great training but will burn you out - Recruiter Aerotek Employee Review

3.0
21 May 2025
Recommend
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Pros

you'll get the best training possible on the ins and outs of being a great recruiter.

Cons

very much a culture where if you dont drink the coolaid you don't fit in. I experienced so much bullying by my own managers and team members even though I was hitting my metrics and filling roles. You'll work 12 hour days every day and still be told you aren't doing enough. Even when I got promoted and was out performing my own leadership team I was picked apart for the most minor things (including my appearance) - was once literally told I was too heavy to wear the outfit I was wearing (i was in no way breaking dress code) - as if this had anything to do with my ability to do my job (ands also- totally illegal and inappropriate to say to that to me)

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5.0
17 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

A lot of fun to work

Cons

Lots of Long hours working

5.0
30 Oct 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great people, great training, great entry level opportunity to get into recruiting and sales. If you are successful you will make more here than about anywhere else. Performing Recruiters are making $55k-$75k. Great Recruiters are making $100k+. Every large office has salespeople making $200k-$400k. Culture is 100% committed and generally cool type-A's you would want to have a beer with. The skills, drive, and sense of urgency you learn at Aerotek serve you well anywhere you may go later.

Cons

If you are just looking for a low-commitment 8-5 job while posting on social media about where you are partying that night...you will not like Aerotek. Success requires an all in approach both in work ethic and active support of the culture. That is not for everyone. There are Political Science grads 3 years out of college making $200k+, but there is a price to be paid. All the tough work comes first. If you are not up for the level of work and commitment, Aerotek is not for you. If you are, none of this is really a "con" As far a real cons go, the benefits are only OK, and finding work/life balance is pretty difficult.

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