Pros
1. This job will BOOST your resume to the top of the pile when you end up applying for a new job. Many companies know how hard Enterprise employees have to work, the tough conditions, and the metrics we have to reach. Many companies also know that the trainee program teaches you to effectively manage. This job honestly is what got me my now dream job. I had over 10 different corporate customers give me their business card stating to call them when I am ready to switch companies because they were impressed with my sales pitch and know the hard work I had to put in to work for Enterprise. 2. One thing that will be hard to find at a new job is the social atmosphere that Enterprise has. Most of the trainees are fresh out of college (like me), and worked hard. We all bonded and became great friends because of the horrible work environment and awful upper-level management. It honestly felt like I was working with my friends all day which was nice. 3. You have a matrix that tracks your sales and TAR, which at times can be hard for people. However, because I had done a tough sales internship in college, I was able to be top 10 in sales amongst the Trainees and Management Assistants all 8 months I was with the company. This, again, looked VERY good on my resume and you can use this to your advantage as well.
Cons
I don't know how to list them all, so I will keep them brief: 1. For a management trainee program, it was crazy how bad this company is managed 2. Long hours. They will tell you it is 8am - 5pm with weekends off. What they don't tell you is that you will be showing up at 7am and leaving around 5:30-6pm most days. And, if your branch is open on weekends, you'll rotate working the weekend. 3. Pay is $50,000 or so BASED ON the overtime you will work. If you were to work a normal 40 hours a week, the pay is only something like $42,000 pre tax which is garbage. 4. They do not care how you sell, ethically or unethically, as long as your making the company money. You'll have trainings where they say they'll fire you and they do not tolerate it, but when it happens, they just give the person a slap on the wrist. 5. A lot of managers care, but at the end of the day, the retention rate is something like 5%, so if you have a problem with the company, they know they can just replace you. 6. Work-life balance is very tough. When your working basically 7-6 and every other weekend, its hard to fit everything in. 7. No matter how much the upper level management (area managers and above) act like they care about you, they only care about the revenue your bringing in. 8. The first 8 months, your fighting to sell and to be one of the best to get noticed by management and to promote, but the managers are the ones that make a profit off your sales. You get no commission on the money your bring to the table. I notified my manager about a dream job opportunity. I told him that I had accepted and would be giving a two weeks notice. It was an insane offer, being that I would almost quadruple my pay, and work 9-5 with weekends off from home. They ended up getting mad, and told me that I was basically fired as of that day, and did not let me work my two weeks. If you plan on putting in a two weeks, you might as well just quit.