Great culture, hard work - Recruiter TEKsystems Employee Review

3.0
10 Apr 2017
Recommend
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Pros

TEKsystems has a great interview process and truly picks the best people to join the team. They value the ability to overcome challenges and a positive outlook above resume buzzwords. By working with TEK, you can get a great satisfaction in changing people's careers and lives. You get to go on meetings and take the time to build relationships with other people as well as develop your own skills. This is one of the hardest jobs I've ever had, and I mean that in a positive way since I've learned so much thanks to the people I work with and the people I meet. There are long-term career opportunities and a great network of people you can use to your advantage.

Cons

There is very, very little work-life balance. You must work 7:30-5:30 at the very minimum, and you will often be in the office/meetings much later. This is a very competitive environment and you need to put in hours to succeed. There is little to no flexibility but there are good benefits and vacation time to make up for the hard work.

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5.0
23 Apr 2026
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Pros

Great culture, process, training, leadership.

Cons

Bad benefits and they aren’t automatic. High taxes with bonuses

3.0
23 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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