Horrible middle management. - Outside Sales Representative Sunbelt Rentals Employee Review

1.0
Jul 13, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Company as a whole is positive and fun. I hear from employees in other districts that they have excellent middle management that actually cares about each employee and wants everyone to move up and succeed.

Cons

Middle management in this area has no trust in the employees. They want to micro manage each employee and their methods. There is absolutely no room for advancement as they just hire in from competitors, and therefore, turnover is super high.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Pros

The local teams doing the work in the branches are the only team members that make it a positive experience.

Cons

Senior field leadership and it's byzantine hierarchy is filled with matrixed leadership jobs for people who have been good soldiers with long tenure. They don't know anything about the actual work at the branch level or in the markets. Often they spend thousands at meetings in hotels and at bars in the evening which is extremely unprofessional. These same individuals press their political advantage to make sure the people they don't like get dismissed or marginalized and often move people into leadership to virtue signal DEI values. C-suite has been lost since 2021. Budget forecasting, fleet planning, and execution has been weak and lacks strong leadership position. Geographic territories don't make any sense and regions are oddly divided up based on tenure loyalties and not the needs of the business. Senior leadership can be counted on to work Tuesday - Thursday but have no problem asking front line employees to diminish their salary with 60 hour weeks, and pointless Saturday shifts.

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