Things could be a lot better. - Store Manager Trek Bicycle Employee Review

2.0
Jun 4, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Employee Purchase Program is great, The people you work with usually are great.

Cons

Cost cutting in every single corner they can find. They expect all salary individuals to do the work of 4 people and OT for hourly employees needs to get approved. It's just a brutal work environment and they are doing what they can to survive like everyone else. There just seems to be chaos coming from the people who make decisions... directives change all the time... how teams are bonused or incentivized change all the time and most of the time are not achievable or relevant for most of the members on a team. Trek leadership is filled with smart, capable people... but they are missing the mark. This is supposed to be a fun environment and industry to work in.... but Trek is failing at making it so. Desperation is a stinky cologne, and a lot of people are jumping ship. Specialized bought a ton retail stores trying to keep up and compete with Trek... look at all their job listings... Specialized is in a worse position than Trek is. Which says a lot. It will be interesting to see how things shake out.

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5.0
Jun 27, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture, decent work like balance

Cons

No room for growth, bike industry is going down hill

1.0
Feb 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people you work with are awesome. If you don't make some lifelong friends here, you're probably doing something wrong.

Cons

A few years ago, there was a change at TREK. It didn't happen quickly, but the culture started to change as the industry started to return to pre-covid business. Many of the people that helped shape TREK's amazing culture started to leave. Those that stayed endure brutal layoffs and report to people that now exist in their positions only for their own self-interest. You have to understand that TREK was not a company that many people used to leave. The direction of the company feels uncertain. Leadership seems to care little about retaining long term employees. They have let so many people go in different fields that a lot of day-to-day operations seem to slow down. Purchasing customers also led to a major shift in how the company runs today. It's much less calculated, and directional changes in how the company operates seem to happen with no notice and with poor planning. TREK will eventually find it's path forward, but it's doing so at a steep cost - the loss of dedicated and loyal employees that were there for the mission and future of the company. They brought integrity, (real) brutal honesty and vision for what the company could be. The only thing keeping TREK in it's market leading position today is simply how poorly the rest of the cycling industry is doing right now.

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