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What is TriNet?

TriNet (NYSE: TNET) is a professional employer organization (PEO) that provides small and medium size businesses (SMBs) with full-service HR solutions tailored by industry. To free SMBs from time-consuming HR complexities, TriNet offers access to human capital expertise, benefits, risk mitigation and compliance, payroll and real-time technology. From Main Street to Wall Street, TriNet empowers SMBs to focus on what matters most—growing their business. TriNet – People Matter. For more information, visit TriNet.com or follow us on Twitter (@TriNet)

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TriNet (NYSE: TNET) provides small and medium size businesses (SMBs) with full-service HR solutions tailored by industry. To free SMBs from HR complexities, TriNet offers access to human capital expertise, benefits, risk mitigation and compliance, payroll and real-time technology. From Main Street to Wall Street, TriNet empowers SMBs to focus on what matters most—growing their business. TriNet, incredible starts here. For more information, visit TriNet.com or follow us on Twitter (@TriNet).


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TriNet
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Year Founded
1988
HQ Location
Dublin , CA
Twitter
@TriNet
25,219 Twitter followers
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4,547 employees on LinkedIn®
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NYSE: TNET
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$4,034
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TriNet provides small and medium size businesses with full-service HR solutions tailored by industry.


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2.5 out of 5
"Archaic PEO that Can't Scale with Tech-minded Companies"
Benefits options are robust and can be modified to meet your organization's needs as you grow. The frontline employees at Trinet are very pleasant ...
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Bob S.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"TriNet, an amazing SMB Partner"
I have used several PEOs over my career, and by far, the service and attention I get from TriNet is the best. Their response time is spot on and t...
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4.5 out of 5
"TriNet as our PEO"
In my experiences with TriNet, they have been very responsive. Our specific customer service team member has a wealth of knowledge and willing to ...
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TriNet PEO helps SMBs do more meaningful work—and less HR admin—with a complete HR solution including access to benefits, payroll processing and risk mitigation that’s powered by expert support and leading technology.
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about TriNet?

I like the platform and that there are many ways to learn and navigate it, like the training and quizzes on the Wing. I also like that through the Wing, you are connected with a community of HR individuals to ask questions and bounce off ideas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TriNet?

TriNet promised to help with compliance, but when we reached out for assistance, we felt like they were holding back information or that we had to dig it out of them. We often don't know what we don't know, so it would be nice to talk things through with an expert, have them think ahead, and help us come up with solutions not just for the short term. However, that hasn't been the case. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TriNet solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are a very small organization with most individuals fresh out of college and new in their careers. Our Operations manager would like to learn and build her HR skills and we thought a PEO would help her do that while helping us remain compliant. After a year and a half of using TriNet, we haven't really felt that support from Trinet which we were looking for. Their system is nice and user-friendly, but we would like to go beyond having a nice platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about TriNet?

Standard payroll is easy to run. Insurance prices are better than we could get on our own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TriNet?

Various modules do not integrate well. It's clear that many of the modules were acquired and do not interact well with the main payroll platform. For example, the time module requires a download to CSV and subsequent import to payroll, and the expense module is a legacy product that is grossly underpowered. It would have been better if they were not marketed and sold as capable, integrated solutions.

The biggest issue we had was TriNet missed our filings in an entire state. They did not inform us of the issue and we ended up correcting it ourselves. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering TriNet:

Make sure to really go deep with the demo to ensure you know what you're buying. We were sold features that we ended up not using. The implementation team will move swiftly and pieces can get missed-- keep detailed track of what you need to accomplish and make sure that all of the boxes are checked. If you hire in new states, ensure that TriNet makes the filings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TriNet solving and how is that benefiting you?

We purchased TriNet to be our full-service HR platform. Our goal is to stay laser focused on growth while delegating the administrative work to them. We realized the benefits of lower health insurance premiums and got a capable payroll platform to go with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Timothy V.
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What do you like best about TriNet?

Literally nothing. There is not one single thing that TriNet offers that distinguishes them from their competitors that are less expensive, better operated, or both. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TriNet?

Their service is intermittent at best. Login problems literally every week and when you ask your client manager about it, they say they haven't heard of any problems. Yeah, sure Jan!

The customer service is even worse than their technology. You can only ever "open a case" to get even a small thing like an answer about where you might find a function in their 1970's mainframe layout software.

If you give a hoot about your employees and your payroll, you will choose literally any other provider out there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TriNet solving and how is that benefiting you?

None. They process payroll and that is all and they are not even good at that. For example, they have a Gross Up calculator for each employee, but it is not accurate at all. If you want to gross up a bonus check or something like that, you will need to do it by trial and error in the actual live payroll module because NONE of their calculators work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jessica F.
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about TriNet?

The variety of ancillary benefit options for my employees that we wouldn't be able to manage on our own, as well as the coverage of ancillary benefits, time off, and payroll all through a single source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TriNet?

It is often frustratingly hard to get an answer on things. The website is not the best and when things are reported to them it goes no where, so I have stopped doing so. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TriNet solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is nice to have all of our HR functionality (mostly) in one place. It saves me the time and effort of having to source multiple platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from kenyatta maxwell of TriNet

Thank you for your feedback and we are sorry to hear about your frustration. We will be happy to escalate any open issues you may have. Please email us at social media at TriNet dot com if you need help with anything.

Verified User in Computer Software
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about TriNet?

I used Trinet's HR PEO service at my last company as well as now. It is very easy to use and my assigned account managers are very responsive. Also like that there is some flexibilities of fields so we can integrate with our global HR system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TriNet?

