Good, Bad, Mostly Ugly - Technical Recruiter TEKsystems Employee Review

2.0
Aug 17, 2017
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Pros

Instills great work habits. Great "first job" out of college. Young, energetic atmosphere.

Cons

Hours - long and boring. Putting in a 7:30 - 5:30 day is hardly acceptable and you'll catch glares on your way out the door. Culture - a young employee base breeds an unprofessional environment, and boundaries broken between work/life are consistently violated & blurred. Upward Mobility - you work in sales to be promoted to sales and start over, it doesn't make sense. Not enough options. Politics - personally, I did not feel that leadership respected me as an individual or had my best interest in mind. I didn't respect their leadership style either. Furthermore, AM's (first promotion after recruiter) are mostly young 20's and act superior to recruiters in their same age demographic.

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5.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

Teksystems have top rated clients in their radar and the recruiters are always ready to listen and try to give solution if there are any roadblocks as they render a comfortable platform to discuss anything regarding the contract.

Cons

pay range quoted is OK (medium ballpark) but unable to negotiate

3.0
Jun 23, 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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