United Rentals Reviews

I have been working at United Rentals full-time for less than a year

Pros – Good management and growth. CEO has good communication with employees; send emails to employees constantly

Cons – overtime; a lot of changes due to acquisition

Advice to Senior Management – more training and career advancement opportunities

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

I have been working at United Rentals full-time for less than a year

Pros – Clean safe environment. Company provides ample tools to complete the work required.

Cons – Micro management at its best

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

I have been working at United Rentals full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Working with Contractors is nice. Having the use of all needed equipment, ie Truck, Laptop, Phone, Gas Card, Credit Card makes the success of this possition possible.

Cons – Mangers are very disrespectfull towards outside sales. Considered expendable. Put huge, unatainable goals upon you each month. Expected to do alot that does not get paid for, such as running deliveries in order to get your product out in a reasonable timeframe.

Advice to Senior Management – Learn from my Cons list.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at United Rentals full-time

Pros – Largest in the industry,
Lots of availability to move while staying at the company.

Cons – Experiences can vary wildly from branch to branch.
Generally understaffed for expected business growth on logistical side.
In my experience mid and upper management will not return phone calls unless emergency.
Definately have to watch your back, they will let people go very quickly.

Advice to Senior Management – Add more support staff, or cool down the growth projections, with the other metrics every branch is required to meet, their are not enough people employed to make everything work at that level.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at United Rentals full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Experienced, strong leaders
Vision for the future
Truly believes in partnership with customers, not just supplier/purchaser relationships
Encourages leaders to recognize and develop talent

Cons – There aren't many cons for me. I've experienced dramatic swings in the economic situation, and those fluctuations have taken us from one extreme to another, with risks at both ends. A couple years ago, we had hiring freezes, layoffs, consolidations, etc and now we're growing fast that it's difficult to maintain a high level of service without the infrastructure supporting current activities.

Advice to Senior Management – See all projects through to completion before piling on more. Allow time for each to be absorbed and adopted fully before building the next step. Not saying only do one thing at a time, but make sure each initiative is fully in place before trying to move on to the next.

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

I have been working at United Rentals full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – got a job and it pays my bills for the time being until i can advance if i can.

Cons – favoritism. hard to move in the company bec the turned the branches into a skeleton company. so people dont move

Advice to Senior Management – none

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at United Rentals full-time for more than a year

Pros – Exposed to all aspects of the business cycle.

Cons – There was poor management leadership and many of the employees didn't get along. The manager seemed to encourage the division amongst the employees.

Advice to Senior Management – I would have liked to see more communication amongst the staff members.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at United Rentals full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Salaries are good overall. Great benefits.

Cons – Older employees tend to be first to go during a head count issue, business downturn, etc. Company is very youth minded, focusing on the future of the company. When you cross into your 50's, watch out. You no longer represent the future for the company, and you are at a greater risk to be moved out as soon as a reason can be found other than discrimination. Older applicants with years of experience always lose out to younger college grads with no experience in the business. Very costly.

Advice to Senior Management – A company needs youth for the future, but, it also needs the wisdom and experience of others. Allowing older employees to train the young is more economical than pushing the young through a seminar, and then out to stumble around as they learn.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at United Rentals full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – size and ability to move up

Cons – Wrong people in manager positions

Advice to Senior Management – Review your talent and promote accordinly.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at United Rentals full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Atmosphere, Direct Manager, Some Benefits

Cons – Outsourcing, Company moved, No education reimbursement

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend