TriNet- A tool for your HR & Payroll Needs
November 28, 2017

TriNet- A tool for your HR & Payroll Needs

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with TriNet

The Support Team & the Client Service Associates are really helpful. Never had any concerns there.
The newly redesigned platform does look more neat & organized. However, during the transition period, we faced issues in setting up a new employee. The complete profile was not getting saved & we had to redo multiple times. Then again as the system was not prompting that the update has been completed, we again set up the profile. Thus 2 profiles of the same employee were set up. TriNet System should not have allowed 2 profiles with same name & SSN getting created.
TriNet is used as a PEO for our US business. This portal is used by the HR & Finance department for On-Boarding of new employees, Payroll processing, Exit process & also provides for & monitors Employee Benefits. All employees have their login for the Employee Self Service Portal and HR & FInance have their Admin User Login. TriNet platform completely addresses all requirements as per on-boarding process, Payroll process, Federal & State Tax payments, Benefits for employees, Employee Exit process etc.
  • On Time Payroll execution
  • Employee Contact Center to address all possibles queries from employees
  • Assigning of Client Services Specialist for each account
  • Pre-set list of Reports available. Reports cannot be Customised as per our requirement. Should provide for more Customization. Also, Cost Center Report is not providing correct figures. Some additional column of Client Credits can be seen. The Client Service Specialist did mention that they are working on that almost a month back, but haven't heard anything since. The report continues to be incorrect.
  • During the transition from old TriNet Platform to the re-designed TriNet Platform, challenges were faced while onboarding new employees.
  • As we work in different Time Zones, the Payroll processing Preview does not work during our daytime (US night time). Gets quite inconvenient. The Platform should provide Preview option to work 24X7.
  • Trinet uses its own Federal & State Account/ Registration Nos to pay for Federal & State Taxes on behalf of our company. When our company transitioned from our Payroll Software to TriNet, no information was sent to various Tax Authorities that Taxes would henceforth be paid by the PEO TriNet. Thus our company continued to receive Notices from different authorities on non-compliance of Monthly/ Quarterly reportings.
  • TriNet definitely has had a positive impact on our Business resulting in better Employee Management, Benefits Management (Insurance & 401K Plans etc). Benefits Plan selection had always been a hassle for our company as we had employees from different States & this concern has been largely addressed by TriNet.
  • Tax Payment deadlines being missed have not been a worry anymore. Man hours spent earlier on these activities are now being saved.
TriNet ensures all Federal & State compliances are met with no scope of delays or miss-outs & provides for a better package in terms of Employee Self Service Management, Benefits Selection from various options available thereby providing more flexibility to employees. It definitely is a more employee friendly software compared to Quickbooks. However, my experience shows that QuickBooks provides for better Reports Customization.
Well Suited- Employee Contact Center availability
Less Appropriate - Reports Customization must be available

TriNet Feature Ratings

Employee demographic data
Not Rated
Employment history
Not Rated
Job profiles and administration
Not Rated
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
Not Rated
Organizational charting
Not Rated
Organization and location management
Not Rated
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Not Rated
Pay calculation
10
Benefit plan administration
9
Direct deposit files
7
Salary revision and increment management
10
Reimbursement management
10
Approval workflow
Not Rated
Balance details
Not Rated
Annual carry-forward and encashment
Not Rated
View and generate pay and benefit information
Not Rated
Update personal information
Not Rated
View job history
Not Rated
View company policy documentation
Not Rated
Employee recognition
Not Rated
Not Rated
Report builder
Not Rated
Pre-built reports
Not Rated
Ability to combine HR data with external data
Not Rated
Performance plans
Not Rated
Performance improvement plans
Not Rated
Review status tracking
Not Rated
Review reminders
Not Rated
Candidate search
Not Rated
Candidate development
Not Rated
New hire portal
8
Manager tracking tools
10
Corporate goal setting
Not Rated
Individual goal setting
Not Rated
Line-of sight-visibility
Not Rated
Performance tracking
Not Rated
Job Requisition Management
Not Rated
Publish to Social Media
Not Rated
Job Search Site Posting
Not Rated
Applicant Tracking
Not Rated
Notifications and Alerts
Not Rated