TriNet
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TriNet
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Popular Features
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9.0
90%
View and generate pay and benefit information (566)
9.0
90%
Pay calculation (581)
8.9
89%
Benefit plan administration (589)
8.0
80%
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Features Scorecard
Human Resource Management
8.2
82%
Payroll Management
8.5
85%
Leave and Attendance Management
8.0
80%
Employee Self Service
8.9
89%
Asset Management
1.0
10%
HR Reporting
8.1
81%
Onboarding
8.4
84%
Performance and Goals
7.5
75%
Performance Management
7.7
77%
Succession Planning
7.1
71%
Recruiting / ATS
8.1
81%
Product Details
What is TriNet?
TriNet provides small and medium size businesses (SMBs) with full-service HR solutions
tailored by industry. The vendor aims to free SMBs from HR complexities by offering access
to human capital expertise, benefits, risk mitigation and compliance, payroll and
real-time technology. From Main Street to Wall Street, TriNet's goal is to empower SMBs to
focus on what matters most—growing their business.
TriNet Features
Human Resource Management Features
- Supported: Employee demographic data
- Supported: Employment history
- Supported: Job profiles and administration
- Supported: Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
- Supported: Benefits information
- Supported: Organizational charting
- Supported: Organization and location management
- Supported: Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Payroll Management Features
- Supported: Pay calculation
- Supported: Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
- Supported: Payroll history for each employee
- Supported: Benefit plan administration
- Supported: Direct deposit files
- Supported: Payroll tracking and auditing
- Supported: Salary revision and increment management
- Supported: Reimbursement management
Leave and Attendance Management Features
- Supported: Approval workflow
- Supported: Email notifications
- Supported: Balance details
- Supported: Annual carry-forward and encashment
Employee Self Service Features
- Supported: Employee login
- Supported: View and generate pay and benefit information
- Supported: Update personal information
- Supported: Request time off
- Supported: View job history
- Supported: View company policy documentation
- Supported: View company news and information
- Supported: Employee recognition
HR Reporting Features
- Supported: Report builder
- Supported: Pre-built reports
- Supported: Ability to combine HR data with external data
Integration with other HR capabilities Features
- Supported: Additional HR capabilities (talent management, LMS, etc.) supplied by same vendor
- Supported: Additional HR capabilities (talent management, LMS, etc.) supplied by different vendor
Performance Management Features
- Supported: Performance plans
- Supported: Performance improvement plans
- Supported: Review status tracking
- Supported: Review reminders
Succession Planning Features
- Supported: Candidate search
- Supported: Candidate development
Onboarding Features
- Supported: New hire portal
- Supported: Manager tracking tools
Performance and Goals Features
- Supported: Corporate goal setting
- Supported: Individual goal setting
- Supported: Line-of sight-visibility
- Supported: Performance tracking
Recruiting / ATS Features
- Supported: Job Requisition Management
- Supported: Publish to Social Media
- Supported: Job Search Site Posting
- Supported: Applicant Tracking
- Supported: Notifications and Alerts
TriNet Videos
TriNet HR Solution Demo
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TriNet Integrations
TriNet Competitors
- ADP TotalSource
- Insperity
- Paychex PEO
- Oasis
TriNet Technical Details
Deployment Types | SaaS |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is TriNet?
TriNet provides small and medium size businesses (SMBs) with full-service HR and payroll solutions tailored by industry. TriNet also offers specialized services through client access to HR representatives for advice and notifications on impactful regulatory changes.
What are TriNet's top competitors?
ADP TotalSource are common alternatives for TriNet.
What is TriNet's best feature?
Reviewers rate Direct deposit files highest, with a score of 9.4.
Who uses TriNet?
The most common users of TriNet are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees) and the Computer Software industry.
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May 18, 2022
Tri(Net) Before You Buy!
- Benefit/PEO administration.
- Automated payroll processing.
- State/Federal wage + employment compliance.
- Performance management.
- Org chart/employee directory.
- Onboarding/headcount planning.
- Reporting.
- Layers of access while providing security around sensitive data
- Dedicated account team members to help
- Intuitive and easy to use platform for leaders and end users
- Cloud products such as TriNet Hire connect to a wider array of recruitment platforms
- Platform Training resources for all levels of users, in all categories
- Access to speak to someone in groups like LOA, Immigration, Taxes/Proxy's vs waiting for a response to a case
April 20, 2022
Authentic Review from a small business client
- Payroll
- HR
- Medical plan choices
- Costs to small businesses
- Ease of use with their platform
April 19, 2022
TriNet review
- Payroll
- Benefit management.
