Jul 19, 2012
Good place to get solid training and move on
Anonymous employee
TEKsystems
Part of Allegis Group
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TEKsystems reviews
3.6
67% would recommend to a friend
Mark Collins
74% approve of CEO
61% positive business outlook
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TEKsystems has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 9,966 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TEKsystems employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Human Resources & Staffing industry (3.8 stars).
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1.0
Jul 18, 2012
Extreme culture, office politics, lack of advancement opportunity, not introvert friendly, and low salaries
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Hanover, MD
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Pros
All comments refer to the corporate office in Hanover, MD. From my experience, this is the profile of someone who fits at TEK: Outgoing, LOVES making new friends, has a college degree, has a spouse whose job earns a lot (to make up for TEK's low salary), has loose career goals, and loves office politics. 1. Being in a heavily wooded area, the power is often out for days during Hurricane Season and heavy snow storms. This means you get an extra 3-4 days off each year. 2. If you play your cards right, you will never pay for lunch again. As long as you go to lunch with a superior or a stranger from another dept (as a "relationship building" lunch), the bill will get expensed. 3.The people are generally friendly. Mainly because to survive at TEK, you have to be very outgoing and a huge people person. 4. If you come into the good graces of your supervisors, you can apply for a job at one of the higher paying sister companies, Aerotek or Allegis Group. 5. The work itself is quite easy (most of it is typical office work, spreadsheets, going on wild goose chases for documents, etc). When you work at TEK, your real job is to convey to everyone that you love building relationships, "carefrontation," holding people accountable, and that you have an unwavering loyalty to the Core Values. If you can accomplish that, the quality of your work will be forgiven. In fact, you will probably be on the fast track to management (whose main job is develop other employees). 6. At the level of Regional Controller and above, the compensation grows exponentially (you get stock options). The RCs and above also go on retreats and to a yearly vacation in Cancun.
Cons
1. Office politics are KING. You could do a perfect job as BOA, or analyst, or what have you, but you will never be as highly regarded as the peer (who could be awful at their actual job) who has networked/built relationships the best. 2. The salaries are below market average for the DC area. As a grunt, you will make about $37k. As a first level manager (MOS, one step up from being a grunt), you will make about $40k. A second level manager, SMOS, makes about $45k. An RC makes about $50-55k plus stock options. 3. It is a very stressful place to work if you're an introvert. You will constantly be told that you need to go out to lunch more, "take down your walls," and go chat with people in the middle of the day. There are a lot of unspoken social rules, so if you are someone who prefers a task/goal focused job, this will not be a good fit. 4. Benefits are awful and you only get 2 weeks vacation for the first 5 years you're there. 5. At the end of the day, the devotion to the Core Values is cult-like and upper management is an old boy's club. You are completely dispensable if someone important enough doesn't like you. 6. Promotions are very hard won. I think they expect so much from their employees in terms of working unpaid over time, kissing butt, and having "carefrontation" with everyone that it's rare an actual human being could impress them. They hire managers from the outside so often because it's easier to be hopeful and gamble on someone you don't know. For in house people chosen for promotion, they go through a vetting process that lasts 6-12 months wherein the person is expected to prove their worth by doing their job plus the job of a manager without a pay increase or title change.
3.0
Jul 13, 2012
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Young, Fun, collaborative, and collegiate atmosphere- I absolutely loved the people I worked with and the culture is truly one of a kind. Good entry level experience- Though it's a large company, the regional and local stucture of the gives you the feeling of a smaller shop where you have the opportunity to learn about IT and staffing from the ground up.
Cons
Salaries for corporate employees are in the lower range. In my department, starting salary in 2009 for entry level -mid level positions was 35 K. With such a low starting point, annual increases (which are performance based) of 3-5% make little impact at all. Lack of diversity- Senior leadership staff are majority, if not all, white men. Corporate environment sometimes felt like a fraternity rather than a large corporation. No clear career path for corporate employees and significant favortism. On the flip side, sales staff probably have the most defined career path. Benefits were awful when I was there. The high deductible plan was absolutely the worst I've encountered, though it may have changed due to overwhelming negative response from employees. Work life balance was rough. It's tough to justify an already low salary when you regularly put in overtime.
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