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Originally posted by Lil' Hannah
Also, I've heard that Enterprise Rent-a-car is a cult-like company. I don't really have any details but an older friend told me. I don't know if it's a pyramid scheme or that they're just really hyped up on "what's good for the company is good for us all!"
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I've heard some
bad things about Enterprise. A friend of mine worked there for 2 years after graduating from college. Basically, it was a 75 hour a week job. He came to work at 6am and didn't leave until 9pm. He also worked on Saturdays. That's fine for some people but many are getting paid accordingly for all those extra hours but he was only getting paid $30,000 per year. In other words, he was getting paid about $7.50/hr. He could have just been working as a retail sales clerk for that money and not have the same stress from the job.
Enterprise told him that he would only be working from the office by his house. Six months later, they told him that he would have to work at the airport for 2 months (they do this to everyone, supposedly). He hours were much longer since I think the airport car rental places are open 24/7.
He washed cars in his suits. He also had to pick up customers at their homes.
The title they give you is manager-in-training but you're basically a slave. They tell you that you can move up to being manager of the office but it takes many years and a lot of work. Most people quit before moving up to a real management position.
When he was hired by Enterprise, they told him that he would be promoted within 6 months. After 6 months, they told him there were no management positions open. After a year, they still told him that there were no management positions open. In the meantime, they kept putting new college graduates in his office under the management-in-training position. They were all being told that they would have a managerial position within 6 months. After being there for two years, Enterprise told him that they weren't going to promote him because he wasn't working hard enough (when he was basically doing things for the office manager because the office manager was lazy). When I asked him why he stayed for so long when he basically knew they were screwing him, he said it was because they almost brainwashed him into believing that everything he was doing was great for the company and that he would one day be rewarded for it.
He is not the only one I've heard this from.
When Enterprise came to my school for a career fair last year, a lot of the students were avoiding the Enterprise booth like the plague. I overheard a girl saying, "They're bad. They don't tell you all the job requirements when they hire you and once you're hired, they sucker you into staying."
The unfortunate thing about Enterprise is that my friend didn't gain any real management experience. He basically drove customers around, handled their complaints, and washed cars. I don't think that looks so good on a resume.