Avis Budget Group Reviews

Pros

Company car, gas and insurance. Ability to purchase company stock at a small discount.

Cons

Due to ridiculous union rules the corporate office allows to exist at locations, unless you are a District Manager or Senior Airport Manager, the management team is expected to do the work of all the hourly employees (rent cars, clean cars, reconcile the system to ensure cars are showing up in spots, checking in cars, etc.) when the staff doesn't carry their own weight. This provides very little time to do actual managerial work and the company knows it. Because of this, after you complete your management training curriculum where you are an hourly waged employee working 40 hours a week (because the company doesn't want to pay for overtime), when you convert to a salaried manager position, the expectation is a minimum 10 hour day. It is not written anywhere but is verbally stated a lot AFTER you have already started working. Work life balance is one star because after working a minimum 10 hour day, you don't have the energy for anything else.

Pros

Not a very difficult job. Great company who really cares for you.

Cons

They over book cars and you have to deal with the crazy mean rude customers.

Pros

Good benefits PTO and sick days Fairly flexible schedule

Cons

Work late evenings and even overnight You have to stay hours past your shift sometimes if there is a flight delay Very unclear commission structure, feels intentionally vague and even rigged at times. I would be set to make commission in the 100-250 monthly range and often saw me lose all of that on the last day. You get paid based on your ability to sell insurance and upsell to larger vehicles. Your numbers get significantly crushed when someone rents for 30 days or more. There is no way anyone in their right mind would accept an upcharge for insurance of 12/day. This leaves the employee in an unfortunate situation where it is personally better for them to find a way to deny larger rentals that are good for business. It certainly doesn't leave a positive impression for the customer either, as there were times I had to do a rental knowing it was literally costing me hundreds of dollars, so naturally I was not thrilled and it would show. Little room for growth, at least in the location I worked at.