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    Updated Dec 2, 2019

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    3.0
    43%
    Recommend to a Friend
    52%
    Approve of CEO
    Avis Budget Group CEO Larry De Shon
    Larry De Shon
    324 Ratings
    Pros

    • "Good commission and benefits in terms of pay and using cars" (in 105 reviews)

    • "Good benefits and co-workers are pretty awesome" (in 70 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Long hours, working in every condition" (in 84 reviews)

    • "micro management - upper management have 0 respect for the employees and treat with little to no dignity" (in 76 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons

    1. "Excellent work environment and friendly colleagues"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Assistant Content Manager in Bracknell, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I worked at Avis Budget Group full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Open and friendly work environment. Prompt and helpful HR and facilities teams. Comms are regular, informative and good fun. Office layout and communal spaces perfect for relaxing and networking. Very much encourages work/life balance.

      Cons

      Takes a long time to get permission to get licenses for some software. Makes hosting some meetings/webinars more difficult than necessary.

      Avis Budget Group2019-09-25

    2. "Good commission but bad management"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Current Employee - Rental Sales Agent 

      I have been working at Avis Budget Group full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Good commission and benefits in terms of pay and using cars

      Cons

      Management are useless at times

      Avis Budget Group2019-11-06
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    3. "Your mileage may vary"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Leader in Bracknell, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Avis Budget Group full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      There are pockets of the organisation with strong leadership and good career prospects, particularly in the rent-a-car operational parts of the business. You may genuinely thrive if you value process and hierarchy.

      Cons

      If you're a free thinker or a fast mover it's unlikely this is for you; you'll feel stifled by the centralised, top down decision making, lack of pace, lack of authority and inane investment process.

      Advice to Management

      Stop the innovation theatre, focus on getting the basics right. Transforming an organisation into a genuinely innovative environment takes more than just giving people a form to fill in - focus on values and culture first. Recognise talent and push authority and accountability to the teams and individuals that can turn the business around - and then genuinely get out of their way.

      Avis Budget Group2019-10-24

    4. "Opportunities to expand knowledge"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Technical Support 

      I have been working at Avis Budget Group full-time

      Pros

      Many systems and technologies (old and new) giving you a wide depth of opportunity to learn new products

      Cons

      Official training can be hard to come by, as per many organisations. Not sure of long term support abilities within organisation

      Avis Budget Group2019-09-30

    5. "Salary"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Marketing Executive 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Avis Budget Group full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Lovely people + good infrastructure

      Cons

      Takes time for projects to be completed due to red taps

      Avis Budget Group2019-09-06

    6. "Absolutely amazing company to work for with a lot of opportunities to prosper"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Avis Budget Group full-time for more than 10 years

      Pros

      A company that recognises valuable staff and treat their employees well

      Cons

      Nothing negative hence my length of employment

      Avis Budget Group2019-07-31

    7. "Great company"

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      Current Employee - Rental Sales Agent in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Avis Budget Group full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Great company to work for.

      Cons

      No main downsides for this company

      Avis Budget Group2019-06-02

    8. "Nice people, large tech debt"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      No Opinion of CEO

      I worked at Avis Budget Group full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Nice people, friendly atmosphere, collaborative environment

      Cons

      Significant tech debt, focus on new flashy things instead of fixing underlying problems

      Avis Budget Group2019-05-25

    9. "Customer Service Assistant"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 

      I worked at Avis Budget Group full-time

      Pros

      Flexible, good support, good team to work in

      Cons

      Pure results based/not particularly mindful of staff happiness

      Avis Budget Group2019-05-15

    10. "Business development manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Avis Budget Group full-time

      Pros

      Met some lifelong friends

      Cons

      Not enough fleet, lots of cliques, frosty atmosphere between locations

      Advice to Management

      Start being proactive instead of reactive

      Avis Budget Group2019-05-03
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