Management Trainee: What you need to know - but no EHI recruiter will tell you.
Pros
Work environment is fun and most customers are polite. They move you around to a lot of stores so you tend to get to know everyone in rental and most who work there are pretty cool.
Cons
The MT&MA's job is to sell car insurance while helping customers rent cars. You are ranked against every other employee each morning. 95% of customers have their own insurance and therefore, don't need it! You are expected to sell to 30% and your sales and tenure are the only metric used to determine promotions. Employees are hourly workers who must punch in. You must work a minimum 50 hour week including weekends. You must conform to a business formal dress code even in 100 degrees. And yes, you will occasionally wash cars, in your best clothes, in 100 degree heat. At least the car preps get to wear t-shirts. If you can hold out for 4 years under these conditions (affectionately known as "the grind") you will be rewarded with a small 100 car branch in the exurbs where you can begin your real career in rental. From there it gets pretty good with salary, loaner cars, etc. Turnover in the first 2 years in Central Texas Group was about 80% due to this culture.