TriNet reviews

3.4

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,359 total reviews)
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Mike Simonds

57% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

TriNet has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,359 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TriNet employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Feb 9, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Nice offices that hide the truth. Be careful. They will suck you in.

Cons

Everything else... Micro mgt to the hilt..... If you want to cold call all day and not be trained on what you will sell jumt aboard. Very complex solution and they expect you to learn it quickly. workers comp, employee benefits, payroll and all the taxes as well as a suite of HR products. they will turn and burn you faster that you will ever realize. they don't truly value their employees. RUN, don't walk away.......

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TriNet Response
10y
It sounds as if you were placed in a sales position you were not adequately prepared for. This should never happen. We would encourage you, in your next employment, to be forthcoming with your managers about your level of comfort in representing their products and services. As you know, it takes a great deal of familiarity to be confident in your sales approach. We likewise ask the same of our current sales personnel. We encourage them to ask questions, escalate problems to management, and learn to be fully engaged contributors. We regret that you did not feel that to be the case. We will bring your comments to the attention of sales management so that they may be aware. Thank you.
2.0
Feb 4, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The workload may be high but the work itself is very simple Very nice on-site amenities - 24 hour gym, free coffee, meals are sometimes provided on busy days

Cons

Oftentimes a stressful and high volume work environment (Tuesday-Thursday) The work stations/tasks are mind numbing and repetitive. Employees should expect to stay late at least twice weekly due to unreliable machinery or a high work volume. If you've ever done a group project in high school or college where one or two people in a group end up doing 80% of the work you'll know what to expect from the work culture in the distribution department. A failure of management is allowing half of the department to camp the easiest stations indefinitely. Despite what you're told during on-boarding the opportunities for advancement are few. Historically, an extremely small number of employees that started in distribution have advanced out of it. This is partially because, inter-departmentally, the distribution team is seen as incompetent and full of low caliber employees. Department is perpetually under scrutiny for poor performance.

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TriNet Response
10y
We are glad you appreciated the generous assortment of worksite amenities we provide. It’s all part of our efforts to nurture a caring and healthy environment (best place to work!) for all of our employees. However, we regret that you didn’t avail yourself of the opportunity to bring your concerns to your management team and/or your HR Business Partner. We encourage employees to do so – again, part of that caring environment we foster. That is how management learns what is going well, and what needs improvement. For example, in response to things we’ve learned about our Distribution Center, we have recently made many improvements you would appreciate. All team members are now being cross-trained so that they are able to complete the full variety of tasks in the department. Each coordinator now enjoys his or her own dedicated workstation. Machines are being serviced more frequently than before. And many more improvements as well. We do thank you for your feedback. As you can see, input like this is most helpful in assuring we maintain a top-notch operation. We appreciate all the work you do and hope that you are seeing the improvements. Always feel free to communicate any further issues with your management team and/or your HR Business Partner.
3.0
Feb 3, 2016

Service Ops

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, nice people, vibrant culture

Cons

There are just too many stagnant processes within the company

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TriNet Response
10y
Good advice! As part of the “vibrant culture” you recognize, we maintain an open door policy for new ideas that can make TriNet a better provider of services for our clients. And it sounds like you may have some! Please feel free to share your insights with management. Thank you in advance!
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