Pros
You get to drive different cars, such as the Chevy Camaro, Ford Mustang, Buick Enclave/Lacrosse, and other cool cars. I also learned different XM/Sirius Stations.
Cons
Hertz promises you an excellent professional training program and the ability to fast track your career growth in the company based on your ability to be a "self-starter". The truth is, you get a one week training class on how to sell or "fool" your customers into buying all the different waivers that Hertz offers. The rest you learn from your peers, and by peers I do not mean upper management because most of them started at the top and have no clue how to do your job. Basically what this means is you can go for years thinking you are doing all the right things at your job, only come to find out down the road you are not and you get fired while your direct supervisor keeps their job on the excuse that "they trusted their employees too much". What I have mostly learned from Hertz is there are two ways to leave the company: you quit as a disgruntled ex-employee, or you get fired because proper training measures are not in place which means you're doing your job wrong. If by some miracle you make it to upper management, congratulations you have job security!! You no longer have to participate in the day to day functions of working in a branch, much less understand anything that your inferiors are doing. Instead, you get to sit safely behind a computer telling people that they should do their jobs better, but not actually showing them how (because remember, as an upper manager....you don't have to train them just "hold them accountable"). Finally, Hertz is constantly stressing "grow your business", which all branch managers want to do because you are bonused off growth revenue. I ask you to go into any Hertz branch in MI and ask them how their present car situation is (say bye-bye to all domestic cars like Ford and GM......who needs those in Michigan anyways?) CEO Mark Frissora recently implemented a cost-cutting initiative. It is absolutely genius because what they are doing is drastically reducing fleet in MI to help save money. What does this mean for branch managers? No bonus off of growth!!! You can't grow with less cars!! Michigan's regional manager actually announced to all managers that if you have a Ford dealer (remember we are cutting almost all Fords) we need to ask for a rate increase from them or walk away from that business due to lack of Ford Vehicles. So now we are cutting fleet and CURRENT accounts, all the while upper management is holding an internal competition amongst branch managers for who can gain the most business. Again I say this is genius because all that money Hertz saves on fleet, and branch manager bonuses, goes straight to upper management bottom line and.....THEIR BONUSES! Hertz is a joke.