Avoid at all costs - Technical Recruiter TEKsystems Employee Review

1.0
Jul 6, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Some corporate perks- PTO and health insurance- but that's very minimal. PTO is accrued they don't encourage employees to take it (you'll most likely be expected to be tied to your phone and email while on pto). The health insurance is very bare minimum. You’re also paid on the number of placements/contractors you put to work. The pay is very inconsistent- i.e. you’re paid for every hour your contractors work/log their hours. There is the opportunity to make a lot of money and that’s the motto that they sell to their employees to get people to stay. But the reality is that it’s not realistic or attainable for everyone. Only a very small percentage of recruiters actually make money regardless of how much effort is put in.

Cons

I can truly say out of all the places I've worked in my adult life this is by far the absolute worst. The TEK Charlotte office is one of the toxic/cringy company cultures I've ever experienced. It screams hustle culture- awful management and extremely unprofessional. Very high turnover, lots of office gossip, and no work life balance.

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5.0
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Pros

Easy Job Lax environment Great supervisors

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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