Save your time, don’t work here. - Technical Recruiter Aerotek Employee Review

2.0
23 Aug 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Aerotek gives a good foundation for recruiting. It teaches you how to own your business and every step of the recruitment process from beginning to end. Because of this, employers like to see people come from big companies like Aerotek. If you have the choice, I would choose another staffing firm.

Cons

I can’t say enough. The way Aerotek is run is no way to run a company. The main focus is making money for the company. You work long hours like most people have said, but are pressured to endure social events and happy hours on top of these work days almost every week. You are peer pressured and treated like an outsider if you don’t partake. Management is sneaky and unethical. My office was an HR nightmare and turnover was well over 75%. Aerotek teaches you how to have a “thick skin,” but I would recommend doing yourself a favor, and looking elsewhere for employment. A year of my life I wish I could take back.

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5.0
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CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

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Cons

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5.0
30 Oct 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great people, great training, great entry level opportunity to get into recruiting and sales. If you are successful you will make more here than about anywhere else. Performing Recruiters are making $55k-$75k. Great Recruiters are making $100k+. Every large office has salespeople making $200k-$400k. Culture is 100% committed and generally cool type-A's you would want to have a beer with. The skills, drive, and sense of urgency you learn at Aerotek serve you well anywhere you may go later.

Cons

If you are just looking for a low-commitment 8-5 job while posting on social media about where you are partying that night...you will not like Aerotek. Success requires an all in approach both in work ethic and active support of the culture. That is not for everyone. There are Political Science grads 3 years out of college making $200k+, but there is a price to be paid. All the tough work comes first. If you are not up for the level of work and commitment, Aerotek is not for you. If you are, none of this is really a "con" As far a real cons go, the benefits are only OK, and finding work/life balance is pretty difficult.

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