Good recruiting experience, horrible enviornment - Technical Recruiter TEKsystems Employee Review

2.0
19 Apr 2018
Recommend
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Pros

There are only a handful of bright spots when it comes to working with TEKsystems. The first being that the company offers a good foundation for recruiter training. You will learn how to recruit and hopefully be good at it. The one real benefit of working at TEK is that you can end up going to a bigger and better company if you stick it out and network with the right people. The pay is not bad. Best advice is to get your experience and get out!

Cons

There are far too many cons to list. Some of the biggest cons would be working in a negative environment where everyone hates their job, as well as quickly learning that you can't trust most people around you because everyone is only looking out for themselves and will sabotage you to get on top. There is no work culture. You are a cog in a machine. You also learn that the company will not hesitate to get rid of the recruiters who are not performing well. The leadership is subpar and is filled with micromanagers and people who push the idea of "Its my way or the highway". Work hours are horrible (8am to 6pm). You are shamed for leaving early or coming in late. HIGH attrition: In the short time that I was there, 24 recruiters had left the company. If you stay too long, the only companies who will look at you are other agencies. Management will make you feel horrible for leaving and will basically tell you that you will fail outside of tek.

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Pros

Good folks.. Solid company with good recruiters.

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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