TriNet reviews

3.4

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,356 total reviews)
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Mike Simonds

56% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

TriNet has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,356 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
Mar 28, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

None.... absolutely none, this place is a JOKE

Cons

Where do I start... You will be MICROMANAGED like never before. We had something called “micro-day” where every hour we had to go to our manager and tell him exactly how many calls and emails we did for that hour, the entire 80 man sales floor. We did this several times during what is called Championship season which basically means you are forced to work a minumum of 95 hours per pay period. This starts in September and ends in December. THE WORST JOB I’VE EVER HAD! If you can survive your first year at TriNet Inside Salesgood luck! They pay 40% lower than the field while you are doing the EXACT SAME JOB! By the way they Forced us to write postive reviews on Glassdoor.

2.0
Oct 10, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fun environment w/ colleagues. Benefits.

Cons

Management doesn't know what they are doing. Fails big time to teach their sales process - if they even know what their's is. It's a long sales process with too many internal changes. Constantly was told to do something completely different than what the other trainer/manager instructed to do. Going in as a newbie in the industry, I was reliant on the expertise of my trainers to learn. Constantly being told to do something completely different just caused confusion, and frustration. I succeeded due to me ignoring the chaos and stuck to what I learned from my previous sales job; which had an exceptional 6 week training program (compared to TriNet's 1 week Grand Slam.) Their HR is a joke. Although, benefits are good. Purely numbers driven. People are not people - they are numbers in TriNet's world. Had an excellent run for a number of consecutive weeks (over a month) where I exceeded sales numbers. As soon as my numbers dipped, my head was on the chopping block. At the same period in time, my field reps department had been close to a 100% wipe out. I mean... it's bad when there's a 100% turnover. BTW... You work in a symbiotic relationship with your field reps to hit your goals. The SDR dept and field dept do not work in synergy... wonder why (sarcasm!) They say to never blame a job on their lack of training... but IT'S THEIR LACK OF TRAINING!! Constantly... and I mean CONSTANTLY moving the ball and telling people to do something different day in and day out is going to lead to failure. This level of change is NOT what general companies mean when they describe "must be adaptive to change" in their job description. This level of hamster wheeling is abuse. And if you have to run the hamster wheel THAT MUCH - it means there are serious inefficiencies in your internal sales process. And there are A LOT of inefficiencies. "Churn 'em and burn 'em" is their reputation with C-Level execs in other companies. Toxic environment! You have been warned. Your stress level will likely sky rocket and health will probably be affected. Not joking.

1.0
May 18, 2016

Corrosive

Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits- medical, dental, and vision. They include short term and long term insurance. Small 401k match

Cons

For Sales- If you are seriously looking for work at trinet do yourself a favor and connect with past employees and also current employees (ask them to talk off record)- they will all tell you that is one of the worst places to work. The job is demanding but no more demanding than most sales jobs- this is a terrible excuse at why turnover is over 50% and employee morale at an all-time low. BULLYING and micromanagement are at a max, a constant everyday. A week or even a day doesn't go by when a certain sales executive doesn't threaten employee(s) for their job and security. Think mr. New York macho but with "smaller hands". This is widely known, so its funny to see HR's response, to many claims, why wouldn't somebody reach out to them- because nothing is ever done! Sexism, favoritism, & cronyism are rampant plus new ideas are disregarded. Do your research on this company, just don't jump at the pretty, initial packaging. The ship is sinking, the top have their rafts, the rest are left to drown- this is their culture.

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TriNet Response
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We appreciate your candor and are forwarding your comments to the appropriate TriNet management teams so that they may improve management skills and investigate. We value all employees regardless of personal connections or relationships. We take your concerns seriously and will promptly address them.
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