Too Many Projects - Too Little Resources - Anonymous employee TriNet Employee Review

2.0
Nov 20, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

In 20+ years, I haven't seen such great benefits. For the Sarasota area, the salaries are pretty good.

Cons

*The company is taking on too many projects without proper resources or systems to support them. *There is no real PMO, so projects are not properly supported; no governance, standards, stage gates, alignment between the Business & IT. *IT and Products are not aligned. *Direct reports to the CEO are not aligned, so decisions are not wholly agreed upon at the top, which gives varying messages to colleagues. *There is either is NO 3-5 year roadmap, or at least it's never been shared or well communicated throughout. *Communication among many silo'd teams is very poor. *Working with colleagues in three time zones can become difficult. I've never seen any of my team-members. *There is no COO, which is becoming an evident issue.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
May 3, 2026
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Pros

There is a path to success if you work really hard and are willing to stick it out for 3-5 years, but you must know how to play the corporate politics game and can't slip, have a little bit of luck, inherit profitable relationships, and prospect and develop new broker relationships. Benefits are good, and the director's I worked under were great people. If you're in your 20's, it's not a bad place to start your sales career and make decent money. Most deals only close if the benefits pricing is favorable, Always found the offsites and team outings fun.

Cons

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.

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