If you care about work/life balance, this isn't the job for you. - Recruiter TEKsystems Employee Review

1.0
18 Dec 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Good first job out of college to prepare you for the work force.

Cons

It's unfortunate but I really only had one good thing about TEKsystems and that it prepares you for your career moving forward. It is a good first job to have out of college because it's a tough role and will make any other job feel easier. I left a few years ago for another position because I couldn't handle it anymore. The amount of pressure and stress that management puts on recruiters is unbearable. If you come in anytime after 7:30am or leave any time before 6pm you receive disapproving stares. It felt like a very "forced culture." Management would try to pry out any information about what was going on in your personal life to make it seem like they cared and it felt really awkward and uncomfortable at times. In reality, recruiters are just numbers and spread. This is very much a "churn and burn" company.

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5.0
6 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good folks.. Solid company with good recruiters.

Cons

Lots of paperwork to get hired on for contract work.

3.0
23 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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