Empty promises, phony culture. - Analyst TEKsystems Employee Review

2.0
Sep 25, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

In some situations, trying on another company before you commit is nice. Using Tek for that purpose works.

Cons

The recruiters are devastatingly young and inexperienced. The several I have worked with were straight out of undergrad. SO many empty promises. Everything from, "Hey if you do us a favor and help out a new colleague on site, we'll give you a gift card." To "I'll schedule us to have lunch." And then you never ever hear back. I have been promised interview prep materials that have not come. I've had some recruiters fall off the face of the planet. There is a lack of understanding of the technical world and culture by these very green recruiters. I was FAR underpaid and I don't think Tek's INTENTION was to screw me, I just really don't think they had a good enough understanding of the client I worked for. (FYI I got hired on by my client and received a 40% pay increase, if that tells you anything.) Benefits are horrid. I've been promised

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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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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