Good Company, but don't drink the Kool-Aid - Technical Recruiter TEKsystems Employee Review

4.0
17 Mar 2022
Recommend
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Pros

The people were good and colleagues were nice and supportive, opportunity for advancement

Cons

Training is an over complicated mess and they will HOUND you if they think you aren't taking it seriously. Had to have TWO meetings post training asking me to explain why my eyes weren't glued to my screen the entire time, even though I would get every question on every scenario correct. 95% of the things I learned never applied in any live calls I ever had, yet their "data" trumps any feedback you might have and they will get upset if you ever express any doubt about their processes The guy who trained us had a TEKSystems tattoo and was hard to take very seriously after that. That guy seriously sucked, took all of the fun out of training They will ask you to dance in front of hundreds of other people and won't take no for an answer when you first place someone I called in sick twice and they asked me to prove I wasn't interviewing elsewhere Pay starts incredibly low, was hard to pay the bills until the 13 week mark VERY little diversity

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5.0
11 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great environment and leadership overall, they invest on your training

Cons

Switching offices is very difficult, you need seniority

3.0
23 Jun 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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