Don't believe the hype - Anonymous employee TEKsystems Employee Review

1.0
3 Jan 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They actually have a pretty decent training program, which can be used for any future companies you may join, regardless of industry.

Cons

ZERO work life balance. They tell you that is important to them, but it is a lie. If you leave at 5 or 5:30 to lets say go to the gym, or go to your kid's game, etc. they say its fine, but their tone of voice in the response says otherwise. Also, you can work until 10pm one night, but if you get in at 7:31 the next morning, be prepared to be sat down and spoken to about being on time. The belief at TEK is, "if you don't have a family or kids there's no reason why you can't stay late at least 3 days a week." So they tell you all the money you can make there, but you can never spend it because you're always there! I was also expected to work on my vacations and weekends, of course. If you're not a favored employee, you'll actually get looked down upon for USING your vacation days. I was also told by leadership that if you were struggling (which you'll ALWAYS struggle at some point in any sales role) that I shouldn't be worried about going to the doctor, but worried about my commission. Not really a great way of life. FAVORITISM...and not a lot of standards. One day they roll out this rule and initiative, the next week that all changes. Even if you are high performing, if the boss doesn't believe in you then you're basically on your own. Half of the things people do/say at TEK, INCLUDING the directors, would never fly at other companies. Too many people making high commission and doing absolutely nothing all day are getting praised, and when others are working hard to build up their territory/spread, if it is not fast enough they are being let go.

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Cons

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3.0
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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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