- HR advisor.
- More flexibility with managing various PTO accruals and carryovers for same-level employees.
April 19, 2022
Navigating HR complexities with an PEO
- Benefits
- Chat support
- HR support
- Originally we had an account representative assigned to us who quickly learned our business and needs. That went away with Connect360. I miss having that direct contact, but the chat function and CRM capabilities have been massively improved.
- More ease and intuition of the TriNet mobile app.
- Add employer functionality to the app.
April 15, 2022
TriNet is great but needs a few tweaks
- Customer Service
- ease of finding reports
- ease of accessing personal and employee payroll information
- I recently had an issue where an employee was terminated, then rehired. Upon entering payroll to pay for unpaid wages the employee was owed, the payroll seemed to go through properly. It was only after I was to finalize payroll that it was discovered this employee's hours were changed by TriNet without notifying me first. The payroll was finalized without me being able to address the issue in time. I had to contact customer service immediately. The issue was resolved, but notifying me of a change primary to this becoming an issue would have been ideal. It was stressful. We also had to pay an additional fee to make sure the employee was paid correctly
- I understand that the portal platform is being enhanced, but the "contacts" section on the website is hard to find. The layout of the portal platform is not attractive and it seems like you really need to hunt for what you're looking for.
- Customer service upon the first phone call is great, but once the initial problem is introduced, the individual that you spoke to through customer service will contact you again via email with a general email address. If I have to call again, I get another customer service rep who then has to track down the original rep in order to resolve the problem. Having a dedicated rep for a company used to be the norm. Now we are just handed off to anyone, then having to go through many reps just go find the original person who handled the situation in the first place. I would prefer a phone call back from the original person who worked on an issue or at least an email with their personal email address or phone extension. Again, regarding the payroll issue I had this week, I had to talk to a few different reps to make sure the issue was handled on time, and I was originally brought back to the first one I spoke with (via email). Phone calls would have been much more expedient, and TriNet seems to rely heavily on email. It felt pointless for me to continue calling because I would have had to describe the issue again to anyone that answered the call. This is very frustrating.
April 15, 2022
Just hearing "TriNet" makes me cringe
- Many benefit plans for employees to choose.
- Their proprietary HRIS is just a front-end experience. Almost zero customization available, data and reporting were incredibilities limited, functionality was basic as best (quite lacking really), and poor user experience.
- Benefits were expensive for a PEO and priced based on our group, so there were no "bulk savings" to benefit from.
- Customer service was sterile and lacking for both administrators and employees.
- Taxes were inconsistent state by state. Some were your own, some were TriNet. Made is very difficult to manage or even understand our setup.
- They have mastered making themselves as sticky as possible. The exit process was a nightmare.
- Communication with payroll specialists
- User-friendly platform
- Workforce analytics
- The Time and Attendance platform has employee default errors
April 13, 2022
HR made easy!
- Benefits.
- HR assistance.
- Multi-State payroll tax returns.
- Asking for personal information when calling on behalf of the company.
April 12, 2022
Big Benefits for a Fair Price!
- Reporting - limitless options
- Designated Preferred Services Specialist
- Great Benefits
- Additional tax withholding options for bonus payments
April 11, 2022
All Your HR Needs in 1 Place
- The app is user-friendly.
- They provided multiple trainings during Covid which was incredibly helpful when everyone was trying to figure out PPP.
- Their communication and response have gotten much faster.
- The build a report feature is still limited and doesn't provide as many options as I'd like.
- Their chat feature is good, but sometimes it takes so long to get to an actual person and past all the automatic robot questions.
March 26, 2022
TriNet - Secured access. User-friendly navigation.
- One stop shop for company HR links, FAQs and personal information.
- Secure login that stores personal data in your account for later use.
- Access to W2s, tax forms, pay stubs, timesheet with user-friendly navigation.
- I had to use a separate platform for my 401k account.
- I was able to access previous years' W2s but past pay stubs may have disappeared.
- No other issues.
March 18, 2022
Trinet - Terrible Service!
