Good in Minneapolis, Shite in SF - Senior Software Engineer TEKsystems Employee Review

2.0
22 Sept 2011
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Pros

They're big and they have access to lots of jobs. For a contract house they have decent benefits if you want to exercise them--their health insurance sucks.

Cons

Doesn't seem to be much of a company standard. My experience in Minneapolis/St. Paul over a 9 year period was excellent (dealing with 2-3 different recruiters). San Francisco office is a completely different experience. Lot's of games, stalling, lies--didn't feel like I was ever being dealt with in a straight way. May be due to the individuals I was dealing with.

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5.0
11 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great environment and leadership overall, they invest on your training

Cons

Switching offices is very difficult, you need seniority

3.0
23 Jun 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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