Honest Review Of the MT Program (after 2 month)
Sup guys. Just thought I’d share my thoughts on enterprise and how it’s been so far.
So yea, I’ll be honest I do work a lot, but I’ve gotten lucky with my branch (smaller branch and we usually don’t stay past 6-6:30pm). I do miss going out Friday nights and not having to work the next day , although working every other Saturday is tolerable.
The work is very physical for me. Walking around all day. washing cars as an MT? That’s real. The work isn’t sexy. Some days it feels like glorified retail…
…Until I’m sitting with my branch and assistant branch manager going over financial, discussing sales, cost management, and you realize “oh, so this is more than just washing cars. It’s operations management.”
You are genuinely learning how business work from the ground up. How to run a small profitable business.
You will become decent at sales whether you like it or not, and you’ll learn to be a hard worker 😭.
You spend so much time at the counter as an MT upselling vehicles, selling protections, you start to become a machine. I can honestly see why Enterprise employees are recruited heavily by sales orgs, and even now as an MT I’m getting LinkedIn messages by companies for comparable pay for their sales divisions.
I will say after having been let go from my last job, it’s refreshing to not only make a little more, but have job security and be building a career foundation even if the work day to day can feel unglamorous.
But yea, it’s not for everybody. I’d recommend people working here as an MT right now learn as much as they can, at least get promoted a couple times, before leaving, or if you leave make sure it’s for a legitimately solid company or role with upward mobility.
It’s not anywhere near as bad as people say it is to work here but it can definitely get to you sometimes when you’re sweating , dealing with an upset customer, or working the counter,
but having met so many professionals in my city, Enterprise is still recognized as a place that develops grinders and strong sales people, especially in the city I’m in.
Every other guy or girl who’s a strong professional in corporate here has a the same line of “oh,you work for enterprise? They are a strong company. We’ve hired 7 people from them!”
Don’t take working here as a joke lmao. It can be a legitimate career foundation especially if you perform and promote! Shows you have alot of grit , and companies still value you it if you stick around longer than a year .
You are still in a Fortune 500 Management Development program. That is real and companies recognize that.
Just thought I’d share my thoughts so far. What do you guys think?
*edit. Guys I’m not encouraging people to retire at enterprise . 😭😭 the point of this post was to mention you should be good if you leverage the experience and skills you learn here. You’re not doomed if you work here a couple years and then move on to a better paying job, or make a lateral move for better work life balance. It’s a good stepping stone .