Political Cesspool - IT Technical Recruiter TEKsystems Employee Review

1.0
Feb 1, 2020
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Pros

If you are a young attractive female you can expect a promotion to Account Management within 12 months. Growing and advancing after that will be more tricky as higher level positions are not posted for employees to apply to. It is all a political boys club without clearly defined roles where they will "stretch assignment" you to death. - a Stretch Assignment is where they ask you to take on more responsibilities and stretch yourself for nothing in return. They say 'you may get promoted after this we just gotta see how it goes' but they don't have to deliver on any promises made. 401k match is almost nonexistent its laughable and Work life balance is not a term leadership at TEK is familiar with.

Cons

Attrition rate above 40%, if you work here for more than 2 years you can expect to see some kind of compensation plan change as they are always moving the goal posts and trying to squeeze more out of their people while paying them less. As far as career growth and long term potential at TEK, no one actually retires from TEKsystems, they get worn down and miss spending time with their families and end up leaving for a higher paying less stressful job. Getting promoted here is a shady negotiation behind closed doors where certain people are given modified contests and others have to grind it out and waste away.

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5.0
May 6, 2026
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Pros

Good folks.. Solid company with good recruiters.

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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