It's a cult - Technical Recruiter TEKsystems Employee Review

1.0
16 Sept 2017
Recommend
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Pros

-High degree of responsibility -Potential to make lots of money -Lots of people to get drunk and do drugs with

Cons

-It's a cult, plain and simple. Just like multi-level-marketing, if you are not succeeding it's because you are not trying hard enough, is always your fault, and the answer is always to work harder and longer. -Getting in after 7:30am is "late" and leaving before 5:30pm is "early" -Favoritism and sucking up to management gets you ahead much faster than actual results -They'll tell you that everyone who leaves was "so close" to making it big and now will be some kind of miserable failure in poverty the rest of their lives, despite the fact that lots of people leave and are very happy and successful elsewhere -They have no concept of work-life boundaries; they will ask you your deepest, darkest secrets so they can "help you achieve your goals" and then throw them back at you when you try to leave. Any failure to participate in this or set a boundary is you "not giving it your all." Seriously, if you are in TEK now and you are thinking about leaving and starting to see the cracks in the lies they are telling you, just go for it. I've yet to meet someone who has left who misses it, no matter what anyone tells you. It's great being able to go home at night and try a different approach when something is not working. It's great to be happy at work, and to feel respected. It's great not to be belittled in Red Zone in front of all your colleagues. It's great to be treated like a person, not as the sum of your spread and hires that week.

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5.0
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Pros

Good folks.. Solid company with good recruiters.

Cons

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3.0
23 Jun 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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