Great Culture, Tough Job - Technical Recruiter TEKsystems Employee Review

3.0
19 Feb 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great professional experience for recent college grads. Great training and experience in sales if that's the career path you'd like to follow. The team and people around you are great and employee events (happy hours, group events) are done multiple times a month.

Cons

The hours are long (new hires are expected to work 55 hours a week) and we only get 6 holidays off. You start out as an hourly employee and have to reach your base salary after you've proven yourself. There's a high level of attrition because it's hard to feel like you're ever successful, there's always more work to be done.

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5.0
8 July 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

TEK always comes in clutch when you need something right away. Never had a bad Engagement Manager either

Cons

Not sufficient benefits for contracts, sometimes contracts are wishy-washy on 'End Date'

3.0
23 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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