It's a cult - Technical Recruiter TEKsystems Employee Review

1.0
16 Sept 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-High degree of responsibility -Potential to make lots of money -Lots of people to get drunk and do drugs with

Cons

-It's a cult, plain and simple. Just like multi-level-marketing, if you are not succeeding it's because you are not trying hard enough, is always your fault, and the answer is always to work harder and longer. -Getting in after 7:30am is "late" and leaving before 5:30pm is "early" -Favoritism and sucking up to management gets you ahead much faster than actual results -They'll tell you that everyone who leaves was "so close" to making it big and now will be some kind of miserable failure in poverty the rest of their lives, despite the fact that lots of people leave and are very happy and successful elsewhere -They have no concept of work-life boundaries; they will ask you your deepest, darkest secrets so they can "help you achieve your goals" and then throw them back at you when you try to leave. Any failure to participate in this or set a boundary is you "not giving it your all." Seriously, if you are in TEK now and you are thinking about leaving and starting to see the cracks in the lies they are telling you, just go for it. I've yet to meet someone who has left who misses it, no matter what anyone tells you. It's great being able to go home at night and try a different approach when something is not working. It's great to be happy at work, and to feel respected. It's great not to be belittled in Red Zone in front of all your colleagues. It's great to be treated like a person, not as the sum of your spread and hires that week.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Good opportunity to learn on the job. Able to meet with people in the industry both with TEKsystems and Microsoft. Good hands on experience with an AI data center

Cons

Sever lack of work 80% of days. Contract position got let go 3 months ahead of earliest anticipated date. Low overall responsibility within role (most contractors could only work basic tickets. Anything requiring more troubleshooting was reserved for full time employees). TEKsystems management was far removed from what was actually happening day to day onsite. Was led to believe that there would plenty of contract to hire positions when there were only a handful and were already taken.

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