- the pay. number 1. it never gets better unless you work in another department. don't listen to what anyone tells you.
- the responsibility. the thing about enterprise is, you really are running your own business. as a branch manager, you unlock the doors in the morning, weather a sh*tstorm for 12 hours, then lock up again. you take the good with the bad, but unlike a real business owner, you don't reap the benefits of actually owning your own business. at erac, you have all the responsibility and a small percentage of the reward. plus, you have to pay for previous managers' mistakes if they affected the numbers of the branch you inherited.
- work/life balance. get this out of your head. you either have a life and suck at enterprise, or you don't have a life and succeed at enterprise.
- the customers. you can move up to area manager, a level 3 position, but will still spend saturdays washing cars and having customers scream obscenities at you.
- it's degrading. you've worked hard through college, you know you're bright and talented, but when people hear you work for enterprise, it's almost like you told them you have an STD. they feel bad for you, they're embarrassed for you, they almost don't want to be around you for fear it's contagious. plus, sometimes customers think you're an idiot. i've had customers ask me why someone like me didn't go to college. imagine the look on her face when i told her i had a degree from a top UC.