I left a really good company who is still taking care of their employees during this pandemic to come work for Hertz. I can honestly say that was the biggest mistake of my entire life.
If I am washing toilets with my personal toothbrush daily, I still wouldn’t go back to work for this sh– show company.
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This has been a poorly run company for years. Consistently in top 10 worst companies to work for, burn and churn staff and managers at alarming rate, running up huge debt, cooking the books to pay huge bonuses to top leaders, shoot from the hip poor and frantic decisions, and phony schemes and employee projects to keep staff distracted from the horrible management and leadership from this group. They destroyed everything they touch. No surprises now that it’s all catching up with them.
They sold you the dream! Great company! Leaders who care. Financially stable company. Listen to the quarterly investor calls Kathy and team make it sound like the company is flourishing. Instead they all have their heads in the sand pretending the issues are not there!
Don't beat yourself up over this. What you did is typical of what anyone would do if a better offer was out there. No one could have foreseen the shutdown. For now, do something temporary like work at an Amazon Warehouse and/or keep looking for another job as dismal as the job market is. Our government has made a mess of this economy without proper research - so please do not blame yourself or the company your went to work with. Don't go down that road. There will be a lot of negativity out there but you are still that same amazing person that had a steady job weeks ago. These are strange times and you will make it.
Honestly speaking, you aren't taking any fault here. You made a decision to leave that company. Don't blame it all on Hertz.
If i were you, i’d write a note to your old company saying exactly what you wrote here. When they start hiring again, they may reach out. Can’t hurt.