- website is fairly easy to use
- terrible non-personal customer service
- problems take many days, phone calls and email to resolve
- customer service reps can't answer any problems and you are passed around multiple times
- can't talk in person to the correct dept to get problems resolved
- not cost effective because of the amount of time it takes to figure out a problem
- company had great personal service until they introduced connect 360
February 28, 2022
In My Opinion Frustrating Customer Service With Error-Prone Software
- Nothing stands out
- Customer service is lacking in my opinion.
- I feel information is presented in an unclear way.
- I experienced expense reimbursement issues.
- I also experienced issues setting up benefits.
February 27, 2022
SMB shining star.
- All in one source for HR info.
- ROI vs. hiring employees.
- Website UI
- Changes in acct mgmt./contacts/representatives.
- One point of contact.
February 27, 2022
TriNet - Save time and money while making employees happy.
- Payroll
- Time off tracking.
- Benefits
- HR Assistance.
- Ability to calculate Payroll By State For Some of the Reports I need to run.
- Lock IN Conversion Rate Earlier. It is always a problem when I run the payroll expecting one conversion rate and then find a different conversion rate when the payroll is actually run for Canada.
- I liked having an assigned person to my account. Debra Ford was amazing, but I know that TriNEt moved to a more decentralized model.
February 27, 2022
TiNet a platform you can trust
- Being in Australia, they are a chat away if assistance is required
- Health benefit program for the employees is easy to renew every year
- The help section is not as detailed; so you usually have to contact them
- From the administrator's point of view, I don't know what the employees are seeing from their side. Hard to tell new employees what are the steps to take next.
February 26, 2022
TriNet works well even for Kids(books)
- Customer Service
- Response time
- Promoting seminars that may be of interest
- I'm often locked out and need to reset my password on the portal
- Better salary comparison functionality as part of the regular offering
February 24, 2022
TriNet, a Call Center HR Solution
- They do a great job at administering our company benefits.
- They handle our 401k program and make it possible for us to offer this to our employees.
- I still would like to see a dedicated representative assigned to our company.
- The payroll approval process could use some improvement.
- It would be nice to have a quicker, more personal response to emails sent to Connect 360.
- I still struggle with Workforce Analytics and setting up a customized report.
- I would like to see the headcount report go back to what it was before Workforce Analytics.
February 24, 2022
Arguably the nest solution for payroll and tax compliances
- Timely payroll processing.
- Basic queries are answered fairly quickly.
- Escalation matrix is in place.
- Connect 360 / PreferredSupport does not work as well as a dedicated representative.
- Proactively communicating changes in payroll and tax compliances specific to each client such as local payroll taxes which they supposedly do not manage
- Complete payroll and tax management i.e. federal, state, local and any other which may impact their clients
- Quarterly confirmations on payroll and tax filings in the format requested by the client
February 22, 2022
TriNet - A Modern PEO
- Onboarding
- On-line systems and reporting for routine tasks
- Renewals
- Non-routine tasks or requests
- Overall response lag
February 17, 2022
TriNet adds value to our organization and continues to grow in support as we grow in size
- Track FMLA and LOA requests
- Provide support with employee relation issues, directing to legal counsel when needed
- Negotiate benefit rates and offerings
- Payroll Administration
- Ideally offer timekeeping system as part of Trinet, instead of TPA where systems do not communicate with each other.
- Fortunately, we continue with our assigned representative and not relying solely on Connect360 resource where you speak with a different person each time.
February 16, 2022
Best HRIS Hands Down.
- HR Guidance, including parental leave and medical leave.
- Payroll administration.
- Benefit election and practical advice for employees on their choices.
- They have struggled during the move to remote due to Covid 19, but are getting there as an organization.
- More communication across departments or in their internal systems.
- Bring back dedicated account managers. I like building that one on one relationship.
February 14, 2022
AMAZING
- Benefits - many options
- Recruiting - easy accessing for candidates and recruiters
- Performance reviews - easy to build and streamline to your needs
- Payroll - clear and timely
- Nothing comes to mind right now - I guess I wish I could call my rep directly instead of the portal but whoever answers when I call always gives me what I need so it's all good.
- I wish 30-60-90 reviews could automatically be generated from the hire, by clicking if you want this option.
January 21, 2022
Taking care of HR
- Excellent customer service
- Human Resource support
- Payroll Reporting
- Promptly resolves my issues
- More standard payroll reports
- A more efficient way to contact our account rep