The good the bad the ugly - Recruiter TEKsystems Employee Review

2.0
17 Apr 2024
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Pros

There was initially a great culture at TEK, the environment was exciting to work in and the clients can be exciting.

Cons

Over the top with KPIs, ultimately I'm yet to be convicted of how they dictate performance as most are faked by employees anyway. The organisation wants to be a fully fledged MSP however when the offer is a mere £25,000 or £27,000 in London for recruiters I am unsure how they can maintain a "high performance culture" yes you need to win spread but when bids are lost left right and centre it's hard to build. As for sales the GTM is outdated. It's still approached like some wild west staffing organisation with assigned territories and more inter regional politics than the house of commons. You have to go after what's in your region so if your somewhere unfavorable you are unlikely to compete professionaly or financially. Most the sales team get handed accounts anyway once they have got into a favourable position with management so get handed a licence to six figures. Seems better to allow sales people to be creative and go after something they are passionate about. The office I worked in had a great culture however due to one bad year they got rid of people and ultimately wouldn't raise the pay of the people who were respected and earned their stripes. So they lost those people they had trained for years and will have to start over again. The amount of meetings to hold people "accountable" are a waste of time and only really seem to benefit leaders who cannot keep up or want to appear to actually have something to do. It's a bit of an old boys club and if you aren't in it or refuse to be good luck.

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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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