As a PEO customer we are very limited on changes to benefits, so this can be frustrating. For example we are not happy with the plan year timings but it's difficult to move to different dates and Trinet is pushing us to maintain current plan. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TriNet solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are a smaller company whose benefits were costing a lot to both us and our employees. Being part of Trinet's PEO allows us to offer better benefits at a lower cost. We also find payroll with Trinet easy and dependable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about TriNet?

Finding a reliable and comprehensive HR solution is critical, TriNet checks all the boxes. Their user-friendly platform is intuitive and efficient, with tools that make it simple to manage payroll, track time, and access critical HR data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TriNet?

It is more expensive than some competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TriNet solving and how is that benefiting you?

TriNet’s platform is truly a one-stop shop for all our HR needs. From enrollment and access to benefits information, payroll records, and annual tax forms to PTO accrual tracking and a timekeeping application with direct payroll integration, everything is centralized and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joy K.
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HR/Finance Asst.
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about TriNet?

My name is Joy Jones. I work with Boys& Girls Clubs of Manatee county.

My email is joy.jones@bgcmanatee.org

TriNet is simpler, easier to use than our previous app.

There are more training videos available

Chat help is nice Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TriNet?

There's always a lerning curve... also, have to go to 3rd party site for recruiting.

I'd like to be able to get more immediate help, live or on phone, as we learn the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TriNet solving and how is that benefiting you?

ease of employees to sign in, navigate, train and use everyday. Hiring portal, payroll, reports Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Human Resources Specialist
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about TriNet?

Keeping us in compliance, notifications on benefits and compliance that we need to know as they happen. Features on the platform that are very helpful when making changes to employees. The platform is easy to use and easy to self teach for the most part. Customer support is quick to acknowldge something that needs to be addressed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TriNet?

It takes weeks and sometimes longer to complete a request. Meetings will be setup for weeks later and questions will be addressed and never answered even though the trinet team had time to review the items. TriNet sometimes also takes it upon themselves to make changes without alerting us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TriNet solving and how is that benefiting you?

Keeping us up to date on compliance and ACA rules. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from kenyatta maxwell of TriNet

Thank you for sharing your experience with TriNet’s full-service HR solutions. We appreciate your feedback on requests and will make sure it gets to the appropriate internal teams. In the meantime, if there is anything we can help you resolve, please don’t hesitate to email us at social media at TriNet dot com.

Luda L.
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HR Operations & Project Manager
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about TriNet?

TriNet's dedicated customer support team is a standout feature. They are generally quick to resolve issues, making our transition to TriNet smoother despite the initial challenges with integration and implementation. The platform is fairly easy to use, and the support team’s responsiveness helps address any concerns that arise promptly. ntegration and implementation when we moved over to Trinet was a bit messy as we did it in a hurry but the support reps have helped resolve everything that has come up and was an outstanding issue. We speak with the reps very frequently as we depend on their assistance when processing payroll. Their frequent assistance, especially with payroll processing, has been invaluable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TriNet?

There are several aspects of TriNet that could be improved. The inability to link multiple companies within the platform is a major drawback, as it complicates time-off approvals and increases costs due to extra charges for non-payroll users. The reporting system is limited and often requires custom reports for comprehensive data. The system also tends to be glitchy, particularly in document uploads and navigation. Additionally, the interface could benefit from enhancements like easier access to employee information, more flexible display settings, and a more streamlined process for managing multiple companies. Trinet is definetly on the more expensive side of PEO's. It is unfortunate that each cheque costs $88 per user. This makes it hard to justify if we have to provide a cheque as expense reimbursement for something small and trivial for ex-employees who are not longer recieving pay, but have outstanding expenses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TriNet solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps us as it acts a PEO for our company and assists us in uncertain situations and tax and unemployment filings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from of TriNet

Thank you for your feedback, and we are glad to see our that are amazing team of customer experience professionals has been a benefit to you. We are always looking for ways to provide enhancements and updates to our full-service HR solutions that meet the evolving demands of our customers. We recently rolled out some updates to our HR platform and feedback like yours helps us to do that. Thank you for being a TriNet customer.

JE
HR and Finance Coordinator
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about TriNet?

One of the best things about Trinet is having the excellent options for medical/dental/vision/supplemental insurance plans that are integrated right into the platform and the payroll costs and reports. Having also managed a PEO that required separate management of the relationship with the health insurance broker and was very confusing and tedious to navigate, Trinet's solution is simple and ideal. I also find that our dedicated customer representatives are lovely to work with and always very professional and helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TriNet?

I am now working for my third company utilizing Trinet as a PEO. My current company I chose Trinet as our new provider to migrate to based on my excellent past experiences. I have found that it has become more difficult to navigate issues as Trinet has grown and apparently outsourced more and more to different internal teams across the world. Often times when I have questions or issues I am finding it difficult to get a timely response. We had some issues with our PTO plans that have been difficult to understand and fix, urgent questions are sometimes impossible to get an answer to, submitting a case puts the issue on another team that you never hear from. Pretty much although the dedicated service reps are so helpful and professional, all that they can do is submit a case to some other team that we never hear from or hear from a week later and have no idea what the status or resolution is, which is very frustrating and difficult. One are of particular frustration has been the payroll tax issues, I find the instructions of navigating all of the different states and do they require us to have our own company registration with trinet access, or does trinet remit taxes as trinet, and what to do with different state inquiries for non remitted taxes, very difficult and confusing to navigate and the instructions are confusing when onboarding new states. I'm always dreading having a question because it feels like putting a case out there puts it into a limbo where it never gets addressed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is TriNet solving and how is that benefiting you?

The seamless integration of health benefits into payroll as one cost is excellent, in my opinion with the PEO providers I know and looked into, it can't be beat as far as the ease of integration and the combined costs being reasonable and manageable. The employees like the platform and find it easy to use and manage their pay stubs, tax info and benefit selections. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.