If you’re a shareholder wondering where all the revenue is going, you should examine the org chart.
Too many chiefs, not enough workers. Anyone else notice the surplus of VPs, directors, and senior market VAS managers—often stacked two or three deep for the same function? Hertz is throwing away over $10 M a year in combined salaries so a handful of people can “manage” 2–3 capable employees. Meanwhile, the frontline is breaking their backs with shrinking fleets, fewer managers, and less staff support—without even a cost-of-living raise. It’s insulting. Back of house is running around putting out fires with little to no staff with very limited OT to pay all the chiefs. This is not a depiction or example of LEAN staffing.
Yet the company is more than willing to hand out six-figure checks for roles that add little to no real value.