There are better options for IT professionals - Tech Support Analyst TEKsystems Employee Review

2.0
Apr 19, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good for entry-level / temporary IT jobs, it will give you the experience you need for later as you progress in your career, collegial/informal environment, depending on the contract with the client was negotiated the pay and benefits can be acceptable or not, events and some "touch base" lunches paid by TekSystems. They offer an online course repository if you want to study on your own. Bottom line, if you want to work with them, be ready to accept the cons.

Cons

No career advancement, no assistance with IT certifications training classes (you have to pay on your own). You are not a TekSystems employee, neither a consultant despite of what they say (if you want to be a consultant, work for an actual consulting company). As a "middle man" they take a chunk of your real salary, benefits are subpar or non existent, they can nickel and dime you. You are just a warm body they profit from when you are placed in a contract (until they don't need you anymore), this is not an consulting or an IT company, they only do staffing. Once you work for an IT consulting company as a full time staff you realize how underpaid you were and how paltry your benefits also were.

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5.0
May 6, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good folks.. Solid company with good recruiters.

Cons

Lots of paperwork to get hired on for contract work.

3.0
Jun 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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