Miserable - Branch Manager Hertz Employee Review

1.0
Feb 22, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you can make it to manager, you get a company car with gas and insurance.

Cons

Never enough staff or cars for customers, you have to answer the phone with "we have cars" even when you don't which creates more stress, you have to market yourself to local body shops etc but how you do that being short staffed and selling yourself when you don't have any cars is another story, there are unreasonable goals given circumstances you work in, once people start achieving goals to make bonus ... They change the bonus structure and no bonus for you! Did I mention you have to clean the cars yourself? Some locations don't even have a garage. Have fun when it's below freezing! I could go on but I think I'll just leave it at this.

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