Angry manager and slow drop off, what is happening with the loyalty program???
Once again I would like to start by praising some of the staff at Green motion. Because they (and the fact that the cars are cheap) are the only reason I keep coming back. Particularly Abdul. He is one of the friendliest and helpful people you will ever meet. If he ever leaves green motion, I will be changing my car supplier. Abdul I would like to extend special praise to your services once again. You make the experience 10/10.
However a disappointing visit again for several reasons. Firstly the manager ‘Debby’. It is so unprofessional to scream and shout at your employees full stop. It is highly unprofessional to shout at them with customers present. This isn’t the first instance she has done this. But it was so loud, I could hear her shouting from the check in area, and she was in the key drop off location. I have been in here before and she has screamed at a brand new employee because he was trying to help. I am fortunate enough to have been a manager and I never shouted at my employees. It makes not only the customers feel embarrassed, but shows a clear lack of management skills and is unacceptable. The employees work their hardest and her screaming at them doesn’t help anything get done. It sends a shiver down everyone’s spine and completely turns the atmosphere of the room toxic. I look around and see all the customers shaking their heads and looking perplexed. The employees look frightened. She clearly has some anger management issues that need to be addressed. She even came in and bragged to a customer ‘did you hear me shouting at them’ and laughing about it. It’s absolutely shocking behaviour.
Secondly, dropping off. For some reason this time it took me over 45 minutes before I left green motion after returning my car. And this isn’t the first time I’ve waited so long. One employee on duty for checking cars, so he was busy with another customer. He did apologise, but after standing outside waiting for 20 minutes I started to get agitated. The reason because the customer before me had had a small dent on her car. So he was pre occupied with her and paperwork. Couldn’t someone else have helped me check out?
That takes me onto the shuttle bus. My bus sat there for 20 minutes whilst I was sat on it. It was only when I asked what time it was leaving and mentioned I was going to miss my train that the driver shut the door and left. He seemed to be waiting for everyone queuing up or some other thing? Even though another bus was waiting behind him. The buses never seem to follow a schedule, and times before I have missed it and waited 30 minutes, or sat there (like today) and it not moving. Why offer a shuttle service if it’s going to be an inconvenience? A customer shouldnt have to allow for almost an hour to drop the car off when going to an airport. As this is an airport located car hire company.
Also after reaching ‘VIP’ status on the loyalty program. Earlier this year I was downgraded to gold, and now I find myself silver? Why? They seem to keep changing the loyalty requirements every month and now offer nothing special to their regular customers. I have now rented 25 cars from green motion yet I am now considered only ‘silver’. If you can’t offer perks to loyal customers, they will go somewhere else.
Normally I have a 10/10 experience at green motion. But this time let down by the manager and her anger issues, and dropping the car off. If the cars weren’t such a good price, and you didn’t have such good employees I would not come back.
September 10, 2018
Unprompted review