TriNet reviews about "upper management"

Awful upper management that needs to learn how to lead.

Change in CEO and upper management, Bottom line comes first, People no longer matter, Moving all new career positions to India except Sales.

- Extremely low pay that is not competitive with the industry average of the SF Bay Area. You will only make a few dollars more compared to the minimum wage of retail and restaurant workers here due to their recent pay increase. I found a new job doing the exact same role and my annual pay has almost doubled. -Bonus pay is a joke and the raise is virtually non-existent; I got a 25 cent raise this year and only 50 cent raise last year. They claimed they could not afford to pay me more due to COVID. -Most workers are burnt out and exhausted; little to no recognition of the hard work you put into the company. Hard working employees are leaving the company in droves for better jobs. -Incompetence runs rampant here, many coworkers don't understand how to do their job despite being here for years and will often try to avoid responsibility. TriNet made no effort in securing the return of my work equipment. I had to reach out to IT personally and arrange a drop off at the office; they were not even aware of what items I had to return. This carelessness could be a major security issue as resigning coworkers could potentially still have access to confidential company and customer information. -Chaotic work culture, people generally do not like to help out other teams and it's very common to be included in email chains where they argue over who is "responsible" for the task; you will often be ignored if you reach out to an external team for assistance. - Processes and tasks change all the time with little to no warning and TriNet has an expectation that you should "know about it" and "get used to it." Departmental shifts/changes occur every year and people are in constant fear that they may be laid off. - Toxic management, my direct supervisor of 1.5 years harassed and abused me nonstop verbally over the phone, email and chat every day during the time I reported to them. Despite all the proof, documentation, and countless coworkers who vouched for me, the department director did not care and HR dismissed my claims continually as a "communication issue." Depending on your team, TriNet will also monitor you throughout the day via software that is designed to "monitor your success." - Upper management only cares about the company profits, ignores all the issues with the company under the guise of "Hey we're great because we make a lot of money these days and the company is good because we say it's good."

There is a lack of culture at TriNet, and it shows with the large amount of turnover. This review is for Procurement, where there are significant problems. Each day there was another threat for the smallest perceived infraction. Directors and CMs did their best, but were beaten down from above. VP would ignore what was going on. Sad state of affairs. Since I was the 4th resignation from procurement in a month, I think they now realize (too late) that there is an issue when so many are jumping ship. If more leave, they will be at critical mass. Had 5 managers in 3 1/2 years, so always had to go "sell" what I do to the next boss. The procurement transformation has been coming for 3 1/2 years, and they are still waiting. ELT does not respect procurement, we are an afterthought. Leave money on the table for most every deal. There is no real Strategic Sourcing, all of the work mostly tactual. You get handed signed contracts, and told to get it paid. Procurement management can do nothing about it, since we are not respected from the top down. I am so glad I left, I feel sorry for the folks left behind, since it takes 9-10 months to find candidates. Career paths were non-existent. Since it did not affect upper management, it meant nothing to them.

Highly political environment.   Highly commoditized product. A fair amount of favoritism.  The prospecting infrastructure is horrendous and limiting for even the best hunters. Splits are the devil and cause resentment amongst sales reps. If you're over 30 and looking to build a career here, would recommend you find a different PEO as there is a 90% turnover rate with first year reps and within 3 years most new hire classes are gone. About 10-20% of sales consultants find success, and the variance of new consultants who find success is in the low single digits.  TriNet isn't exactly well positioned in the market and hasn't been for a few years.   Bad blood with clients and prospects due to decisions made a few years ago for short term business gains. The executive directors and upper management come from a different time in the business.  They found success in a completely different way and completely different market that was more beneficial. They lead with a stick and that trickles down.

No real support from upper management and no real growth potential.

Lots of Office Politics, New Upper Management, Expected to Grow in Same Department, Some Rules are Flip Floppy and Grey, Communication Between SDR Dept and SC Dept

No recognition. poor upper management

Culture needs to improve, upper management needs to understand their direct reports needs, very one sided