Not perfect, but a great place to work. - Operations Trystar Employee Review

5.0
Dec 16, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Trystar is both part of a quickly growing industry and is itself a rapidly growing organization, which leads to a LOT of opportunities for you to make an impact. Leadership is generally very open and empowering, and you feel like your work actually makes an impact on the future of this company. Senior Leadership is almost across the board very genuine, nice people who you enjoy working with. You'll have a VP or C-suite person tell you "I'm not strong in this area and I'm looking to you for guidance" - a level of humility you typically do not see from people in these roles. Company does offer strong benefits/compensation, generally, and is making consistent efforts to improve. There has been a noticeable focus on employees in the last year or so.

Cons

It's a rapidly changing/growing company, so there are some pain points you'll find along the way. There are immature processes, and you'll find numerous opportunities to improve the organization that you may have expected to be already well established. They have a high number of locations, which can cause a bit of a headache trying to get things done, and they can focus a bit too much on the main manufacturing site in Faribault.

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5.0
Apr 23, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Fast paced organization that is quickly growing, leading to a lot of opportunity to make an impact - A lot of genuinely talented and good people in the organization - Most of the leadership group stays connected with the organization; not uncommon to hear the VP of your department admit they need help or ask you for your expertise

Cons

- Disorganization in a lot of areas; rapid growth + acquisitions has led to multiple overlapping processes - Lack of established guidelines/best practices in a lot of areas - Direct career pathing not possible in all departments

4.0
May 6, 2026
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
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Pros

-Everyone I've met is welcoming and open to share their skills and experience with others. -The approach to AI here is refreshing: not forcing adoption at all costs like some companies do but instead really showing the value in it as a tool & the best ways to use it. -The managers I've experienced here trust their team to get the job done well, and I have reasonable autonomy.

Cons

-Due to the acquisitions and expansions, there's some policies/processes that are missing or not unified. This can make it difficult to get some things done, but it's also an opportunity to jump in and work on/create those processes and make things more efficient for the future. -There's turnover in some departments that can be challenging due to not knowing where responsibilities are going in a timely manner. -OKRs are clearly important to leadership, but coming from a different company with really effective OKRs, I'm not sure that Trystar sets effective company OKRs just yet. Room for growth there.

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