Good products, but extremely low pay and inconsistent management - Product Manager Trek Bicycle Employee Review

2.0
5 Jan 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great cycling products and deals on a ton of outdoor stuff; HR does a great job of hiring like-minded people which means you end up working with a lot of friends; likes to promote from within

Cons

The pay is 60% of market average. I have verified this through a handful of online sources, and when I brought this up to HR they claimed that my data was wrong but they wouldn't share their data. The same year, they denied my group's bonus because the financial goals we agreed on at the beginning of the year, they then denied because at the end of the year and time of bonus payout they claimed that the numbers were under-valued and we didn't actually earn it. When I received a similar role at a different company, I received actually slightly above the market average for my role, thus a huge wage increase. It is also a bit like being in a toxic relationship, where one day it is fun and telling jokes, then the next it's being yelled at during a 14 hour day.

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5.0
27 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great culture, decent work like balance

Cons

No room for growth, bike industry is going down hill

1.0
1 Feb 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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