Not Impressed - Technical Recruiter TEKsystems Employee Review

2.0
Jul 8, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great young colleagues with similar goals that help each other to become successful. There is a lot of room for growth within this organization and the training is outstanding if you are just breaking into the industry fresh out of college.

Cons

There is no work life balance with 60-hour work weeks and initially the salary was very low. If you work hard and are able to stick it out with doing nothing but working and making little money after about a year or so it will start to pay off. Be VERY CAREFUL when you leave though because one part of their business model is to go after anyone that leaves and starts working for a new company claiming that they are violating their non-compete (even if they aren't even in the same industry). You're either with TEK or against them in my experience as I left on great terms and still experienced this issue.

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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
Recommend
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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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