Great Company But They've Lost Their Way - Regional Sales Consultant TriNet Employee Review

2.0
14 Sept 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Awesome benefits and an amazing product that I was proud to sell.

Cons

Since going public the culture completely changed. They were adamant about having 16-20 appointments a month and 4 RFP's. If you didn't get this you were on the chopping block despite the fact that you literally had to do EVERYTHING including preparing your own presentations from scratch, marketing, demos, analysis and RFP's. The process for submitting was daunting to say the least with a miliion rules and no structured process so mistakes were common and you got email blasted to the higher ups if you made one. The amount of paperwork and preparation that had to be done was a full time job in and of itself. However, they could care less. The managers are paid on how many meetings you have which is ridiculous! No wonder that's all they care about. It should be based on revenue not on meetings. The company has lost over 50% of it's stock value this year in large part due to the way they have handled their employees. I've never seen such bad retention rates. They definitely oversold the position and what would be expected.

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5.0
20 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits, time off, remote working, co workers

Cons

Honestly I don’t have a con

3.0
3 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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