You can do better - Anonymous employee TEKsystems Employee Review

2.0
Oct 5, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great training, strong culture, if willing to sell out to the company and work over 60 hours per week for $30K base, you could see yourself making 6 figures in a few years.

Cons

Long hours, low salary, company will continuously ask you to give give give and will not reward you. Most markets it will take a very long time to get spun up enough to make decent money. you will work from 7:15 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and if you leave early, you WILL get brow beat or called out in an open pit environment. While the culture is strong, they will continuously squeeze whatever they can get out of you while playing to your sense of teamwork and opportunity to advance. If you are willing to work 60 hour weeks for $45K (that's WITH commissions and everything first year), then you will fit right in. Be prepared to drink the Kool-Aid. There are hundreds of people in this company who have family problems and/or no personal life because they are sold out to the money they can make and the demands of the company. They will say "work hard, play hard" but 90% of the time, it's just hard work. If you have a family or are thinking of having a family, this company is NOT for you.

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5.0
Jul 8, 2026
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Pros

TEK always comes in clutch when you need something right away. Never had a bad Engagement Manager either

Cons

Not sufficient benefits for contracts, sometimes contracts are wishy-washy on 'End Date'

3.0
Jun 23, 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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