If you can move the furniture around and make things look like new, you can do well. - Region Employee Hertz Employee Review

2.0
17 Jan 2011
Recommend
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Pros

-The people around you are generally good to work with. -Use of company cars is very helpful, especially when traveling. -Hertz employees in other areas take care of you. -If you can make it to a level where you dont have to work goofy days/hours, work is usually decent and you go home happy with the job you have done. -Most others at your level are able to give advice or help out as long as you ask pointed questions.

Cons

-The higher up the chain you go, the more corporate politics and bureaucracy are present. -Do not disagree, or ask your boss to provide the logic behind the choices made. This is not a logical company. -Current culture is "every man for himself." This means do not share information. You are supposed to hope that others fail, otherwise upper management will train their eyes on you. -Upper management currently has the mentality that they need to "move the furniture" in order to make things look new so that when Park Ridge or consultants come in to judge them, they can show how they changed things. It may not be for the better, but as long as the setup is different, the higher ups seem to like it. -Very hard to get straight answers out of supervisors. If you have not worked at Hertz for 25 years, no one really cares about you.

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5.0
18 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

No micromagement , You earn incentives when customers forget to fill the gas , also when the car was damaged and they accept to pay , managers are nice , deal with Karen and difficult customers sometimes , rush hours where there is no room for cars but it is worth it

Cons

Fluctuate schedule you might work middle shift today , tomorrow you work early morning shift like 5AM and next day you work closing shift 1 to 9 PM. It is just bad for me because I just experienced personal household problem so I have only one car in the household so I had to leave

2.0
22 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

It is possible to make a difference if you are determined enough. Many engineers work hard and most try.

Cons

The company has a ton of tech debt that it recognized, but is not being addressed. Management controls the time, scope and so quality is falling. The people they have hired lack fundamentals understanding of software development practices. The company often will make decisions to save small amounts of money with their facilities and tools they give to employees without understanding the opportunity cost that was lost. Overtime is required. You can't work here if you want to have a family or keep your family from hating you. Title inflation is real. Many people are actually performing one level down from their stated title and those that are not are only not failing due to putting in crazy hours. Middle management wont stickup for their people to ensure they are not burning out. They see it happening multiple times in front of them and they do nothing.

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