Poor Company - Area Manager Hertz Employee Review

1.0
Nov 6, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

If you have a solid management team that creates a positive culture, it can be a good place to work. Women have the ability to get promoted faster and easier. Drive a company car at the branch manager level.

Cons

Motivation and leadership is fear driven. At all levels. Hit your numbers, or get written up. Because of this, employees do shady business practices which gives the rental car industry a bad name. "Senior" leadership looks the other direction (GM, AM) as it pads their territory's numbers. These shady practices get rewarded with promotions which creates an endless cycle. The bonus structure has changed countless times and not for the better... salary can increase year over year but your total take home pay decreases. No communication between the branches and the pricing. The strategy is to overbook and let the branch deal with unhappy customers. The high utilization causes branches to put cars out on the road, that may not be safe, continuing to give the industry a bad name. Extremely long hours and stress. Not uncommon to work 60 plus hours a week. And have to come in on weekends. Harder to promote if you are male.

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5.0
Jan 18, 2026
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Pros

No micromagement , You earn incentives when customers forget to fill the gas , also when the car was damaged and they accept to pay , managers are nice , deal with Karen and difficult customers sometimes , rush hours where there is no room for cars but it is worth it

Cons

Fluctuate schedule you might work middle shift today , tomorrow you work early morning shift like 5AM and next day you work closing shift 1 to 9 PM. It is just bad for me because I just experienced personal household problem so I have only one car in the household so I had to leave

2.0
Jun 22, 2026
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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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