warehouse associate

driver

quality control lab technician

delivery driver

warehouse manager

Rentex Computer & Audio Visual Rentals

What is the best part of working at the company?
Relaxed management, lots of downtime during off-season.   

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Being to expected to grow employees with zero support from upper management.  The expectation to be available 24/7.  Extremely poor compensation.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The company lacks leadership from the top.  The disconnect between the office side and the warehouse operation is ridiculous and unnecessary.  The CEO's inability to acknowledge any employee that is below General Manager speaks volumes to the culture.  This company will not value you and does not care about growing it's workers. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Depending on the time of year, you could sit and stare at a wall for 8 hours.  Unless you like re-arranging the warehouse back and fourth or sweeping.  During busy season, when you arrive at work some days and 8 hour day could easily turn into a 12 hour day and you're expected to stay.

Kind of exciting when you first start until you see how things are run.  Starts all the way from management.  Salesmen make unrealistic deadlines that are heavily enforced by the management.  Your time outside of work is not valued and you are just a body to them.  Work environment is almost toxic.  Management favors a few individuals and disregards the rest.  You're expected to stay after your 9 hour shift if there is work, regardless of your plans or if you would like to go home.  They say you're allowed to leave on time but if you do they will hold it against you and even find a way to fire you. Don't get me started on the fact that there is no AC at all in there. When its 100 degrees in the warehouse and you take a breather with water in front of a fan you are immediately scolded or judged by leaders or management.

Couple pros is working with the gear and getting your early knowledge needed for a career in audio.  Other then that, its a warehouse job.

A typical day starts early, around 7 a.m., and is usually very busy. Morning drivers handle most of the workload because many deliveries are scheduled at the same time while staffing is limited. Trucks and vans must be loaded quickly, often while orders are still being finalized. I learned a lot about audiovisual equipment, logistics, and working under pressure. The hardest part of the job is last-minute order changes, missing items, and being rushed, followed by waiting, then being blamed for delays outside the driver’s control. Management often lacks visibility into how much work is completed early in the day, and appreciation is limited. Workplace culture can feel stressful and cautious. The most enjoyable part is driving and working hands-on with AV equipment, but long hours and late transfers are common.

The company was in a great path pre-COVID. Once the pandemic hit, the majority of hourly employees were laid off and the salary employees who remained were asked to work 70+ hrs per week and asked to take a pay cut.
Once things improved the salary returned, but most of the laid off positions were eliminated and absorbed by current employees.
There is zero trust and 99% of staff can’t work remotely (unless you are buddy-buddy with upper management. Yes, there is a lot of that too).

The AV industry is in shambles, but that is no reason to treat people in a disrespectful manner.
Overall, the company has great employees who carry the company, but they’re starting to leave in doves. 
At some point they should start asking: why is everyone leaving? 

Let me start by saying its really not a bad place. Just management wasn't all there. They had favorites which I know alot of places do. But some of them took it to the next level. That being said if you don't mind working 12 hours a day then this place is not for you. I mean they don't care if you have stuff to do work comes first. You never know what you will being doing the next day. The schedule always changes. Sometimes they call you after your home and say we need you to come in at 5 instead of 7 or sometimes instead of coming in at 7 no we need you to  come in at noon. Which is not bad if you only worked 8 hours. But that never happens. Free lunch every Friday if you make it there on time if not it will gone.

The company got too big too fast, and in the seeming desperation to fill necessary, and often very unnecessary, positions, they took to filling district management positions with amazingly unqualified individuals that use their newfound power to bully those below them into bending over backwards for no reason. Salespeople make unreasonable and often unrealistic promises to clients, which sets up the warehouse workers for failure when equipment either doesn't show up on time, shows up without enough time to get it properly ready, or not at all. Free lunches on Fridays.

What is the best part of working at the company?
They really care about you, and your quality of life. With this company, if you work hard.. you will live well.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
There is definitely an urgency for this job, and a need for accuracy, and quality.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Getting better all of the time. Growth is always tough for a company, but this company really is fair, and is a great place to work. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy, very busy... The growth we are experiencing is trmendous!

Was hired as a driver and spent too much down time working as a quality control technician. Very much a "hurry up and wait" atmosphere with either overwhelming amounts of work to do or nothing at all. Pretty much "on call" or working 24/7 with very few days to really call your own.

Working at Rentex has been a great experience and a solid introduction to the AV and event production industry. It gave me hands-on exposure to professional equipment, warehouse operations, and the fast-paced logistics that go into supporting live events. I learned a lot about gear preparation, quality control, and the importance of timing and communication in this business. Overall, it was a valuable opportunity to grow, build technical knowledge, and better understand how the production side of the industry operates behind the scenes.

The people that work there are great. On a local level.  Really seems like each branch in the company is treated differently.  The upper management(regional,executive, corporate, etc.) are very much disconnected from the staff and do not share any interest in developing the staff as well(in the dc location). I will say that I’ve developed good relationships with my coworkers.  I have learned how the A/V business operates. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Warehouse associate 13 salaries reported	$19.56 per hour
Driver 12 salaries reported	$22.73 per hour
Quality control lab technician 7 salaries reported	$22.32 per hour
Delivery driver 4 salaries reported	$24.13 per hour
Warehouse manager 1 salary reported	$67,500 per year

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