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Pay: As a college student, the pay didn't seem too terrible considering I have always worked part-time and only made anywhere b/w 200-300 bi-weekly. With Enterprise, you start off making anywhere b/w 800-900 bi-weekly depending on # hours worked. This is not horrible for someone who lives at home and has no bills or car payments - but realistically - no one wants to live at home forever and we all need a car to drive. Therefore pay is borderline poverty and you have to work 50+ hours to get this money.

Respect: Accounts and customers have NO respect for you. When I tell people that I have a degree, they always ask me what I plan on doing with it. In other words, no one in their right mind considers Enterprise a career for a college grad.

Benefits: Good. You get medical, dental, prescription, and can add on anything like vision, life, etc. Another benefit most do not mention is that you get a week of training, all expenses paid, and your managers will treat you to lunch every now and then. There are also branch, area, and regional activities like happy hours, dinners, bowling, beach parties, etc. These can be fun, but the downside is that Enterprise already takes up so much of your time that you sometimes dread having to spend even more time with your co-workers no matter how fun the event may sound.

Job security: I honestly think your job is secure as long as you don't steal from the company. You can come in late, wreck cars, and do all sorts of stupid things and they won't fire you.

Work/life balance: ABSOLUTELY NONE!!! THIS IS WHY I QUIT!!! Working all those hours is horrible. All I do everyday is wake up, work, come home, shower, and go to bed. There is no time for anything else and your weekends are spent doing everything else like chores, laundry, and finding a new job. Most of the time you still have to work Saturday too and that kills everything.

Career Potential/growth: I guess there is some. I do see people get promoted after about a year or so with the company, but it's all based on sales and numbers and not necessarily how hard you work. I am personally very hard working, am always punctual to work, and provide great customer service. However, because I have not hit any sales goals, I have not be recognized for anything.

Location: I live 10-15 minutes from my current office, but Enterprise will move you all the time, including to airport locations. I was already moved once after 4 months. Before you know it, you can tack on an extra couple hours for commute time into your work day. Then you'll really have no life.

Co-worker competence: Enterprise hires college grads. Fortunately at the first office I was at I had great co-workers and incredible management that knew what they were doing. We really did get along well and had fun in the office. Once I got transfered to a new office, all that went down the drain. You have to learn to adapt to a new team and that can seriously ruin the flow of business. It is common to move around at Enterprise and some people handle that well, but I personally take time to become comfortable around strangers so moving for me is difficult.

Work environment: Enterprise is supposed to be fun, but rarely is it. Most of the time I stress over getting lost trying to pick up customers, stress about what the customer will be like once I pick them up, or stress about not having cars to rent when the lobby is full of angry customers. Enterprise is STRESSFUL. Dealing with customers, working long hours, and driving most of the time is a pain.