Publicly appears to be a great company to work for but it's not - Anonymous employee Sunbelt Rentals Employee Review

2.0
2 Dec 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits start after 1 month but If you are regularly on job sites seeking work you will notice the recurring listings for Sunbelt. It's not because they are growing and need more people, it's because people don't stay.

Cons

Management is not properly trained as most are promoted from Sales Reps so the work culture is not very professional. Company has designed the work environment to be micromanaged but presents it as "safety". Safety is not the priority, at least at the branch level. It's a very adolescent minded environment with favoritism, gossiping, back stabbing and the expectation that you are to "bow down" to managers because they think they are God's.

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We are sorry to hear about your experience and always encourage our team members to discuss their concerns with HR. Thank you for sharing your feedback.

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Cons

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Pros

The local teams doing the work in the branches are the only team members that make it a positive experience.

Cons

Senior field leadership and it's byzantine hierarchy is filled with matrixed leadership jobs for people who have been good soldiers with long tenure. They don't know anything about the actual work at the branch level or in the markets. Often they spend thousands at meetings in hotels and at bars in the evening which is extremely unprofessional. These same individuals press their political advantage to make sure the people they don't like get dismissed or marginalized and often move people into leadership to virtue signal DEI values. C-suite has been lost since 2021. Budget forecasting, fleet planning, and execution has been weak and lacks strong leadership position. Geographic territories don't make any sense and regions are oddly divided up based on tenure loyalties and not the needs of the business. Senior leadership can be counted on to work Tuesday - Thursday but have no problem asking front line employees to diminish their salary with 60 hour weeks, and pointless Saturday shifts.

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