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Originally Posted by the city
Need some advice. I have an interview with Enterprise coming up. Pays WAY more. $14.25 plus commission and in the right location. Anyone have advice for working at Enterprise?
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That was my first job out of college. I don't remember them paying commission, but perhaps that's changed.
Would I work for them if I were you? that depends on what you want to do with your career. Enterprise has a VERY good management training program, and everyone they hire will legitimately know everything they need to know to run a branch within about 8 months or so. If you want to go on into business management elsewhere, it's a good place to start.
That being said:
You will work your ass off there. It's not a desk job, especially if you're in a small office. You will be scrubbing and cleaning cars on top of everything else you have to do.
They take their sales expectations seriously. If you don't hit your goals, there's the door. One of those was a customer service score shared by the branch that was hard as hell to hit- but I don't know if they still use that.
This isn't really a career position. this is a starter job. Enterprise hires or hired more new graduates than anywhere in the country. There is a massive oversupply of trainees vs. open positions in management. Should you be lucky or skilled enough to land a branch management or assistant management position, know that there will ALWAYS be a couple dozen people gunning specifically for your position and hoping that you fail. Not a great environment to be in long term.
Make sure the area you are in is not high crime. I've got some horror stories I can't print, some of which involve dead bodies in trunks, and enough drugs that I could have quit and become a kingpin.
If i had the option to do that, or go into recruiting- I'd do recruiting without a second thought. In fact thats exactly what I did when I left enterprise and that NEVER stopped paying dividends for me.
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