Built with care and dismantled by arrogance - Manager Trek Bicycle Employee Review

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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5.0
8 Feb 2026
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Pros

Good work culture and environment

Cons

A little disorganised workflow for someone new to understand

2.0
22 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great product for sure. Great headquarters. Great level contributor and mid-management levels.

Cons

Let me preface I have been at the company for 20+ years. These cons have all really emerged in the past five. It is why I am looking elsewhere. Leadership. The CEO is arrogant and out of touch. He's a jock. If you are a certain gender or height, you will have a better or worse opinion. His office is called the bear's den if that gives you any idea. Long term employees are not valued. The CEO has made it clear in direct questions in meetings that long term employees do not matter. The problem in the day to day, is that things are slowing to a crawl because so many people with operational knowledge have been laid off or left. He doesn't see it. Company is running on legacy work. Things done by people 5-10 years ago. Slowly imploding having gone through 4 layoffs in 3 years. Company will layoff or off shore your job if they feel they can save a couple bucks. Didn't use to be this way.

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