A Year as a Manager Trainee - Manager Trainee Hertz Employee Review

3.0
Jan 12, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

You learn sales skills that are based on a positive model. The job has a lot of variety, you're not just stuck doing the same one task all day everyday. It's a very fast paced environment where it's always different. You learn product sales, sales calls to promote the business, processing back office reports, handling billing, etc. You get to meet and work with a lot of different people.

Cons

The fact that Hertz promotes only based on sales numbers creates some problems with management. Managers often aren't the most knowledgeable or competent. Managers know one thing well, sales. This led to my location manager being extremely lazy and incompetent. Having to clean cars in dress clothes and ties ruins your nice clothes.

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5.0
Apr 13, 2026
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Pros

Great place to work in tandem with other professionals in your trade, always had a feeling of "family" working alongside my peers. We come together when times are tough, this is very rewarding,

Cons

The current economic and geopolitical spectrum have been proving a challenge to this industry as a whole, thankfully we are a resilient outfit with the best people at the helm.

2.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

It is possible to make a difference if you are determined enough. Many engineers work hard and most try.

Cons

The company has a ton of tech debt that it recognized, but is not being addressed. Management controls the time, scope and so quality is falling. The people they have hired lack fundamentals understanding of software development practices. The company often will make decisions to save small amounts of money with their facilities and tools they give to employees without understanding the opportunity cost that was lost. Overtime is required. You can't work here if you want to have a family or keep your family from hating you. Title inflation is real. Many people are actually performing one level down from their stated title and those that are not are only not failing due to putting in crazy hours. Middle management wont stickup for their people to ensure they are not burning out. They see it happening multiple times in front of them and they do nothing.

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