Fine, until the bean counters took over. - Outside Sales Representative United Rentals Employee Review

2.0
May 16, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A good name and respected in the industry. Decent fleet of equipment. Fairly good community involvement. Highly experienced qualified people who absolutely know their business.

Cons

Became highly micro managed. It seems mangements goal is to see how many hours and production they can force out of people by insisting on mandatory meetings at 6:30 am so as to not impact the business day. Mandatory Debriefing everyday at 5:30 to go over the days sales calls, asking who was seen, what was discussed and what is your plan for the next call on this customer. It got to where we were making reports about reports, meetings about reports. The paper work that had to be completed became more important than serving the customer and renting equipment. So I quit.

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Cons

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Pros

Excellent benefits and a plethora of tools ans support. Company truck for sales reps at $75 per pay period. It’s a very well known company so you get a lot of business from national accounts. If you can get your foot in the door, it’s an experience that’s worth it. No regrets.

Cons

Due to their size and like so many publicly traded companies, there is a huge disconnect on the expectations. My manager did his best but you could tell his bosses were asking for unachievable results. My sales manager was clueless at her role and no sales experience to lead a team. Things she would ask from us were counter productive. Not anything I couldn’t deal with.

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