unsatisfied - Senior Technical Writer Kforce Employee Review

1.0
4 Aug 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I am a contractor with Kforce. I spend most of my time on site with the client that I work for. I love working for this client and I have a very good relationship with them.

Cons

Be careful to review the contract with Kforce before signing it. The client I work for would like to bring me on as a full time employee but the finder fees that Kforce charges (look in your contract) make it very unpractical to do so. Also, ask about your payement terms--weekly, monthly, etc. I was set up for weekly paychecks and have gone up to three weeks without getting a paycheck and there was no advance notice. Once placed with a client, Kforce is hands off and you may never hear from them. They are reluctant to provide computers and software for doing work with a client. Account management is minimal, so don't expect help extending your contract if it is near the end. And don't expect help finding a new contract once one has ended. If they have one that fits your skills, great. If not, they don't appear to do business development to find/create one. They have online training modules that you can take advantage of, including PMI training, but you have to ask for it; they don't offer it up.

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5.0
9 June 2026
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Pros

Work Life Balance, the comradery across the whole firm.

Cons

I wish I could travel for work more.

2.0
3 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Decent salary base, probably could be a really good paying job if the job market was better

Cons

Definitely a typical, corporate sales culture where you are defined by your metrics and your metrics only. They are money grabbers, and their commission structure isn't that great. After 2 years you lose 50% of your commission from contractors and they eliminated early release days before holidays. My office started becoming a "bro culture" and the leader was clearly trying to act like "one of the guys" with the males in the office. If your market is slow with reqs, they expect you to reach out to other offices for subs which is hard to do when other offices favor their own teams' recruiters. They'll likely give you a picked over req or one not close to the money that their own team didn't want to work on. I had to reach out to other offices daily to basically beg for a req to work on to hit my metrics. To add to it, the PTO structure for salaried employees is not how they described it when I joined. 17 PTO days total (including sick/personal time btw) and it is actually accrued throughout the year. I had to use PTO for sick time and a vacation, so when I left I had to write them a check for my balance! Talk about a way to really give someone the boot when they're on their way out the door.

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