Recruiter - Recruiter TEKsystems Employee Review

2.0
9 Apr 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you're a young, twenty-something that likes to drink and truly embody the work-hard, play-hard mentality, it's not the worst place to work. Good experience cold-calling and builds character (you'll deal with lots of rejection). If you get to go to the annual sales meeting, you can go to some pretty cool places on the company's dollar.

Cons

Expectation is a 50 hour minimum work-week. Be prepared for micro-managing, cold-calling, feeling like a used-car salesman, and constantly feeling beat-down. Even when I hit 10k in spread, it did't feel like it was "good enough." Constant fear of waiting for the "other shoe to drop" and for your spread to fall off (i.e. your commission pay-outs). Stressful, turn-and-burn environment. Not a niche company industry so you're not only competing internally, but with every other firm in town. VERY saturated market. Not a company I felt proud working out.

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5.0
28 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very good vibe from the managers. Helpful and gentle.

Cons

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3.0
23 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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