find out that it is
scewed from what you were told. Upper management is very
stagnant and the growth that is happening is not reflective of
lower level promotions. However, current upper level management
seems to be highly rewarded and promotable.
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Lifestyle
I would say to do your homework on Enterprise and ask around to
make sure it is the right fit. It is a great company to learn a
solid business philosophy from and to use on your resume but not
a career winner. I worked for Enterprise for over 11 years and
although I do not like the promotion structure and how it is
managed (i.e. by opinions as opposed to by performance). A
general manager can voice their opinion on how you are doing and
your performance is not taken in considertation. There were
countless times that I saw people being promoted on the "buddy"
system rather than who could do the job the best.
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Compensation
The compensation when you first start out is over exagerated.
However, if you can move up the company ladder then it does get
more attractive until you hit a ceiling. The pay scale
resembles a pyramid type structure, which is why it is difficult
to move to the next level. Benefits I would measure as below
average for a company of this magnatude.
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Advice to Jobseekers
I would say to do your homework on Enterprise and ask around to
make sure it is the right fit. It is a great company to learn a
solid business philosophy from and to use on your resume but not
a career winner. I worked for Enterprise for over 11 years and
although I do not like the promotion structure and how it is
managed (i.e. by opinions as opposed to by performance). A
general manager can voice their opinion on how you are doing and
your performance is not taken in considertation. There were
countless times that I saw people being promoted on the "buddy"
system rather than who could do the job the best.
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