Groundhog Day mixed with Boiler Room - Recruiter TEKsystems Employee Review

2.0
Apr 13, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

TEKsystems is a great place for someone right out of college to work. They give you the tools you need to be successful and have great training. You become very close with the people you work with and the recruiter pit can be a lot of fun. You get to expense lunches that you take consultants on. Potential to make large sums of money. The sales conferences are a lot of fun.

Cons

TEK can really break someone's spirit. Things have to be done their way and you better be smiling while doing it. Hours are long and the days are extremely repetitive. Weekly reports on your highs and lows are a waste of time since you are constantly taking to your manager or director. You are expected to attend happy hours after work, I know this sounds like fun, but when you actually have a life it starts to wear on you. TEK says that you can make a lot of money but the majority of folks will never see the money they talk about. You can work hard but a lot of the success is based on luck or who likes you in the company.

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5.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

Teksystems have top rated clients in their radar and the recruiters are always ready to listen and try to give solution if there are any roadblocks as they render a comfortable platform to discuss anything regarding the contract.

Cons

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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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