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TriNet

Overview

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.

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Recent Reviews

TriNet Review

9 out of 10
April 10, 2024
Incentivized
TriNet is our everyday HRIS, payroll and benefits platform. It addresses our issues by keeping everything in one place, making it a …
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TriNet

7 out of 10
March 12, 2024
Payroll, benefits, and compliance in multi-state environment. The product addresses our ability to offer strong benefits to employees and …
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TriNet User

8 out of 10
March 11, 2024
Incentivized
Human Resources - primarily payroll and benefits

Particularly helpful as we have a team comprised of both in-person and remote employees …
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TriNet is a great platform!

8 out of 10
March 06, 2024
We use TriNet for payroll, benefits, and 401k administration. TriNet has been very helpful in easily administering benefits to all …
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It's Been Challenging!

1 out of 10
February 26, 2024
TriNet is our PEO/HRIS system. We use TriNet in almost every aspect of our jobs. We have struggled with TriNet in almost every one of …
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TriNet

8 out of 10
February 22, 2024
Incentivized
PEO Partnership with TriNet. Payroll, HR, Workers Comp, Time & Attendance, benefits, Training, labor law compliance, etc, we are …
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Optimistic for some improvement.

5 out of 10
February 19, 2024
We use TriNet as our PEO with a scope that includes payroll, employee benefits, time-tracking, among other things. The major business …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • View and generate pay and benefit information (641)
    9.1
    91%
  • Update personal information (655)
    8.3
    83%
  • Pay calculation (654)
    8.2
    82%
  • Benefit plan administration (665)
    7.9
    79%

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Pricing

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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.

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Features

Human Resource Management

Organizing, tracking and providing instant access to critical employee data, job profiles, transfers, promotions, and benefits information.

7
Avg 7.8

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

8.1
Avg 8.0

Leave and Attendance Management

Streamlines communication between HR and employees and facilitates efficient management of employee leave including requisitions, approvals, balance calculation, and annual carry-forward.

7
Avg 8.1

Employee Self Service

Employee portal allowing employees to view and update their personal information.

8.1
Avg 8.1

Asset Management

Maintaining a record of assets such as laptops, pagers, cell phones, etc. issued to employees. Record typically includes asset type, number, serial number and date of issuance.

1
Avg 7.7

HR Reporting

Pre-built and custom reports, and integration with external data.

7.4
Avg 7.6

Onboarding

Employee onboarding is the process of orienting new hires to the social and performance aspects of their jobs so that they are able to function in their new roles as quickly as possible.

8
Avg 8.0

Performance and Goals

Goal alignment is the practice of ensuring that all employees have clearly defined goals in support of the overall corporate strategy.

6.5
Avg 8.1

Performance Management

Performance management is the process of ensuring employees meet pre-determined objectives and goals through regular check-ins and appraisals.

7.3
Avg 7.9

Succession Planning

Succession planning is the identification and development of internal employees with the potential to fill key business leadership positions in the company.

7.2
Avg 7.9

Recruiting / ATS

Recruiting or Applicant Tracking Software is software used to manage the recruitment process electronically by handling job postings, applicant status, resume management, etc.

6.5
Avg 7.7
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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 Competitors

TriNet Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

ADP TotalSource, OASIS, and Insperity are common alternatives for TriNet.

Reviewers rate View and generate pay and benefit information highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of TriNet are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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August 09, 2022

TriNet Review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Excellent Benefits Selection
  • Webinars are structured and stay within time allocated
  • Excellent Customer Support
  • Easier access of online training materials
  • More detailed training on mapping for G/L (those not currently using the online version of QB)
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Everything payroll/HR/and accounting needs on 1 platform.
  • Dedicated account manager that you funnel all of your questions/cases/etc. through and not an endless team.
  • Employee experience was great and all I had to do is give them TriNet's 800 number to call with their own questions or they could login to their account and use the chat feature.
  • Follow up with clients post-exit about outstanding tax returns never filed, etc.
  • PEOs don't allow for much flexibility in straying from their process but I felt TriNet had no exceptions to the rules which made it difficult for us to manage some employee situations under their processes.
  • There were times when we had issues with our payroll processing and our account manager would forward our case to their own internal support division and sometimes I wouldn't hear back from them. I would have to call over and over to make sure our payroll was going to be processed but was left completely in the dark.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Onboarding of new hires
  • Ease of payroll processing
  • Reporting functionality to assist with finance department
  • Breadth of benefit choices
  • I would greatly appreciate a TriNet information sheet/download that can be provided to prospective hires that provides a summary of our benefits and other offerings.
July 28, 2022

TriNet Rocks!

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Portal is easy to use and easy for employees to understand
  • Customer service has been thorough and timely
  • Reports are always complete and easy to understand
  • Payroll is easy to run
  • More visibility into employee information from the admin portal
  • More control over manager tasks such as approving PTO requests from the admin portal
  • Should have the ability to store personnel files and send documents such as offer letters and job descriptions for signature
Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Keep us informed of HR issues.
  • Accurate payroll.
  • Customer service for HR was awful.
  • Medical insurance premiums were very expensive.
  • We felt no one really cared about us.
  • Service felt very impersonal.
  • Had to go through a whole process to get answers to questions.
Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Benefit/PEO administration.
  • Automated payroll processing.
  • State/Federal wage + employment compliance.
  • Performance management.
  • Org chart/employee directory.
  • Onboarding/headcount planning.
  • Reporting.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • 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 19, 2022

TriNet review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Payroll
  • Benefit management.
  • HR advisor.
  • More flexibility with managing various PTO accruals and carryovers for same-level employees.
Kiersten McCarty Schroeder | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • 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.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • 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.
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • 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.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Reporting - limitless options
  • Designated Preferred Services Specialist
  • Great Benefits
  • Additional tax withholding options for bonus payments
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • 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.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • 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.
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • 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
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