Avoid if you are in Procurement - Category Manager TriNet Employee Review

2.0
Sep 10, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are excellent 401K is also excellent Base Salary was good

Cons

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.

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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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