Avis Budget Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Avis Budget full-time for more than a year

Pros – Company car + FREE GAS is great. It's additional under the table tax-free income if you think about it

Cons – LONG HOURS. Depending on your location, you either end up doing all the work, or you can hide away in the shadows and go unrecognized.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Avis Budget full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good people
never a dull moment

Cons – Management detached from reality of life in rental station.
Too much focus on middle management
Poor benefits for low grade employees
poor facilities

Advice to Senior Management – Respect your people, or lose the good ones

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Avis Budget full-time

Pros – Co-workers are great to be with, however they will do anything for a sale,

Cons – Hours are long, sales is geared towards taking advantage of the customer,

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Avis Budget as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Clean and clear metrics. You know what they want from You,and You know what will get for your performance. Good opportunities for moving up the company ladder. Talent programme

Cons – Sometimes ad-hoc problem solving, deadlines are sometimes too close

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work and maintaine the close and friendly atmosphere

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Avis Budget full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great team of experienced personnel. Half-decent pay, and the car benefits were very handy when fuel costs start to skyrocket. Lots of fun and useful vehicles to drive.

Cons – Lack of support for growth or maintenance of market share. Unrealistic goals and inconsistent accountability. Myopic focus on counter sales at the expense of almost everything else, including operations.

Advice to Senior Management – This business has low profit margins and most customers (and employees) are unhappy. Try harder to make the employees happy, and they will make the customers happy aka Southwest Airlines

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Avis Budget full-time for less than a year

Pros – pay in NYC is about 9.75 hr plus commission which can range from 300-2000 per mth if youre really, really good at selling.
ample training which really helps in selling
really great people to work with, very helpful and kind

Cons – higher management, not the location managers, can be shockingly unprofessional
I was once told by an agent that in this company, if a co-worker complains to upper management about you even if the accusation or complaint is unfair or untrue, they will tell you nothing about it and then fire you one fine day out of the blue with no explanation as to why. Wow!

Advice to Senior Management – Learn some HR skills. You really need them. You are not better than the rental agents. Listen to employee concerns and dont take sides. Be neutral and fair.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Avis Budget full-time for less than a year

Pros – full-time positions almost always available
will hire almost anyone who can pass a urinalysis
do not need a degree of any sort
some great people work for Avis
easiest job

Cons – the company does not value their employees
little to no recognition for hard work (or poor work)
low pay
located in airports usually, probably home to the grouchiest people in the universe

Advice to Senior Management – Reward those who work hard, punish those who do not. Smile.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Avis Budget full-time

Pros – - Very willing to help employee learn and grow
- Value the individual

Cons – There are no solid cons.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Avis Budget full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Sound family oriented company. Outstanding employees with diverse backgrounds. Great benefits. Majority of senior leaders are strong with good character.

Cons – No accountability back to employees. Goals (tied to bonuses) delivered consistently 4-6 months late. Perception far more important to senior manager of local market than reality. Totally self absorbed narcissus skilled at creating master illusion. Beautiful paint on the shell but egg is rotten.

Advice to Senior Management – Rolling pride spending huge $$$$$$ while money to develop customers and pay bonuses are stripped. Las Vegas penthouse suites and Hawaii....really? Accountability and respect is just as important back to the employee.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Avis Budget full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Benefit package/costs. Apparent stability in the company's financial status.

Cons – Lack of true path for advancement for entire company across divisional lines. Divisional leadership (director level) too autocratic, not cohesive. Lack of fair and un-biased job posting and hiring practices across divisional lines.

Lack of timely communication of goals from senior management to sales staff for bonus pay levels. (Who announces yearly goals after the year has begun?)

Continual moving target for sales staff who are trying to achieve bonus pay levels. (Again, changes are communicated after year begins, sales staff have to "catch up" - or miss goals! )

Advice to Senior Management – #1) Establish long-term expectations for sales staff. Year to year goals are very short sighted.

#2) Recommend senior management/human resources establish a standard path for advancing that is accessible to all levels of personnel in the company. Many times job postings are not visible - unless you know someone. Many times job postings are already filled - even though the "posting and interviewing process" proceeds or occurs weeks after a posting expires. Many positions are pre-determined (even though the interviewing process proceeds). Promotions occur many times with candidates who move across the country for a new position - when a very qualified candidate resides in the location that has the opening! Where is the corporate oversight for moving expenses/reasonableness? Why would a very qualified candidate already residing in a city with an opening be passed over? Why would management want to pay moving expenses when not necessary?

Another FISCAL Question:
How long is the Rolling Pride going to last and what is it costing? Is that really a prudent use of resources and a wise expense? Is it really building morale when the "team" really is not on the bus?

There are too many instances of who you know - not what you know or how well you perform in your position - that result in promotions and other perks....

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend