Great Training - Terrible culture - Recruiter and Account Manager TEKsystems Employee Review

2.0
26 July 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Incredible training within recruiting, sales, and business -Teaches grit, persistence, and building relationships

Cons

I worked at TEKsystems for over 2 years. Let's just say this, the people that are still there are working there because they haven't had a professional job outside of TEKsystems. That's their entire model...hire people straight out of college so they have no idea how much better other companies are. -Your first day you are immediately being judged by the office to see if you will last there or not, if you'll be a good recruiter, etc. -You go to lunch with the entire office (1 person each day), which is absolutely awesome and rare, but it's really to just get that "cult-like" thinking in your head immediately -The training is essentially this: "Call as many people as possible, build your network, put them to work" -There are people that are put on different "skill-sets" to recruit on, some are much easier to be successful in (specifically a skill-set called EUS at TEKsystems), and those people usually are held in high regard in the office without leadership factoring how much easier it is to get placements It's really sad because the last two directors there were actually two of the best guys I've ever met (from a personal perspective) but when they get in that role, it's like TEKsystems ruins who they are. I've seen someone become a different person after leaving that position. Go read reviews for TEKsystems in other locations - it's all the same. You will never experience politics, backstabbing, and people pretending to care about you like you will there. Everyone pushes you to be successful by pretending they are your family and care about you, but if you leave (even in a positive way), they won't reach out to you anymore.

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5.0
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Pros

Good folks.. Solid company with good recruiters.

Cons

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3.0
23 June 2026
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Pros

- Decent pay to start. - Account manager is responsive, engaging, and a serious advocate for you and your contract. - Gain access to Udemy Business to build more skills.

Cons

- The benefits suck. - High recruiter turnover with highly variable experience trying to work with them-- some are good, most are not. - Once you are placed, you will be promised regular meetings and then never hear from the recruiter again. - Trying to find a new contract if you are unhappy with your current placement is nearly impossible and I don't believe they are incentivized to help you move at all. - You have to manually request a raise and depending on how you negotiated your contract, you may or may not have the ability to receive one. - There is a cap to how much they will pay you for the contract so even if you work that position 4 years, once you hit that cap you are stuck. I originally submitted my resume with TekSystems when I had finished my degree and never heard back. Many years later, I was approached on LinkedIn by a TekSystems recruiter for a position and he had no idea I was in the system previously. Working with him was good, and I did get the position. Then I never heard from him again and I've had 4 or 5 different recruiters whose names I could not tell you if I tried since then. There's supposed to be monthly calls, they never happen.

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