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The Story of Hertz Going Bust

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Re: The Story of Hertz Going Bust

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Post by _ea1k »

namdnay wrote: post #46
hylaride wrote: post #36

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I've always rented from Hertz because they've historically been the least hassle, if more expensive than Enterprise. I live in downtown Toronto and don't own a car. I use car sharing for local needs, but the traditional car rental companies for when I need to leave the city. Enterprise has been consistently terrible. On multiple occasions I've had to wait hours past my scheduled pick-up time due to either understaffi…

I can’t remember if I’ve ever seen Sixt in North America? They’re definitely one step above the rest here in Europe

I've used them once in Florida. I've noticed that they do not seem to have as many locations here as they used to, though.

Re: The Story of Hertz Going Bust

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Post by halfmatthalfcat »

michaelcampbell wrote: post #59
stevetursi wrote: post #43

I am Hertz Alumni, 2011-2016. We had a great group of engineers and product people, many of us far too talented to be in company like what hertz turned into. We were under the leadership of an incredible division head and most of the folks in our group felt a deep sense of loyalty to her. Nearly all of us, including that division head, are gone now, mostly laid off. If you poll any random Hertz alumnus, the story you…

It's interesting to hear both sides. > Sidenote, the work we were doing was replaced with Accenture consultants, who couldn't handle it, screwing up so bad they ended up in court [3]. And elsewhere... > I had the unfortunate opportunity as an Accenture consultant to work on the Hertz redesign. ... Needless to say, leadership across ALL disciplines (mobile, front-end, backend, etc) was a fucking joke and they [presuma…

I think they mean Accenture leadership

Re: The Story of Hertz Going Bust

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Post by blaser-waffle »

compuguy wrote: post #56
thoughtpalette wrote: post #52

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I had the unfortunate opportunity as an Accenture consultant to work on the Hertz redesign. It was a shit show and hands down the worst project I've ever been on. I left Accenture but not sure how much I'm allowed to talk about it. Needless to say, leadership across ALL disciplines (mobile, front-end, backend, etc) was a fucking joke and they didn't listen to the red flags we brought up in literal sprint 1. Sorry to…

For the most part, all that I've heard of Accenture seems to match what you are saying.

I believe the parent comment was talking about the shitshow that Hertz was, not Accenture.

Re: The Story of Hertz Going Bust

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Post by blaser-waffle »

khuey wrote: post #53
rb808 wrote: post #45

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2014 - its interesting this is when headquarters moved from NJ to Florida. Its a bit like SV - are California/North East expensive because its worth it? I'm not sure if Hertz went downhill because of the move or you just can't run a smart company from Florida.

You can probably run a smart company from Florida if you start there but can you transplant a company from New Jersey to Florida and expect it to survive? These corporate HQ moves don't seem to work out well (e.g. Boeing)

Physical locations matters. I feel like we're appreciating the advantages -- but also the deep shortcomings -- of remote work and distant offices.

Re: The Story of Hertz Going Bust

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Post by SomeoneFromCA »

blaser-waffle wrote: post #63
compuguy wrote: post #56

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For the most part, all that I've heard of Accenture seems to match what you are saying.

I believe the parent comment was talking about the shitshow that Hertz was, not Accenture.

Both are bad. Every big "consulting" company sucks nowadays.

Re: The Story of Hertz Going Bust

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Post by halfmatthalfcat »

blaser-waffle wrote: post #63
compuguy wrote: post #56

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For the most part, all that I've heard of Accenture seems to match what you are saying.

I believe the parent comment was talking about the shitshow that Hertz was, not Accenture.

There’s a couple of us that were on the Accenture frontend team of the Hertz project that, justifiably, became amazing friends after such a dumpster fire of a project.

Accenture was just as culpable as Hertz in terms of incompetence and negligence.

Re: The Story of Hertz Going Bust

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Post by thoughtpalette »

blaser-waffle wrote: post #63
compuguy wrote: post #56

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For the most part, all that I've heard of Accenture seems to match what you are saying.

I believe the parent comment was talking about the shitshow that Hertz was, not Accenture.

Oh no, definitely calling out ACN, where I worked at the time. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

Re: The Story of Hertz Going Bust

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Post by michaelcampbell »

halfmatthalfcat wrote: post #62
michaelcampbell wrote: post #59

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It's interesting to hear both sides. > Sidenote, the work we were doing was replaced with Accenture consultants, who couldn't handle it, screwing up so bad they ended up in court [3]. And elsewhere... > I had the unfortunate opportunity as an Accenture consultant to work on the Hertz redesign. ... Needless to say, leadership across ALL disciplines (mobile, front-end, backend, etc) was a fucking joke and they [presuma…

I think they mean Accenture leadership

Could be; I only worked in one company with Accenture (and during the AC->Accenture migration), and the management in that gig was 100% "host company".

Re: The Story of Hertz Going Bust

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Post by hylaride »

inetsee wrote: post #49
hylaride wrote: post #36

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I've always rented from Hertz because they've historically been the least hassle, if more expensive than Enterprise. I live in downtown Toronto and don't own a car. I use car sharing for local needs, but the traditional car rental companies for when I need to leave the city. Enterprise has been consistently terrible. On multiple occasions I've had to wait hours past my scheduled pick-up time due to either understaffi…

I hated Hertz with a passion. On one occasion I reserved a compact car. When I arrived they didn't have any available, so they "upgraded" me to an Infiniti Q60. The Q60 is a two-door car; the other couple we were traveling with were older and it would have been extremely difficult for them to get in and out of the back seat. Fortunately, they had rented an SUV, so when we went to the same places on our trip we went i…

I generally have a 3-strikes rule with companies. Single-bad experiences can be for any number of reasons. The person you dealt could have been a jerk or going through a divorce, or whatever.

If I got a rental car that required premium gas, I'd still fill it with regular.

That being said, I hear you.

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