Avis Budget Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Avis Budget full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Benefit package/costs. Apparent stability in the company's financial status.

Cons – Lack of true path for advancement for entire company across divisional lines. Divisional leadership (director level) too autocratic, not cohesive. Lack of fair and un-biased job posting and hiring practices across divisional lines.

Lack of timely communication of goals from senior management to sales staff for bonus pay levels. (Who announces yearly goals after the year has begun?)

Continual moving target for sales staff who are trying to achieve bonus pay levels. (Again, changes are communicated after year begins, sales staff have to "catch up" - or miss goals! )

Advice to Senior Management – #1) Establish long-term expectations for sales staff. Year to year goals are very short sighted.

#2) Recommend senior management/human resources establish a standard path for advancing that is accessible to all levels of personnel in the company. Many times job postings are not visible - unless you know someone. Many times job postings are already filled - even though the "posting and interviewing process" proceeds or occurs weeks after a posting expires. Many positions are pre-determined (even though the interviewing process proceeds). Promotions occur many times with candidates who move across the country for a new position - when a very qualified candidate resides in the location that has the opening! Where is the corporate oversight for moving expenses/reasonableness? Why would a very qualified candidate already residing in a city with an opening be passed over? Why would management want to pay moving expenses when not necessary?

Another FISCAL Question:
How long is the Rolling Pride going to last and what is it costing? Is that really a prudent use of resources and a wise expense? Is it really building morale when the "team" really is not on the bus?

There are too many instances of who you know - not what you know or how well you perform in your position - that result in promotions and other perks....

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Avis Budget full-time for less than a year

Pros – I work in a fast paced, everchanging environment. There is the opportunity to work with many great people. We get a take home car and free tank of gas. Decent pay, along with good benefits and 401K.

Cons – We are expected to work minimum ten hour days with no overtime given. Most of my days are closer to twelve hours, which leads to a rough home life. The more you do, the more is expected of you.

Advice to Senior Management – Realize that most of us have families and children. There needs to be a healthy balance between work and home. We are required to wait for late flights, which takes a toll; I have had trouble staying awake driving home at 3-4AM after being at work from 3PM on. It's rough at times, but there are perks. (the car and gas are pretty good ones)

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Avis Budget full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The potential for money in a major US city is ASTOUNDING. Stay if you are just out of high school or college drop-out with minimal sales experience and great communication skill. Anyone with only a high school diploma has potential to make over 5X his/her expected salary. Your pockets are never empty. Majority of mutually leveled employees are great and fun to be around. The job itself is not very demanding for the pay grade. Benefits and the union are not to be over looked.

Cons – Employees must have integrity to spare. Give up ever view customer the same again in any post ABG customer service position. The exchange is really a 50/50 if you take an objective look at yourself after a shift. The managers turn blind eyes to much of the "stealing" through up-sells and coverage/ insurance. Many old time appliances even at some of the busiest locations.

Advice to Senior Management – The "do as I say not as I do" attitude is terrible. Please terminate those who deserve to be terminated no matter how likable.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Avis Budget

Pros – its a union job so you have fairly good job security

Cons – extremely hard to make any money!

Former Employee – worked at Avis Budget

Pros – Strong International Brand
Genuine Care for Employees
Great Culture

Cons – Work gets repetive and mundane
No external career development support for further studies

Advice to Senior Management – Challenge your degreed employees more!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Avis Budget

Pros – good health benefits with car and gas

Cons – too many long work weeks with no extra incentives

Advice to Senior Management – treat shift managers a little better to keep them long term

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Avis Budget part-time for less than a year

Pros – diverse employees with different language support

Cons – service too slow to find another client or candidate

Advice to Senior Management – stop wasting time with useless candidate.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Avis Budget part-time for more than a year

Pros – This role enhanced my communication skills and this help me develop my career.

Cons – its difficult to work in roll which is not relevant to your field of study.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Avis Budget

Pros – The people you work with are awesome.

Cons – The managers only care about CYA. They have no pride in their jobs.

Former Employee – worked at Avis Budget

Pros – get to meet a lot of different people and how to deal with them so if you enjoy that it will be ok

Cons – low pay for the job, not a lot of info been passed around, limited opportunity to move up the chain

Advice to Senior Management – not a lot of info or management sharing occurred, should do that to encourage junior employees to do a goo job